Su Wenyuan was unwilling; she had nothing to talk about with Su Yuan, and besides, she could tell that these people were planning to attack Sheng Jingyu behind her back.
Even the civil officials who were reciting poetry started paying attention to this place.
Su Wenyuan's resistance was futile, and Su Yuan's voice choked with sobs as she pleaded several times.
Suddenly, Jin Kouhe said, "The relationship between Princess Consort Chen and Lord Su is not a good thing. It's also a source of gossip for the common people. Princess Consort Chen is a member of the royal family and will be recorded in the imperial genealogy in the future. It's not good to leave such a reputation."
Su Wenyuan looked slightly puzzled; it seemed that Prince Jin also wanted her to go.
Princess Heyi was surprised that Prince Jin would cooperate, but it was good that he could help.
The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Princess Consort Chen, your father has already made this request. It would be inappropriate for you not to go."
She could no longer refuse, but Su Wenyuan was worried about leaving Sheng Jingyu alone here.
Sheng Jingyu said in a low voice, "Let Ye Shan follow you. I've been in the court for many years, and I'm not as useless as you think."
How could he not see Su Wenyuan's worry?
Su Wenyuan thought about it and realized that Sheng Jingyu was doing just fine before she was around.
There was something else that puzzled her: Sheng Jingyu couldn't see her worries, but he could.
And this has happened more than once. She clearly didn't say anything, so how did Sheng Jingyu know?
A normal person can see with their eyes, but he's blind!
Su Wenyuan left with doubts, and Su Yuan, seeing that he had achieved his goal, hurriedly followed her.
At this moment, Jin Kouhe also gave a wink to the person behind him, a detail that Sheng Jingyu noticed.
Sheng Jingyu quickly instructed Meng Qi to arrange for someone to follow Su Wenyuan and keep an eye on her, warning her of potential danger and instructing her to return if anything seemed amiss.
Yuan Hou and the others were so focused on plotting against Sheng Jingyu that they failed to notice the unusual activity at Jinkou River.
Su Yuan took Su Wenyuan to a secluded and deserted place without saying a word.
Su Wenyuan couldn't contain herself and spoke first: "This hunt was suggested by Princess Heyi, who insisted that I come, but as soon as I arrived, she sent me away again. You guys have a lot of free time."
Su Yuan said coldly, "What do you mean by sending you away? I really have something to say."
Su Wenyuan said disdainfully, "You don't seem to be telling me the truth; you seem more like you're here to collect a debt!"
Su Yuan will never tell her the truth in this lifetime.
Since they insist on making her leave the battlefield, then she'll try leaving and see what they can do to Sheng Jingyu.
Su Yuan said, "You've already ruined the Wang family, what more do you want? The Su family's misfortune is of no benefit to you. Every married girl needs a maternal family to rely on."
"Even if your mother didn't tell you this, you must have experienced it yourself. After the Marquis of Anle had his accident, she lost her support and ended up like that."
Su Wenyuan couldn't detect a trace of remorse in his words.
Su Yuan completely absolved himself of any responsibility, attributing Yu Qingzhu's death entirely to the incident involving Marquis Anle.
Su Wenyuan questioned, "Why don't you say she met a trash man? A good-for-nothing, a failure, a freeloader."
"My mother was ruined by you, do you want me to be ruined by you too? If she had married someone else, even if her family had fallen, she wouldn't have been forced to her death. I'll ask you one more time, how did she die?"
Su Wenyuan had asked this question once, but she wasn't sure then; she was just guessing.
This time she already knew the answer: it was Wang Shi and Su Yuan who joined forces to force Yu Qingzhu to her death.
Su Yuan noticed that Su Wenyuan's gaze was full of hatred, no longer the questioning she had shown last time, and he felt flustered.
Her eyes darted away, and she answered guiltily, "How would I know..."
Su Wenyuan shouted angrily: "You know that!"
“You and Wang told her that as long as she is alive, I will be in danger. You also said that the Emperor would not implicate his young son, let alone that I am just a girl.”
“But if my mother were still alive, the Emperor would eliminate her sooner or later. Madam Wang also said that she would be in charge of the household from now on. If my mother were gone, she would treat me like her own daughter. If my mother were alive…”
Su Wenyuan stopped there, because of the Wang family back then, and that was the end of the story.
Since a threat has already been made, why be so direct in every word?
Su Yuan felt a cold sweat break out on his back. Just looking at Su Wenyuan made him feel a chill run down his spine, as if she were there to take his life.
With each sentence Su Wenyuan spoke, she took a step closer, causing Su Yuan to stumble backward and almost fall.
Su Yuan remembered what happened back then.
But he had almost forgotten what he had said to Wang Shi. Now that Su Wenyuan had mentioned it, Su Yuan felt as if it had happened just yesterday.
Every word was so real, each sentence pushing Yu Qingzhu toward her doom.
"You..." Su Yuan swallowed nervously, "How could you..."
He wanted to ask Su Wenyuan how she knew, but if he asked, wouldn't that be admitting it?
Su Wenyuan sneered, "Besides my mother and you, there was naturally another person who told me that day at the Su residence gate, did you think I only tortured Wang Shi to vent my anger?"
The current fate of the Wang family is a true act of revenge.
The time I spent that day was mainly for the truth.
Su Yuan suddenly realized that Su Wenyuan and Wang Shi had spoken a few words alone that day, and that was about this matter.
Su Yuan thought for a moment and realized that no one else knew about this, and Yu Qingzhu was not killed by them. In the end, it was suicide. Even if Su Wenyuan knew, there was nothing she could do about it.
"How could I possibly trust someone like you? Is there any point in keeping a family like yours?" Su Wenyuan asked, her eyes filled with tears, but her face was all smiles, mocking her.
I laugh at Su Yuan's foolishness and feel sorry for Yu Qingzhu's plight.
Having said all that, Su Yuan decided to give up entirely.
He said bluntly, "Wang has no power or influence, and I didn't want to protect her, which is why you succeeded. Now that I have an official position, even if you become a princess, you'll still be a woman in the inner palace. What can you do about it?"
Su Wenyuan laughed and said, "What can happen? You'll find out later. I'm not in a hurry, so why are you in such a rush to die? Are you afraid that if you die too late, your ancestors won't be able to put you in their graves?"
Su Yuan was filled with anger but had nowhere to vent it; he couldn't hit him, and he couldn't out-argue him either.
After finishing her rant, Su Wenyuan glanced around casually and suddenly realized something was amiss.
She had too many guards around her, and they were all extremely cautious, their eyes all fixed on the distance, not on Su Yuan.
They weren't afraid of Su Yuan suddenly making a move; they were wary of other people.
Su Yuan hadn't noticed yet; he was only focused on how to retaliate.
“Why am I in such a hurry when I know it’s impossible? Your mother’s death wasn’t entirely my fault. Her family was guilty of treason, a serious crime. She shouldn’t have lived. I’m telling the truth,” Su Yuan said.
Su Wenyuan said, "Whether I am guilty or not is not up to you, nor the Emperor. As long as I live, I will investigate to the end! Ye Shan, let's go."
With so many guards around her, something must have happened.
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