Chapter 119 Being Misled by Him
The old nanny from the Xie family, seeing that the direction of things had changed, also began to change her words and kowtowed several times.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I remember now that the marriage between the Song and Xie families was arranged as a child. It was only said that the fifth daughter of the family was involved, and I had never seen her. I thought this lady was the fifth daughter. Now I think it was a misunderstanding. This girl is the fifth Miss Song!" The nanny pointed at Song Jiasui.
Su Qingrong looked at the old lady who had turned against her at the last minute, and murderous intent almost flashed in her eyes. She wanted to rush up and tear her mouth apart, but was stopped by Qinglian.
Xiao Chenglan asked coldly, "Since you knew that you were engaged to Concubine Song's sister, why didn't you avoid suspicion? Instead, you took the jade pendant and went to work in Concubine Song's palace."
Xie Huaiyu finally raised his head on his own initiative. He glanced at Song Jiasui. The complex emotions in his eyes could not be expressed in a few words, but hatred could be heard in his sad laughter.
"Why? Didn't Miss Song Wu say it all? I can't accept it! I was clearly a good match for the Song family, so why did I end up like mud? The Song family members were all so glorious, but when the Xie family fell into trouble, they came here to cancel the engagement as if they were avoiding the plague. I hate it..."
"If that's the case, then why didn't you admit that you had an affair with Concubine Song?"
Xie Huaiyu's laughter became more and more sad. "Hahahahaha... This slave also wants to ask himself, why can't I be cruel? Why do I hate it to the bone, but my conscience is still gone! This slave hates it to death, but this slave has also been educated, knows etiquette, and knows the difference between right and wrong. Concubine Song knew nothing about this marriage. If she really died because of the crime, then what? Will this slave feel happy? No, this slave will only feel that from now on, this slave is really no longer a member of the Xie family. This slave is just a slave who is lowly to the bone!"
After hearing these words, everyone felt sad from the bottom of their hearts.
It is indeed difficult not to be cynical when a noble family is destroyed overnight and a nobleman is reduced to a slave.
But he had not yet lost the last bit of conscience. He pulled the man to the shore, repented, and did not drag the man into the water.
"You're talking nonsense! You're just spouting nonsense because you're relying on the fact that you're going to die anyway."
After finally catching Concubine Song's fault, they tried to whitewash it layer by layer. Su Qingrong was furious.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she said this, Xie Huaiyu changed his usual behavior, stopped being sad, and became more hateful, looking at Su Qingrong angrily.
"I was totally wrong. I hated the wrong person. My Xie family has a clear conscience. However, we blocked the path of certain people and ended up like this! The Song family broke off the engagement simply to protect their daughter, but it is your Su family who is actually framing the entire loyal family of my Xie family!"
The reversal happened so quickly that everyone in the hall was dumbfounded.
Su family?
The Xie family was convicted and is involved with the Su family?
Well, this is really...
Su Qingrong was even more stunned, and took several steps back in panic. She pointed at Xie Huaiyu, her body trembling.
"Your Majesty, this man has gone mad. He bites everyone he sees. Drag him away! Our Su family is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. He's the son of a convicted criminal whose entire family was confiscated, yet he dares to bite the Su family. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must not believe his words!"
Xiao Chenglan's gaze fell on Su Qingrong, who was almost incoherent, and he smiled soothingly.
"Su Zhaoyi, everyone has witnessed what the Su family has done to Daye. How could I believe him?" Xiao Chenglan's face turned cold and he waved his hands impatiently, "Hurry and drag him away!"
Fu Wanquan winked at the people who were escorting Xie Huaiyu, and Xie Huaiyu was dragged out of the hall, leaving a long trail of blood.
Su Qingrong looked at the blood mark and suddenly came to her senses. She realized that she had lost her composure just now and quickly calmed down.
Qinglian saw that the case of Concubine Song's debauchery in the imperial palace could not be brought to justice. The Xie family, the Song family, and the Su family were all implicated. If the dispute continued, they might find something unfavorable to the Su family.
The important thing right now is to prove that Concubine Song is guilty of dereliction of duty.
When Su Qingrong was at a loss, Qinglian whispered a reminder to her, and Su Qingrong suddenly had an epiphany.
Yes, as long as she is convicted of dereliction of duty, even if she cannot die, she will have to hand over the palace power obediently.
Since Song Jiasui gave her a way out, she would take it.
"Your Majesty, Xie Huaiyu is a man of deep scheming. Miss Song Wu was indeed right. I was deceived by him and was misled by him. I almost misunderstood Concubine Song."
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