Su Lin'er said confidently, "Consort Wan entrusted this matter to me so that I could teach Su Wenyuan a lesson! If I really took the money and sent it to Su Wenyuan, Consort Wan would suspect that we were in cahoots."
Wang frowned and asked, "So what are you going to do now? Just tell Su Wenyuan that you've made the decision for her and she doesn't want the money anymore?"
Su Lin'er was speechless for a moment; of course, she couldn't say that.
She hadn't figured out exactly what to do yet, but she had made a boast in front of Consort Wan.
"Mother, could you ask Father to step in and put in a good word for us?" Su Lin'er asked in a softer tone.
In the end, Su Yuan had to step in to resolve this matter?
Madam Wang asked with displeasure, "Do you want your father to go to the Prince Chen's residence, or do you want Su Wenyuan to come back?"
"Of course we're coming back! The Prince Chen's residence is full of her people; it won't do us any good!"
Su Yuan was furious, but the trouble had already been stirred up, and he couldn't just ignore it.
Just as dawn broke, a servant from the Prime Minister's residence arrived, inviting Su Wenyuan to return home for a meal.
Su Wenyuan refused, citing physical discomfort, which was indeed true.
She also told the old woman that she would definitely return to the mansion once she felt better.
She had to find out the truth about the Marquis of Anle's mansion.
She also needed to ask Su Yuan about her mother's affairs, and incidentally make things difficult for Wang Shi.
The old woman who came to deliver the message saw that she wasn't faking it, so she didn't say anything more and went back to report.
Su Yuan was relieved to learn that Su Wenyuan was unwell and couldn't come today.
He didn't know when it started, but he felt a sense of fear when he was around Su Wenyuan.
During the few days that Su Wenyuan stayed in the mansion without leaving her residence, she kept learning about what happened back then.
The reason Anle Hou was judged to have betrayed the country was because of several letters of treason. At that time, Anchuan was at war with Qikong Kingdom, and Anle Hou told Qikong Kingdom about the military habits of several generals in the court.
He also exchanged messages with enemy generals multiple times, which was eventually discovered by General Lu, who sent someone back to the capital to impeach and accuse Marquis Anle.
The whole matter was handled hastily, without taking time to investigate thoroughly, and a conviction was made directly.
This General Lu is Lu Wanying's father!
Sheng Jingyu said, "Because the matter was handled too hastily, after the people of the Marquis of Anle’s mansion were executed, the two countries held peace talks again, and then there were floods in many places, so the matter was left unresolved, and the charges were also determined."
There were too many things piling up, and no one had time to defend Marquis Anle.
However, this matter was full of loopholes, and the emperor handled it too hastily.
"Where are the servants of the Marquis of Anle's residence?" Su Wenyuan asked.
If Marquis Anle didn't betray us, where did the letter come from? We must start by investigating the people around him.
Sheng Jingyu replied, "Execution."
"Of all the people involved in this incident, only my mother survived?" Su Wenyuan asked in shock.
Sheng Jingyu nodded and said, "Yes, Father Emperor ordered them all to be executed, and that's why no one dared to defend Marquis Anle."
From these few words, Su Wenyuan sensed the Emperor's targeting and dissatisfaction with Marquis Anle.
Whether he designed it or he went with the flow, he is inextricably linked to this matter.
"She's the only one who survived, so why would she commit suicide?" Su Wenyuan asked, puzzled.
They made the decision without even investigating the whole matter. If Marquis Anle was wronged, Su Wenyuan's mother should live well and seek the truth.
Sheng Jingyu sighed and said, "I don't know, but her death has further confirmed the Marquis of Anle's crime of treason. Everyone says that she committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Su Wenyuan remained silent for a long time, increasingly convinced that the Marquis of Anle's family had been wronged.
"Yuexiu, have any people from the Prime Minister's residence come here in the past two days?"
Yuexiu shook her head, "She only came once, that day."
"Go and tell them I'll be there tomorrow." Su Wenyuan planned to go back to the Prime Minister's residence to see if it was a suicide attempt.
Furthermore, she must have brought her personal maid and nanny with her when she married Su Yuan.
Could all of these people be dead too?
Su Wenyuan wanted to hear some things about Marquis Anle from people who had been in contact with him, so as to determine whether he was capable of treason.
"Let Ye Shan go with you. She's smarter, and even if she makes a scene, she won't leave you with anything to say about her being in the wrong," Sheng Jingyu said, still worried.
Su Wenyuan said decisively, "I'm not going to fight, so what am I going to leave as a pretext for trouble?"
"You'd better keep your word." Sheng Jingyu didn't believe a word he said.
Su Wenyuan blinked, though she didn't believe it either.
As they were talking, Hua Ling brought over some medicine and handed it to Su Wenyuan. It was to help her regulate her body.
When Hua Ling took her pulse that day, she discovered that her health was not very good, probably because she hadn't been eating well for many years.
He told Sheng Jingyu, and Sheng Jingyu asked him to help with the treatment.
Su Wenyuan's illness has been cured, but she still has to take this medicine every day.
Seeing the bowl of medicine handed to her, Su Wenyuan raised her hand several times, but didn't have the courage to take it.
It was so bitter, unbearably bitter.
“Actually, you don’t have to go through all this trouble, and I don’t necessarily have to drink it,” Su Wenyuan sincerely suggested. “Don’t keep it up.”
Hua Ling said gloatingly, "I'm not having a hard time."
"...But I don't want to drink it."
Hua Ling laughed and said, "That has nothing to do with me."
After saying that, he left. He was just following Sheng Jingyu's instructions to brew a few bowls of medicine for Su Wenyuan.
Whether they drink it or not is their business.
Su Wenyuan looked around like a thief, then picked up the medicine bowl and walked towards the corner of the wall.
Sheng Jingyu was speechless; this was the third time she had poured medicine in front of him.
"This medicine is good for the body, but it takes an hour to brew each time, and the prescription has to be adjusted repeatedly. Hua Ling has put in a lot of effort," Sheng Jingyu reminded her.
Upon hearing this, Su Wenyuan hesitated to pour the medicine down her throat, but gritted her teeth and drank it anyway.
Sheng Jingyu smiled as he listened to her drinking the medicine.
But as soon as night fell, his smile vanished.
Since that crazy day, whenever Sheng Jingyu saw her again, he felt it was even more unbearable than before.
Many of the marks on her body have not yet faded. Su Wenyuan, however, has gotten used to it and no longer blushes and hides under the covers as she did a couple of days ago when she saw the marks on her body.
She's become immune to it these past two days and has started walking around again as if no one else is around, since Sheng Jingyu can't see her anyway.
In fact, Sheng Jingyu saw everything and almost couldn't keep up the act anymore.
For some reason, Su Wenyuan was not sleeping as well as before, her arms and legs were all over the place, which made Sheng Jingyu very uncomfortable.
Hua Ling could tell that he wasn't sleeping well, but not knowing the details, she assumed that he, like herself, had trouble falling asleep at the slightest sound.
Hua Ling then suggested that he and Su Wenyuan live separately.
Sheng Jingyu always refused on a whim, and when asked for a reason, she never gave one.
At that moment, he was lost in thought, his mind filled with unhealthy images that he couldn't shake off. Suddenly, Su Wenyuan exclaimed and sat up in bed.
Sheng Jingyu felt guilty and was startled by her, her face turning slightly red.
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