Chapter 240: Indirect Blaming
"you……"
Emperor Qinglong widened his eyes, the disgust in his eyes almost overflowing. His voice was hoarse and gloomy, staring at Su Tan intently, but he could not say anything except the word "you".
What should he say?!
What else can he say!
Is he going to say that the thunder that struck Chengzhao Palace and the thunder that struck in front of his eyes were all Su Tan's doing?
Not to mention whether he has evidence or not.
If he, the emperor, personally admitted that Su Tan had such ability, wouldn't it help her gain fame?
Su Tan's prestige among the people has been growing.
If I continue like this now, wouldn't that give her the opportunity to seriously injure me?!
If he, as the emperor, could find a master more powerful than Su Tan and eliminate her directly, he wouldn't have to worry so much.
But he just can't.
Even Master Ye, the person he trusted the most at the moment, was no match for Su Tan!
For the first time, Emperor Qinglong felt fear and frustration towards a woman.
In the past, when he was not in power, those powerful officials and aristocratic families had never made him feel so suffocated.
Emperor Qinglong was unhappy, and was supported by an extremely violent emotion. He wished he could order Su Tan to be dragged out and beheaded right then and there.
However, even though this emotion was raging in his body, Emperor Qinglong never dared to actually do it.
Su Tan has gone crazy now.
He didn't dare to bet on how much sanity a crazy woman had.
She even dared to strike Chengzhao Palace with lightning, who knows if she would dare to kill the king!
"Su Tan, what do you want?"
Emperor Qinglong took a deep breath and stared at the slender woman in front of him. She was kneeling but it seemed that she never really bent her back.
“Enough is enough.”
He finally uttered these four words, which was also a subtle warning.
Warn Su Tan not to go too far.
Su Tan smiled and bowed to Emperor Qinglong. "Your Majesty, I said at the beginning that I beg for your grace to issue an imperial decree, allowing me to marry freely."
"From now on, no one in this world can force me to marry except myself."
Emperor Qinglong stared at her closely.
He really didn't expect that there would be someone as stubborn as Su Tan in this world.
He had practically broken the truth apart and explained it to her in pieces.
But she always seemed to not understand what people were saying.
You have to do it your own way!
Emperor Qinglong stared at her with displeasure for a moment, his expression gloomy, just like the dark and cloudy sky outside.
"Does anyone you mention include me?"
"If I think a young man from a certain family is talented and I want to arrange a marriage for you, if you don't agree, you don't have to marry him."
When a girl hears this, even if she disagrees in her heart, she still has to put on an attitude of fear and trepidation on her face, kneel on the ground and say, "I dare not."
But Su Tan seemed too lazy to even do this little bit of superficial work.
Her eyes were calm, and in that instant, she straightened her back.
"Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor. Since he has issued an imperial decree, allowing me to marry freely, you will not interfere in my marriage before I ask for it myself."
"After all, how could the ruler of the world change his orders from one day to the next?"
What a great saying! A monarch will not change his orders every day.
Emperor Qinglong laughed instead of getting angry, his voice slowly falling to the ground, neither gloomy nor sad, "It seems that no matter how much I try to persuade you, it's useless. You still insist on having your own way."
Su Tan did not directly answer this question. He just listened to the sound of rain outside, looked at the flash of white light, and gently touched his brow to remind: "Your Majesty, it seems that there will be thunder outside again."
I don’t know if this thunder will strike Chengzhao Palace again.
In the previous two dynasties, even if Chengzhao Palace was struck by lightning, it would only be struck twice in one night.
Su Tan spoke to him in such a calm manner at this moment. The thunder outside was getting louder, and it seemed that there was going to be another thunder. His expression seemed as if it was just another rainy day.
But how could Emperor Qinglong not hear the threat in her words?
She was clearly telling him that if he continued to say these things, and if he continued to threaten and warn her, and tried to force her into Song Tingchen's backyard, she would let this thunder really fall on Chengzhao Palace again.
If Chengzhao Palace, which symbolizes the country's destiny, were struck by lightning three times in a row in one night, it would be hard to say whether Emperor Qinglong could stop the gossip.
Su Tan couldn't predict what serious consequences would be triggered at that time.
Emperor Qinglong felt very aggrieved.
Song Tingchen's expression became even more gloomy.
He stared at Su Tan intently, but saw a smile on the other's lips.
That expression clearly showed either pride or mockery.
She was telling him that her last trump card would eventually be shattered in her hands.
Sui Sui tilted his head and looked at the sky outside. His own head also drooped and he sighed softly.
"Grandpa Emperor, the rain is getting heavier."
"We don't know how long this thunder will last. Wait a minute, will we be struck by lightning again?"
Her voice was childish, and the words she said made Emperor Qinglong feel uneasy again.
Emperor Qinglong didn't dare to scold Su Tan harshly, but Sui Sui was Lu Zhiheng's child and his granddaughter after all, so he could still criticize her indirectly.
"Didn't I tell you to go to the Su family and learn the mystical arts? What have you learned? Can't you even figure out where the thunder will strike next?"
"Sui Sui, you're just lazy and hate work. I told you to study hard, but all you do is play all day long!"
As he said this, he kept looking at Su Tan out of the corner of his eye.
This clearly means that Su Tan is so rebellious and does not know the rules. She is told to be a virtuous wife and mother, but she insists on risking the world's condemnation. Not only does she show up in public all day long, but she also lacks the cultivation of a lady from a noble family. It is truly a disgrace for a woman.
Su Tan pretended not to hear anything.
It was as if she had no idea that Emperor Qinglong was scolding her.
She even pretended to be so angry that she wanted to kill herself. She slowly bowed to Emperor Qinglong and spoke on behalf of the little Princess Zhaoyang in order to calm the king's anger.
"Your Majesty, the princess is only three years old now. If a three-year-old child can do the work of the adults in the Imperial Observatory, I'm afraid..."
What are you afraid of?
Su Tan didn't finish the rest of his words.
Emperor Qinglong's face turned pale.
It's a good day to make indirect accusations.
It turns out that Su Tan is using the Imperial Observatory to satirize him!
Lu Zhiheng took out a fan from somewhere, sighed, and then gently waved the fan, "Father, she went there just for fun."
"She's only three years old. It's already good enough that she can memorize so many difficult spells. How can she be as good at fortune-telling as Master Su?"
If Suisui were really that young, he could predict the fate of a nation.
I'm afraid that this good father will really not be able to sleep from now on.
Lu Zhiheng raised his eyebrows, and his lazy look made Emperor Qinglong even more angry.
"What else do you do all day besides attracting cats and dogs to fight?!"
"Shut up and stop getting in my way!"
Lu Zhiheng seemed very shameless and still had a smile on his face.
"Father, I can leave, but do you have to issue this imperial decree?"
"Master Su has been kneeling here for a long time. It's not right to ask him to keep kneeling."
"Father is simply worried that others will follow suit, but there are so many women in the world, and there is only one Master Su."
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