<h4>Chapter 125 So Bold</h4>
Su Muge rapidly stepped forward to support Zhang who had been pushed by Wang.
“Grandma, are you okay?”
Zhang looked back at Su Muge apologetically. “It’s my fault. If I had known their malicious intention, I would never have let theme here.”
Su Muge hinted Yueru toe and hold Zhang. “How could it have anything to do with you, grandmother? Some people are too ambitious and aggressive. How can you stop them?”
“This marriage contract has been sealed in the county yamen. You can’t deny it!” While speaking, Wang folded the marriage contract and put it away.
Su Lun narrowed his eyes. “Come on, bring me the thing!”
Hearing the words, the guards who were guarding outside rushed in.
Seeing so many people, Zhao De was scared to death.
“You, what are you doing? How dare you snatch it?!”
Su Lun raised the corner of his lips with a sneer and waved his hand gently. And the guards stepped forward to snatch the marriage contract from Wang.
“My Lord.”
Su Lun took over the marriage contract and threw it into the brazier in front of everyone. The thin paper instantly turned to ashes in the brazier.
“Prepare the carriage immediately and send them out of the city before the city gate is closed!” Su Lun didn’t care about falling out with the Zhao family.
“You! You Su Lun! You viin! How could you ruin the marriage contract?!” Wang screamed.
Hearing that Zhang and others would be sent out of the city, Zhao looked at Zhang with reluctance and anxiety.
“Grandma gets on in years. Let me send her away tomorrow morning.” Su Muge spoke solemnly.
Zhao De snorted. “Bah, you’re pretending to be filial now?! Now that you’re driving us away, mother must go back with us; otherwise, we’ll suicide in your mansion. Let’s see whether you can keep your official position, Su Lun!”
“My good girl, I’ve been quite content to see you three. Don’t worry about me.” Zhang held Su Muge’s hands with satisfaction.
After that, Zhang went to Zhao De. “I’ll go back with you, and I will never let youe to the capital even if I have to die.”
Zhao De and others pouted carelessly.
“Take them away!”Update by
The Zhao family was taken away from Su Mansion.
“A group of trouble-makers! Keep away from them in the future!” Su Lun red at Zhao angrily.
Zhao had been in a low mood because of Zhang’s sudden departure. After being red by Su Lun, her eyes turned red.
“My Lord...”
“Humph!” Su Lun shook his sleeves and left.
Zhao could no longer stop her tears from streaming down.
Su Muge stepped forward to wipe the tears on her face gently with a handkerchief. “Don’t be sad. Grandma doesn’t want to see you embarrassed.”
Zhao nodded in sobs. “I know. Seeing that your grandmother is good, I’m much more relieved.”
Lu Mama stepped forward and whispered, “The eldest Miss is right. Don’t be too sad. My Lord didn’t eat anything tonight. There is still some cubilose porridge in the general kitchen. Madam, are you going to send him some?”
These days, Old Lady Su had been asking Su Lun to go to Haitang’s room. Now Su Wenmo was still young. If Haitang really gave birth to a boy, it would be troublesome in the future.
Therefore, Zhao mustn’t lose the support of Su Lun at this time and let Haitang be the second An.
Zhao understood Lu Mama’s meaning and nodded. “Get the cubilose porridge.”
Seeing that Zhao had recovered from her sorrow, Su Muge took Yueru and others out of the room.
“Xinche, find out who has sent the Zhao family out of the city.”
“Yes.”
Su Muge always felt a little strange about the appearance of the Zhao family and the marriage contract.
Before dark, a little maid came back with a message.
“Miss, they have gone out of the city gate now. It’s already dark outside, and the city gate has been locked.”
Su Muge nodded. “Okay.”
The next morning.
Su Lun went to attend the morning court as usual.
As soon as he entered the pce gate, he felt that his colleagues looked at him with a strange look.
Su Lun wanted to ask, but the morning court was about to begin, so he could only give it up temporarily.
Just as he entered the hall, Minister An came to him with his big belly and looked at him with a faint smile.
“Su Lun, I’ve never thought that you are so bold.”
Su Lun paused and looked at Minister An with a puzzled look. Before he could ask him, Minister An had stepped forward.
Throughout the morning court, Su Lun had been in a daze. He couldn’t help thinking about Minister An’s words and wanted to ask him clearly after the morning court.
“How is the preparation for offering sacrifices to Heaven and inviting God’s will?” Xia Hourui sat on the dragon throne and looked at the officials below.
“Everything is ready, Your Majesty.”
“Well, you may retreat.”
“Long may you reign.”
As soon as the morning court was over, Su Lun walked towards Minister An but was stopped halfway.
“Lord Su, you are too bold. How dare you deceive His Majesty?!” Lord Hu who was quite familiar with Su Lun came over and whispered.
He also said he was bold!?
“What have you heard?”
