"Who in the palace hasn't harmed someone? Even the Empress has harmed many people, hasn't she? It's just that what I did was discovered. There are so many things that weren't discovered, so why single me out?"
Consort Wan was very dissatisfied and disliked Su Wenyuan's critical attitude.
Su Wenyuan exclaimed in surprise: "What kind of talk is this? You took someone's life without cause, and you should be punished. What happens to others is none of your business. As long as you're not wronged, that's all that matters!"
Consort Wan sneered, "That sounds so high-sounding. The person who investigated this matter back then wasn't the Empress. If she had the ability, she would have investigated long ago. It wasn't until now that Prince Chen found out about my affairs."
Su Wenyuan didn't deny it, and shrugged, saying, "It was the prince who investigated. Is there a problem?"
"Then why didn't he investigate the Empress?" Consort Wan questioned angrily. "You make it sound so nice, but you treated everyone equally back then."
“Treating everyone equally is neither my mission nor Your Highness’s!” Su Wenyuan smiled slightly. “Your Highness and I are simply choosing the right people to retaliate at the right time.”
"As for fairness and justice, I have no intention of doing so, but that doesn't stop me from saying so. You say the Empress is impure, but I have no evidence and can't say anything. But what if one day..."
Su Wenyuan suddenly stopped speaking, no longer continuing, but instead gave a cryptic smile.
Consort Wan was taken aback; it seemed even the Empress couldn't escape it.
She argued with Su Wenyuan for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since they got involved, not many people can stay clean. Now it seems that your mother was smarter, but she also made a mistake later and chose Su Yuan."
"What did you say?" Su Wenyuan reacted strongly, suddenly standing up and asking incredulously.
She didn't want to hear such a melodramatic story, let alone the fact that Yu Qingzhu and the Emperor had a past relationship.
If there were any lingering feelings, Su Wenyuan would suspect that Yu Qingzhu was blind.
Marrying Su Yuan was a temporary measure, perhaps due to the rush of time, which led to poor judgment. But if another useless emperor were to appear, then Yu Qingzhu's judgment would truly be questionable...
Consort Wan exclaimed in surprise, "You don't know? The Emperor intended to marry your mother back then, and she almost became the Empress."
"???"
Su Wenyuan still looked incredulous, and it took her a long time to realize the inconsistency in the situation.
"How come no one knows about something this big? You're lying to me."
Consort Wan said disdainfully, "What's there to lie about? Actually, at that time, it was only the Emperor who had this intention. He and Yu Qingzhu had only met twice."
One reason was lust for beauty, and another was that Yu Qingzhu was the daughter of the Marquis of Anle.
Just as Consort Wan was the daughter of the Duke of Wan, marrying her would help the emperor stabilize the court.
The Emperor dared not make a big show of this matter, for fear of being rejected and being seen as deliberately forcing Marquis Anle, even though he did indeed intend to force Marquis Anle.
At that time, the late emperor was still alive. After Marquis Anle subtly expressed his unwillingness to marry off his daughter, the matter was dropped.
Later, the emperor married the empress and took a concubine, but Yu Qingzhu was still unmarried. He was still greedy and kept thinking about this matter.
"Your mother's eventual marriage to Su Yuan might also have been due to the Emperor. If he hadn't been so persistent and pressured her, would your mother have been in such a hurry to get married?"
"She and Marquis Anle just couldn't see things clearly. They always felt that after marrying a prince, there would be countless problems. They wanted to find someone from a poor family whom they could control, so that the Yu family would not be involved in the struggle for the throne, and the emperor would have less suspicion towards the Yu family."
Marquis Anle only wanted to protect his own family and hadn't thought about anything else.
But the result was not as expected; he did not live as long as the Duke of Wan.
“Powerful clans will eventually be feared and eliminated through power struggles. Marquis Anle understood this, yet he couldn’t save the Yu family. Princess Consort Chen, are you now going to collude with the Emperor and continue to suppress the clans?”
After saying so much, Consort Wan's ultimate goal was to persuade Su Wenyuan to let Duke Wan go.
She wanted to say that the Duke of Wan and the Marquis of Anle were of the same ilk, and that the Marquis of Anle's family had been eliminated by the Emperor.
Now that it's the Wan family's turn, how can Su Wenyuan, as the victim, help the Emperor?
Su Wenyuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and laughed, "Your brain is really quite sharp. The Prince and the Sixth Prince have always been at odds, and it will be the same in the future."
“I am the Princess Consort of Prince Chen, and you are the mother of the Sixth Prince. This means we can never stand together. Similarly, dealing with the Wan family is also part of my plan. We are on opposite sides, yet you have managed to bring us together. Impressive.”
Su Wenyuan felt that Consort Wan must have thought about this for a long time.
They seem completely unrelated, yet they can be forcibly linked together.
Anyone who's even slightly confused would have been tricked by her!
However, Su Wenyuan's focus was on the past relationship between Yu Qingzhu and the Emperor. In the end, she learned that there was no past relationship. It was just that the Emperor, who was still the Crown Prince at the time, wanted to use the Yu family's power to win the beauty's heart.
Yu Qingzhu ignored him completely and turned to find Su Yuan, wanting to find a useless son-in-law to dispel the suspicions of the royal family.
Unexpectedly, the accident happened so quickly, and the plan was disrupted.
Upon learning that it was the Emperor's lustful infatuation that was unrequited, Su Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness.
Consort Wan stared at her in astonishment, thinking, "Isn't this reaction too fast? Shouldn't she at least hesitate for a moment?"
She had barely finished speaking when Su Wenyuan realized what was happening; the speed was simply outrageous.
However, Consort Wan did not expect that she could persuade Su Wenyuan to let the Wan family go with just a few words.
But at least it can ease the tension. After she finishes talking about other things, we can appeal to her emotions and reason with her, and maybe we can change her mind.
Su Wenyuan straightened her posture and looked at her calmly, as if to say, "What else do you want to say? Say it all at once."
"We are indeed adversaries, but what I said is true."
Su Wenyuan nodded and said, "I know part of it is definitely true. The Emperor did have this idea, and my mother's marriage to Su Yuan was also a temporary measure."
Marquis Anle took the initiative to weaken the influence of the Yu family in order to save his life.
Consort Wan emphasized, "It's not just a part of it that's true; everything I said is true."
Su Wenyuan said, "Impossible. The latter part is fake. It wasn't the Emperor who wanted to harm your Wan family. It was your father who sent a hundred assassins to kill the Prince. That's a capital offense. The Prince was seriously injured. It's normal for him to want to take his life."
"You should be glad that the prince is in a good mood now, otherwise you would be wearing mourning clothes."
It's wrong to cover up the assassination attempt and only say that the Emperor was going to take action against the Wan family.
Even if the emperor is immoral, cowardly, and indecisive, he shouldn't be blamed for everything.
Consort Wan began to dislike Su Wenyuan's clear-headedness; she had been talking for so long, yet Su Wenyuan still didn't believe her.
But she couldn't just admit to the assassination, so she forced herself to remain calm and said, "The Emperor hasn't convicted him yet. Even a prince can't just kill people."
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