Marquis Yuanning, who had just alighted from his carriage and was straightening his clothes, frowned upon hearing the shout. He turned around and saw Su Wanyan driving the carriage straight toward him, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Father!?" Su Wanyan seemed to only then realize it was Marquis Yuanning, and cried out in surprise, "Father, get out of the way! Get out of the way! We're going to crash into you! Ah—"
Just as the horse was about to collide with the Marquis's carriage, it suddenly braked sharply, and Su Wanyan flew directly towards Marquis Yuanning.
"Dad, help me!"
Marquis Yuanning's face darkened, and he condensed a surge of internal energy in his palm, intending to raise his hand and blast her away.
But then he remembered that this was the entrance to the Prince's mansion, and there were passersby watching. In the blink of an eye, he withdrew his strength. In the instant he withdrew his inner force, there was a loud "thump" and Su Wanyan crashed into him.
Marquis Yuanning let out a hoarse thud, and the two of them fell to the ground.
"Master! Master!" The servants and guards who had come with Marquis Yuanning were terrified and quickly reached out to help him up: "Master, are you alright? Master!"
Su Wanyan hurriedly scrambled to her feet, ignoring her disheveled hair, and reached out to help Su Youwei: "Father! Father, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Su Youwei's face was now darker than the bottom of a pot, and a surge of anger spread from the bottom of his heart. He staggered and was helped up by the servants. Before he could even straighten his wrinkled clothes, he brushed away Su Wanyan's hand that was trying to help him and asked coldly and angrily, "What are you doing here? And what are you doing here?"
"Waaaaah..." Su Wanyan started crying, "Father... the horse went mad, the horse went mad, do you know? It carried me all over the capital, no matter how much I pulled it, it wouldn't stop, waaaaah, I was so scared, so scared, waaaaah..."
"You!" Marquis Yuanning's face darkened even more. Shouldn't she have disappeared by now?
How did they suddenly appear at the gate of the Prince's mansion?
He had already sent people out to lock Su Wanyan up once they found her, but now he came to the Prince's mansion to pin the blame for Su Wanyan's disappearance on Yu Nanqing.
If Yu Nanqing cannot hand over Su Wanyan, he will go to the palace to request the Emperor to investigate the responsibility of the Prince Gong's Mansion.
At that time, the emperor will have a legitimate reason to punish Yu Nanqing.
He had already prepared the rumors circulating in the capital. As soon as Yu Nanqing was punished by the Emperor, he would order them to be spread.
Everything had been arranged, but unexpectedly, Su Wanyan, who had been missing for two hours, suddenly reappeared.
He looked at Su Wanyan, who was crying and sobbing in front of him, and suppressed his anger. He couldn't ask her why she had suddenly come back!
He could only coldly reply, "Riding a horse recklessly in the capital is utterly disgraceful! For a royal consort to be crying and wailing here is utterly shameful!"
He had little recollection of his daughter, Su Wanyan.
The first time I saw her was when she married in place of Su Muqing. At that time, she was quiet and didn't make a fuss, so I just thought she was a quiet child.
But he never expected that the second time he saw her, she would be so vulgar and rude, undignified, noisy and impulsive. How could such a person be the daughter of Marquis Yuanning?
It's a good thing we married her off; otherwise, if she had stayed in the manor, she would have brought shame to the Marquis's family sooner or later!
"Dad! Your daughter is so scared, waaaaah..." Su Wanyan continued to cry.
"Shut up!" Marquis Yuanning's face turned red with anger at her behavior, and he demanded angrily, "Where did this horse come from!"
"Isn't this the carriage you sent to pick me up, Father?"
"What?" Marquis Yuanning frowned.
Su Wanyan continued, "I got lost in the city today. I wandered around for a long time but couldn't find my way back to the Prince's Mansion. Then I met a kind young girl who said she knew the way to the Prince's Mansion, so I asked her to lead the way."
"Then, as we were walking, a group of people suddenly appeared. They said they were sent by you, Father, to find me. They told me to get on the carriage, so I got on. But as soon as I got on, the horse went crazy and started pulling me along, running and running. It was terrifying... It even crashed into a lot of people's stalls..."
"Stop crying! Shut up!" Upon hearing Su Wanyan's words, Marquis Yuanning almost couldn't contain his anger.
It turns out that his men had already found Su Wanyan, but she had escaped.
Was she doing this on purpose? Did she already know he was coming to confront Yu Nanqing?
However, he dismissed the idea as soon as it came to mind. How could Su Wanyan, in her current rude and brainless state, possibly guess their plan?
It was probably just by chance that she managed to escape.
Just then, the people who were chasing Su Wanyan arrived late. A group of people surged over like a tide, but when they saw that Marquis Yuanning was also there, they immediately stopped and looked at each other.
Marquis Yuanning gritted his teeth as he looked at the servants who were arresting people, and the word "good-for-nothing" almost slipped out of his mouth.
Su Wanyan, still furious, pointed at the group of people and said, "Father, they're the ones who came to pick me up."
Then she suddenly asked curiously, "Oh, Father, what are you doing here? What are you doing at the Prince's residence? Did you come to see the Prince?"
Marquis Yuanning's face darkened, and he remained silent for a long time.
He claimed to be visiting Yu Nanqing, but in reality, he was there to put pressure on him. The two of them didn't usually interact, so saying he was visiting seemed fake. Besides, Yu Nanqing was already a cripple, and even the emperor wanted to kill him. He had no interest in putting on such a show with a disabled person.
To be honest, he had no impression of Su Wanyan, and he couldn't like her at all. Now that this has happened, he simply feels disgusted with Su Wanyan.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Su Wanyan didn't dwell on it: "Since Father is alright, then I'll head back to the manor first. I hurt so much from the fall, I need to go back and recover quickly!"
After saying that, she ran to the carriage and lifted the curtain: "Sister, come down quickly."
The little beggar hid inside the carriage and heard their entire conversation, covering his mouth to keep quiet.
When she saw Su Wanyan coming over, her eyes lit up. She reached out and grabbed the hand Su Wanyan offered, and with Su Wanyan's help, jumped off the carriage.
Marquis Yuanning frowned even more: "Is she the little girl you mentioned who took you back to the palace?"
“Yes, Father!” Su Wanyan raised her hand to wipe her eyes and began to pretend to cry again: “It’s a good thing she was here, otherwise I don’t know how I would have been able to get back when the horse went crazy just now.”
"..." Marquis Yuanning took a deep breath of anger.
"I'm going back to the manor, Father. If you want to see the Prince, I'll have the maids entertain you."
After saying that, he pulled the little beggar into the palace.
Marquis Yuanning watched her unharmed figure, his cold, piercing eyes remaining silent.
Marquis Yuanning was also a veteran of the battlefield, and even though he stood there motionless, he seemed to be enveloped by an aura.
"Master," a guard finally whispered after a long pause, "Do we still want to go in now?"
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