Lord Hu got close to Su Lun. After confirming there was nobody around, he replied, “Lord Su, your daughter has already had a marriage contract with someone else. Why didn’t you say it when His Majesty granted her a marriage? Now it has been widely spread. Do you want to die?!”
When Su Lun heard it, he became extremely nervous. “What do you mean, Lord Hu?”
Seeing Su Lun’s dark and gloomy look, Lord Hu thought it was true. “Lord Su, how can you be so muddled?! This matter is spreading now. Hurry to find a way to clean it up. I still have something else to do. Excuse me.”
After finishing his words, Lord Hu walked away quickly, leaving Su Lun standing alone in a daze.
“Damn it!” After a while, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and left the pce quickly.
In Zhaohe Pce, the Imperial Pce.
Princess Linghua sat on the left-hand seat in the inner hall. Concubine Qin sat beside her with her eyes lowered and gently fiddled with the porcin cup in her hand with her slender fingers.
“Your Grace, you must have known it.”
After a while, Concubine Qin put down the porcin cup in her hand.
Princess Linghua was the youngest daughter of the Emperor’s mother. She rarely left the Princess Pce. At most, she would asionally sit with the concubines in the imperial harem. Even in this case, she would hardlye once in several months.
Today, she came over because Concubine Qin sent a message to the Princess Pce early in the morning that she had something important.
Unexpectedly, on her way to the Imperial Pce, Princess Linghua was stopped by someone asking her to redress the injustice. Those people were the Zhao family who had been driven out of the capital by Su Lun.
Although Princess Linghua didn’t like to go out, she liked to redress the scales. So, she asked the Zhao family about the ins and outs of the matter.
That street was the only way to the pce. Once the carriage of Princess Linghua was stuck there, the officials entering the pce would be unable to move on. With the energetic voice of the Zhao family, the matter that Su Muge had a marriage contract that had been hidden from the Emperor spread quickly and widely among the officials.
Princess Linghua slightly lifted her eyelids and looked at Concubine Qin. “Are you asking me toe over for this matter?”
Concubine Qinughed out loud. “Of course not, I had just known about it. I ask you toe today because I have got an authentic work of the immortal Shangyin. I know you’ve always liked it, so I want to give it to you in person.”
Concubine Qin nced at the pce maid who took out a scroll painting.
Hearing the words “the immortal Shangyin”, Princess Linghua brightened her eyes.
When the maid opened the scroll, she stood up from her chair.
“I don’t know about this, so it’s wasteful to leave this painting with me.”
Princess Linghua nodded with satisfaction as she looked at the scroll painting. “This is an authentic work of the immortal Shangyin indeed. Concubine Qin, you are so thoughtful.”
Princess Linghua was not a simple and naive girl. She knew Concubine Qin wouldn’t give her such a precious gift for no reason, not to mention how hard it was to get an authentic work of the immortal Shangyin.
“As long as you like it, I’m satisfied.”
Princess Linghua asked the pce maid to put the scroll away carefully. “Su Mansion was too bold indeed. I’ll exin it clearly to my brother in person. As for the marriage, it’s up to him.”
Princess Linghua was clear that Concubine Qin had opinions about the marriage of Xia Houkun and Su Muge. It didn’t have much influence on her if she made it clear.
“Thank you so much, Your Grace.”
After leaving Zhaohe Pce, Princess Linghua went to Yangyi Pce.
“Your Grace.” The pce people guarding the door stepped forward to salute.
“Is His Majesty in the hall?”
She knew Xia Hourui would have breakfast in Yangyi Pce every morning after the morning court.
“Your Grace, His Majesty is not in the pce. Just now, Eunuch Yi sent a message that His Majesty would directly have breakfast in the Imperial Study.”
Princess Linghua realized that Xia Hourui would be busier than usual due to theing heaven worship.
“I see.”
Although she had promised Concubine Qin to tell Xia Hourui about this matter, she didn’t promise to tell him about it right away. Seeing that Xia Hourui would be too busy to deal with these chores, she decided to wait until the heaven worship waspleted.
Thinking of this, Princess Linghua left the pce.
...
Su Lun left the pce and went directly for Zhao.
“My Lord, you’re back ...”
“Snap!”
“Ah!”
“Look what you have done! Make so much trouble for me!”
With a fierce look, Su Lun pped on Zhao’s face heavily. Zhao was stumbled to the ground.
“My Lord, please forgive me.”
“My Lord, don’t be mad. What has Madam done to make you so angry?”
The maids in the room were so scared that they all knelt to the ground.
“Get out of here!”
“My Lord, Madam...” Meihua was afraid that Zhao would be hit by Su Lun again. But as soon as she opened her mouth, Su Lun kicked her on her chest.
“Get out!”
“Meihua, you go out first.”
Hearing Zhao’s words, Meihua and others had to leave.
Meihua endured the pain and whispered, “Hurry up! Go to Peachblossom Courtyard and find the eldest Miss.”