Chapter 243: Reason
"Speak faster, speak more completely, and don't miss a single word!"
"Don't beat around the bush. Just say what you want to say. Tell me what's going on!"
Emperor Qinglong stared at Su Tan without blinking, his eyes almost fixed on the other's face.
He wanted to see what Su Tan could come up with!
No matter how much she could make up stories, she would have to explain the reason to her today. If what she said was not enough to cover up the lie, Su Tan would be in trouble today.
Su Tan bowed, "Your Majesty just asked me if the lightning strike in Chengzhao Palace was related to the Crown Prince's wife. I think there is some connection, but this matter cannot be entirely blamed on the Crown Prince's wife."
Emperor Qinglong laughed instead of getting angry when he heard this. His eyes were still fixed on her. He leaned back slightly and asked calmly, "What do you mean by that?"
"What does it mean to be somewhat related to the Crown Prince's wife, but not completely related to her?"
"Miss Su, I don't quite understand what you're saying."
As Emperor Qinglong spoke, he slowly turned the jade ring in his hand.
Since she didn't say it was a warning from God, he just sat here and listened to what else Su Tan could come up with.
Song Tingchen's brows were tightly knitted, and his eyes were fixed on Su Tan. "What exactly do you want to say?"
What? Isn't it enough to put the blame on one person? She wants to implicate more people?!
"Su Tan, you'd better remember to be careful with your words and actions. You may not care about your words and actions now, but sometimes, a few lives may be lost with just a few words."
Song Tingchen also regretted that he had favored the vicious and hypocritical Liu Qingyin, which caused Su Tan to become estranged from him. From then on, he only wanted to stay away from the Song family.
Su Tan's temper has become so extreme now, and he himself should take half the responsibility.
But Song Tingchen still didn't want Su Tan to unknowingly become a scheming and vicious woman like Liu Qingyin.
"Su Tan, think carefully before you speak."
Su Tan chuckled softly, glanced at Song Tingchen expressionlessly, and then rolled his eyes at him in front of Emperor Qinglong.
"General Song, if you have nothing to say, please shut up."
"I don't know if someone else's words could easily cost them a life, but I only know that you could ruin my reputation with just a few words."
Song Tingchen is good at pretending here.
It seemed that if he pretended well enough, he could erase the sins he had committed.
Why bother?
He put on such a righteous look, as if he was a clean-minded and upright person.
Su Tan shook his head.
She said to Emperor Qinglong, "To reply to your Majesty, the Crown Prince's wife was blessed with good fortune and could have protected the Xingguogong Mansion for a lifetime without worries."
"But right now, there's a vengeful ghost haunting the Duke of Xingguo's mansion. The ghost intends to rob the Crown Prince's wife of her luck. If that happens, the consequences will be disastrous."
She didn't make this up.
When she returned to Beijing yesterday, she already knew what happened in the Duke's Mansion.
At that time, she happened to be riding in a carriage and passed by the Mansion of the Duke of Xingguo. There was an lingering black aura lingering above it, and she knew that the Mansion of the Duke of Xingguo was in trouble.
"absurd!"
Emperor Qinglong's brows were tightly furrowed, veins popping out on his forehead, and almost all of his patience was gone. He just stared at Su Tan intently.
"What the hell are you talking about?!"
"She's just a peasant girl. How could she have such luck that she could actually influence the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion?"
"Even if what you said is true, what does it matter if this vengeful ghost took away her luck? How could this cause the thunderbolt to strike Chengzhao Palace?"
Su Tan didn't even think about how ridiculous her words were when she spoke and acted!
She dared to do such a heinous thing and openly threaten him, the emperor.
How come I can’t even make up a decent story right now?
The luck of a peasant girl could actually threaten the Mansion of the Duke of Xingguo and even cause the heavens to send two thunderbolts to strike the Chengzhao Palace.
It's absolutely ridiculous!
"Su Tan, if you've run out of ideas and can't come up with anything, you can just explain it to me. There's no need to say these ridiculous things here!"
She dared to do something like causing lightning to strike Chengzhao Palace, but she didn't dare to make up a reasonable story.
It's really funny.
Song Tingchen's brows were also tightly furrowed.
Similarly, like Emperor Qinglong, he did not think that an ordinary peasant girl, even if she became the Crown Prince's wife, would have the ability to influence the entire Xingguo Mansion.
Ultimately, it was Su Tan who was just doing things perfunctorily here.
She didn't want to marry into the Song family, so this disaster happened, but she didn't even want to find a suitable reason and said these ridiculous words here.
Su Tan's eyes were very calm. She had known for a long time that Emperor Qinglong would not believe this.
But Emperor Qinglong had no choice but to believe it.
"Your Majesty, do you know why the Crown Prince's wife filed a complaint in the Golden Palace and requested that you grant her a divorce from the Crown Prince?"
Emperor Qinglong frowned. He thought it was absurd when he heard it, so he rejected the jealous woman's request without thinking and didn't even listen to why she wanted a divorce.
In addition, the prince of the Duke of Xingguo was also saying that the girl was ignorant.
Emperor Qinglong would not care even more about what happened.
Hearing Su Tan say this, he frowned tightly and subconsciously said, "How would I know? I am the ruler of the world, and I have countless things to do every day. How can I have the time to listen to them talking nonsense here?"
Su Tan shook his head.
She just knew it.
Emperor Qinglong, as the supreme ruler, would not care about the suffering of a woman.
"What if I tell Your Majesty that the vengeful ghost will not only haunt the Duke of Xingguo's mansion, but will also haunt all the other mansions?"
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