Chapter 174: Emperor Summons
Emperor Qinglong's brows were suddenly filled with coldness. His gaze fell on Master Ye's face. He suddenly chewed on a name, but his tone did not reveal his joy or anger.
"Su Tan."
He couldn't think of anyone other than Su Tan who could use sound transmission talismans to transmit news from Yingzhou to the capital.
It just so happened that Su Tan was not in the capital during this period.
Master Ye smiled, lowered his eyes, and hummed, "Your Majesty is as wise as a god. This sound transmission note was indeed given by Princess Jiayi."
Emperor Qinglong's voice was neither cold nor indifferent, "She does care about the people."
Originally, Emperor Qinglong thought that since such a big thing had happened to the Song family, Su Tan would have to come back.
But even though Song Xiao had a high fever several times and almost died several times, he still couldn't see Su Tan.
Sometimes he asked Song Tingchen, but Song Tingchen remained silent.
"I thought she had been hiding because she was angry with the Song family."
That's why they say all men in the world are the same.
Emperor Qinglong, as the emperor, actually had the same idea as Song Tingchen.
Even Emperor Qinglong felt that Su Tan was too arrogant.
Song's mother is dead, and Liu Qingyin is also dead.
Even though Song Tingchen and Song Xiao already knew they were wrong, Song Tingchen would kneel at the door of the Song family every now and then, begging for Su Tan's forgiveness.
What else does Su Tan want?
For a woman to treat Qiao to this extent is really a bit too much.
"I underestimated her."
At this moment, Emperor Qinglong finally realized that Su Tan was not hiding.
She wasn't there to take Joe.
She really didn't care about what was happening in the capital at all. Instead, she was meddling in other people's affairs and cared about the lives of the people in Yingzhou.
"As a woman, she has great ambitions. She hopes for world peace. She truly lives up to being the daughter of Duke Dingguo."
"He really cares about the world."
Emperor Qinglong's voice was neither cold nor indifferent.
Master Ye was listening at the side and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The four words "having the world in mind" when used to describe a man are a compliment to the fact that he has broad minds.
It is a compliment to the person for not being bound by petty love affairs.
But if it is used on a woman...
That is somewhat like blaming the other party for being too presumptuous and meddling in other people's affairs.
Sure enough, the next moment, Emperor Qinglong frowned and spoke in a cold voice.
"If she had put her thoughts into how to take care of her husband and children, she wouldn't have messed up the Song family's inner house."
"I will not let a merchant's daughter named Liu take advantage of this opportunity."
When he said this, Emperor Qinglong made no secret of his dissatisfaction with Su Tan.
"How could I forget, she is very capable."
"Even Prince Yu fell into her hands."
Prince Yu had a heart disease, and when he died, there was not a single piece of healthy skin on his body.
The entire Prince Yu's Mansion was filled with the stench of spring.
Emperor Qinglong sent people to inquire and learned that before Prince Yu died, he kept cursing Su Tan and wished her a miserable death.
Master Ye said nothing, just chuckled.
After a while, he said, "County Lady Jiayi is young and frivolous, and she will act according to her mood under impulse."
"She's been divorced and deeply resents the idea of being someone's wife. She naturally can't tolerate His Royal Highness Prince Yu plotting against her, but her means of revenge are too radical."
"She could have reported this to the Emperor and asked him to seek justice for her, but she chose to resort to lynching."
While Master Ye was speaking, he was still quietly observing Emperor Qinglong's reaction. Such a good son was lost like this. He didn't believe that Emperor Qinglong really had no grudges.
Sure enough, Emperor Qinglong's expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
He glanced at Master Ye coldly and said expressionlessly, "Master Ye, I respect you as a master, not because you are so clever that you can use me as a pawn in your hands."
"You can use someone else's knife to kill someone, but you shouldn't use this method on me."
The emperor spoke in a calm and steady voice, but the chill that emanated from him sent a chill down one's spine.
Master Ye knelt down obediently, a smile still on his lips, "Your Majesty is right."
"Although I do have some disagreements with Master Su, I don't really have any intention of using a knife to kill someone. However, I do want to make His Majesty dissatisfied with her and make her lose her favor."
Master Ye was not pretending to be innocent here, saying that he knew nothing and that he did not mean that. Even he himself did not believe it, let alone the monarch who was high above him.
Emperor Qinglong didn't care about the schemes of his subordinates.
He just hated being plotted against.
Emperor Qinglong slowly turned the jade ring on his finger, his fingers lightly tapping the dragon table, and slowly said, "Tell me, how deep is the friendship between Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng?"
He would not allow Su Tan to marry any of his sons.
This is what Prince Yu did.
Lu Zhiheng is naturally no exception.
Master Ye counted on his fingers for a moment and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have just calculated that there is no romantic relationship between Jiayi County and His Royal Highness Prince Chen."
"It's just a mutual admiration. Princess Jiayi admires His Royal Highness Prince Chen's character, and His Royal Highness Prince Chen also admires Princess Jiayi's abilities."
Master Ye would not say that there was any affair between Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng out of thin air.
After all, there are so many eyes watching, no one is blind.
He said slowly: "However, Princess Jiayi seems to still harbor resentment towards the Song family."
"Perhaps it was precisely because she didn't want to see the Song family that she hid away outside, and it just so happened that he encountered these unfair things, and then reported them to His Royal Highness Prince Chen."
Master Ye is half right.
But Emperor Qinglong didn't actually need him to be completely right.
Emperor Qinglong's brows were tightly knitted into the shape of a "川" character. He suddenly waved his hand and asked someone to pass a photo to Song Tingchen to enter the palace.
His eyes fell on Master Ye's face and he said slowly, "You step back first."
Master Ye did not comment, but smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
Song Tingchen was a little surprised when he learned that Emperor Qinglong suddenly summoned him into the palace.
What surprised him even more was what Emperor Qinglong said to him after summoning him into the palace.
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