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

“If the Empress had not brought that Buddha statue and said those words, I would not have asked my father to find a more precious Buddha statue to steal her thunder. In fact, my brother was a person holding aloft from the affairs. So how could my father feel a.s.sured to leave that matter to my brother? Now, it was the crucial juncture for Xuan’er. No matter how unruly my brother was, it was impossible for him to provoke a murder case at this moment.

“And at last, even the formerly uproar case about the lianghu disaster relief fund was also involved in!”

As so many coincidences were present, if the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su still had not come to realize the truth, she did waste her life in the palace for more than two decades!

She was fooled! Fooled by the Empress!

Although she did not know who provoked her brother to do that, she was pretty sure that it must have something to do with the Empress.

A few days ago, King Yan was scolded by the Emperor. And the Empress was also upbraided due to the matter that a second consort was brought into the family ahead of the unseemly first consort. The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su only thought that the opportunity for Feng Yuxuan was coming, so she behaved more proudly. But the Empress forbore patiently and did not argue anything against her. So the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su thought the Empress finally confessed her fate. But out of her expectation, the Empress had dug a trap waiting for the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su to jump in.

“Qiong’er, you ask someone to send a message to my father and tell him to let my brother confess the crime.” She said as she gritted her teeth.

“Your Highness.” Qiong’er was shocked and put down the fragrant towel in a trance, not knowing what to do. She was a servant from the Su family and knew well how highly the Su family thought of the eldest son. The Su family had made great efforts cultivating him, and now, he also worked in an important department, laying a foundation for supporting King Chu in the future.

How could the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su give such an order at this time?

A life for a life! If confessing the crime, the eldest son of the Su family had no way but to pay his life for the crime!

“Your Highness, you are planning…” Qiong’er asked but ceased when feeling it inappropriate.

“The woman actually wanted to use my brother to harm Xuan’er and drag Xuan’er into the lianghu case. I will protect Xuan’er even at the cost of my brother’s life. Father still has some concubine’s sons. I believe that Father will understand me. You just have the words pa.s.sed.” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su said in a deeply sorrowful but firm voice.

Choosing Xuan’er instead of brother, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su believed that her father would understand her tough decision. It was the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su herself who was too careless to be framed by the Empress. But fortunately, her Xuan’er still had chances. As long as her brother confessed the murder for the Buddha statue and the Emperor punished him, there was nothing to be investigated more. As for the so-called the lianghu disaster relief fund, it had little to do with Xuan’er.

Feng Yulei was reprimanded and confined as a punishment. If Xuan’er was also reprimanded, he would be confined at most. There was no conclusive evidence, and the brother confessed the crime, so the Emperor had no ground to conduct a thorough investigation to the Su family any longer.

And the impact would not spread too much!

At this point, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su wanted nothing but let Feng Yuxuan keep out of the affair.

“Yes, I will as someone to send the message.” Qiong’er responded respectfully.

Having been serving the master for so long, Qiong’er was quite familiar with the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su’s consummate tactics and knew that the Emperor’s favorite concubine was good at pleasing the Emperor. Even if the Imperial n.o.ble Consort was not young anymore, the Emperor still heaped his favor on her and came to the palace from time to time. To investigate the reasons, for one thing, the Imperial n.o.ble Consort looked always ravis.h.i.+ngly charming and beautiful; and King Chu was another reason.

Since the Imperial n.o.ble Consort who could even read others’ minds suffered such a great setback, how was she willing to leave the matter at that easily?

“You go to the Buddha Hall and turn over the things in the Hall to the Imperial n.o.ble Consort Wen. You just say I suddenly suffered a heart attack and fainted.” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su gritted her teeth and called Qiong’er who was about to leave, and her face became atrocious. “Then, you go to the Empress Dowager’s Cining Palace and report that I was scolded by the Emperor and fainted in the Imperial Study Room. So I am now unable to host the praying ceremony. Please ask the Empress Dowager to forgive my impiety.”

Two explanations were made for one thing: one was for the rumors on the surface; the other was to incur the wrath between the two Palace.

It was known to all in the palace that the Empress Dowager believed in Buddhism. But now, the grand event to pray for the Empress Dowager had been interrupted, as the host had been changed temporarily and even a serious murder had been caused. As long as the Empress Dowager used her head, she could guess that it was all conspired by the Empress, which would inevitably stir up resent in the Empress Dowager’s heart.

The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su heard that the Empress and the Empress Dowager were at odds these days, which made Ding General Manor in a dilemma!

The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su could recognize her situation very well now, that was, she should act discreetly to seek survival in the whirlpool of the discord between the palaces.

“Yes, I will do it now.” Qiong’er replied in a low voice.

“If anyone of the Su family enters the palace, no matter who he is, he should be allowed to be in after getting the imperial permission.” The Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su said calmly and firmly after some contemplation.

“How about the Old Sir and Madam?” Qiong’er asked hesitantly.

“No matter who will be treated equally!” The Imperial n.o.bel Consort Su clenched her teeth. She would no longer let the Empress find any chance to defame Xuan’er and thought that the pressing matter of the moment was to behave herself to turn over a new leaf so that she could arouse the Emperor’s pity…

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