Chapter 344 - Imperial Noble Consort Sus Ruthless Decision. Towering Hatred! (1/2)

“Your family is really rich and powerful. I heard that the precious Buddha statue is only worth 300 taels of silver. But I don’t know that the ancient jade of thousands of years is only worth that. I also wonder if your family will have a guilty conscience. Dare to put this ancient Buddha statue stained with blood in front of divine Buddha, even pray for the Empress Dowager.”

In the imperial study room. Wearing a peevish expression on his face with the nerves jumping, Emperor Zongwen picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it fiercely at the feet of the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su. He snorted coldly.

The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su’s feet were stuck by several pieces of the broken jade-red porcelain Tang teacup, and the corner of her skirt became faintly red. Obviously, she got her skin pierced. But she had no eyes for her sharp pain, and just begged with a pale face and tears. “Your Majesty, please spare my family. It was all because I wanted to do good deeds in front of you, but I am too eager to succeed, that my family was so anxious to find such a psychic Buddha statue for me.”

“Psychic Buddha statue? If it did work, your family should be paid blood for blood!” Emperor Zongwen thundered.

“Your Majesty, please punish me and spare my brother. I beg you. My father only has such a son. Could you please spare him?” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su was totally unconscious of the pains on her knees and stepped forward on her knees. She pulled Emperor Zongwen’s sleeve and cried.

She never thought that the thing was blown into such big trouble just for competing against the Empress. Now, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su’s brother even committed murder for the Buddha statue. And it was reported to the Emperor. Thinking that her father only had a legitimate son whom the whole Su family would rely on to steer in the future, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su screwed her face into an expression of pain and terror.

If Feng Yuxuan wanted to ascend to the throne in the future, it would largely depend on his mother’s family. Without strong support from the mother’s family, how could Feng Yuxuan stand out to win the throne? This thought wrenched her heart. She clenched her fists, and sharp nails pierced her palms. She looked anxiously at Liu Xi beside.

Since she had been in the palace for many years, Liu Xi respected her every time he saw her and did not forget to send gifts and presents to her at usual times.

Naturally, Liu Xi saw the appeal in her eyes. In fact, he got many good benefits from the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su at ordinary times. Feng Yuxuan was a refined and elegant person and never stingy about giving rewards, so he won warm support. So Liu Xi thought he could not turn a blind eye to the appeal. Then, he stepped up, served a new cup of tea to Emperor Zongwen and said, “Your Majesty, please calm down and have a cup of tea. It happened so suddenly. Her Highness made efforts to show her filial piety, but unexpectedly, her intention led to bad results.”

“Filial piety? Her filial piety is stained with others’ blood. How can the Empress Dowager be cured by her filial piety? I’m afraid it will cut short her normal span of life!” Emperor Zongwen said chilly with a gloomy look, and cast a glance at Liu Xi’s serving tea but did not take a sip.

Obviously, the Emperor had made up his mind to punish the Su family’s eldest son! So Liu Xi did not dare to say more and just stepped back and bowed his head down. Being in the palace for so many years, Liu Xi knew well who his master was indeed. Without the Emperor Zongwen’s trust, Liu Xi would be nothing in this palace, and why was the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su polite to him?

He had said the words he could. As for those he could not, he would not naturally cause trouble for himself.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, could you please look it up again? Look it up again? It was not my brother’s fault, but it was I who asked my brother to buy it. And we never forced…” Seeing Emperor Zongwen was still in a rage, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su said quickly with a pale face. There was only one legitimate son in the Su family, and she only had a legitimate brother. How could she be hard-hearted to see her brother pay for life with life?

She cried and kowtowed unceasingly. Her white forehead thumped heavily on the blue-stone ground.

“Buy? This is a family heirloom pa.s.sed on from ten generations. It has been blessed by several generations of senior monks and wors.h.i.+ped in the ancestral hall. It is the family’s treasure. So how much did your Su family spend buying it? It was claimed that over one million taels of silvers were needed to offer it. Your family is really wealthy. In such a condition, you dare to come to the family. Apparently, you do have an extremely large amount of money.” Emperor Zongwen gave a sudden sneer with a flash of coldness in his eyes.

The Imperial n.o.ble Consort’s face became ghastly pale, and she could not help quivering. A chill soared up from the bottom of his heart and rushed to her limbs immediately. She was impotent as if being soaked in the ice. She fell on blue-stone ground feebly. Suddenly, she seemed to realize something from the mishap, and her lips trembled, about to speak.

But Emperor Zongwen looked at her and said coldly, “The lianghu disaster relief fund is said to be over one million tales of silver. But it disappeared without a trace. No official of lianghu could tell where the fund has gone. I remember your Su family in lianghu is a greatly influential family.”

The Emperor’s words cut her heart like a knife. The Imperial n.o.ble Su could not tolerate any longer, as her face turned livid with blackness in front of her eyes. She fell backward involuntarily. The two palace maids kneeling behind hurried to support her and looked at Emperor Zongwen in fear, but did not dare to yell.

Emperor Zongwen took no notice at the weak the Imperial n.o.ble Consort, but just turned to Liu Xi and said, “Pa.s.s the order that the three law divisions hear the case together. No leniency shall be shown in punishment. Dare to take advantage of the royal power to do such an illegal thing! It is to despise the dignity of the royal family. How did they think of the majesty of the royal family?”

“Yes, I will declare it.” Liu Xi bowed his head and answered respectfully.

The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su still felt weak in her own palace after being supported back from the Imperial Study Room. She looked paled and sat on the front of the couch. One of her hands held the desk besides, and the other smashed a beautiful vase into pieces.

The flowers in it suddenly withered, and the broken branches and porcelain badly marked a dark trace of water on the ground.

“Your Highness, please calm down. please.” The palace maids knelt down in fear and begged involuntarily.

“Get out, get out of here all!” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su yelled sharply, as she looked ferocious without any tenderness on her beautiful face.

Several little palace maids stumbled up from the ground and scampered away the hall, not daring to take a look at her.

“Your Highness, please don’t get angry. The senior master may think about some methods.” Qiong’er, her close-fitting palace maid, held a cup of tea and put it in front of the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su. She patted the Imperial n.o.ble Consort’s back and pacified. “No matter how angry you are, you should not hurt yourself. You still have His Highness, right?”

She was a close-fit maid brought by the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su from the Su family, so she dared to say something that others did not dare to say.

“b.i.t.c.h, b.i.t.c.h…” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su snarled in rage as she grabbed the corner of the desk and widened her eyes as large as a bra.s.s bell.

“Your Highness, no matter how angry you are, those people will be happy. So, please take care of yourself. Even if you don’t care about yourself, you should care about His Highness, King Chu. Right?” Qiong’er comforted, as she held a fragrant towel to softly wipe the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su’s face.

The fury on the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su’s face faded away, but a look of viciousness took on.