Chapter 191: Sincerely Want to Take a Wife
Translator: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud
Su Yan Mo hadn’t anticipated that Retired Emperor had become so furious. She represented the two Su and Helian families. Even if this matter had been exposed, in order to maintain the balance in court, Retired Emperor would keep his temper in check and would control the impact of this matter to a certain degree.
Yet today, Retired Emperor clearly wanted to punish them severely!
This caught Su Yan Mo extremely unprepared. She didn’t know what Helian Wei Wei had done after all. Unexpectedly, it made the Retired Emperor, who’d always weighed everything carefully, resolved to become this angry. She could only kneel on the ground and sounded as if she’d been wronged. “Retired Emperor, this female official hasn’t been here just now, and also don’t understand why Little Lian’s kneeling here. As for harming others, this female official understands even less of what I’ve heard.”
“Good, good.” Retired Emperor stood up. “Since you don’t know anything, then go back and tell Prime Minister Su, in the trip to Hidden Spirit Temple this time, what I’d wanted was to handle everything in a subdued manner, that way I can prepare matters to hand over for him to manage, it would seem…we should give some people suitable responsibilities. In the future, he need not concern himself with matters at the Bright Brilliant Palace. He can concentrate on being prime minister.”
These words sounded like there wasn’t any deterrence of power.
However Su Yan Mo actually understood that this kind of decision actually weakened the Su family’s power!
Her heart rattled!
She looked up and over at her beloved daughter’s paled face.
She already refused to accept this outcome. She had to think of a way to defend and save Jiao Er!
It ought to be known that there’s no limit to her daughter’s future prospects. She absolutely couldn’t lose due to this girl’s designs.
Thinking to this point, Madam Su heavily kowtowed her head on the floor as she faced Retired Emperor to say. “Retired Emperor, something bad happened, therefore you’re angry. It’s just that, who saw my daughter incite people? What evidence is there?” After saying this, Madam Su faced Chen Wen Wan and looked at her. “Miss Chen, my Su family have no enmity and no grievance with you and it’s also out of the question that we’re intimate. You’ve done wrongs, but why did Retired Emperor say that you’ve been incited by my daughter?”
Having heard these words, Chen Wen Wan shook from head to foot. How could she not understand that Madam Su was prodding her.
Have her speak after sizing up the situation.
For such a long time, the Chen family was able to reach this level all thanks to the Su family.
Madam Su’s intention was very clear. The Su family could elevate the Chen family, they could also cause the Chen family to fall through the mud, even to the point of death and ruin!
Chen Wen Wan burst into loud laughter. Suddenly her pupils submerged. The sound of her voice was filled with pain. “All of these things were caused by me, no one prompted me at all. It’s only because a disgraceful girl, without any bit of good looks even fooled around with people all day, hooking up with this one and that one, so much so that she didn’t even spare Young Master Hei Ze. Truly disgusting enough to make a person puke. This kind of person, if no one taught her a lesson, my heart could not be free.
It’s just that I underestimated a certain person’s deviousness. On the surface she seemed to have accepted my good intention and warmed up to me, when in fact, she’d always guarded against me. In the end, I’m the one who’s too naive. Whether I’m to be killed or punished, go guys go ahead!”
“You used the witch wood, because you were jealous?” Madam Su suddenly saw the light. Intentionally or otherwise, her gaze swept over Hei Ze. “So it turns out the one you like is the second young master of the Hei family.”
Hei Ze’s expression didn’t change as he watched this scene.
At that moment, Chen Wen Wan’s head pressed even lower as she looked blankly at the dripping wet bluestone path before her.
When she first entered the capitol, she already liked that Young Master Hei Ze, who could handle any matter with ease no matter what it was.
She understood more than anybody that his future wife would come from either an aristocratic family or a regional lord.
Her family background certainly matched his.
During that tea party, Madam Su saw through her thoughts and later told her that recently, Grandfather Hei was anxious to find a wife for that person. As long as she completed this assignment, not only would her father’s career advance, she could fulfill her own wish to become a part of the Hei family.
But during the trip to Hidden Spirit Temple this time, she finally discovered that even if she climbed even higher, in that person’s eyes, not even a reflection of her would be present!
Why!
She could forget it if she’d lost to other people!
An ugly girl who’d been driven out of her clan, without power without influence, even that face of hers made people lose their appetite. Yet she could make that person carve a special place for her.
She refused to accept it!
She thought that as long as she eliminated this ugly girl, she would have an opportunity.
Yet unexpectedly, all of these hopes were but a dream.
Right now, she’d awoken from her beautiful dream.
He simply couldn’t remember that young girl who he’d lent an arm of support to at the tea party.
When he faced her now, there’s only loathing in his eyes, which made her wished with all her heart that everything hadn’t happened!
Chen Wen Wan never felt any regret like this before. She shivered as she waited for Retired Emperor’s rage!
On the contrary, Madam Su was very satisfied with Chen Wen Wan’s grasp of the big picture as she lifted her head to speak. “Retired Emperor, everything has been clarified now. It’s merely jealousy between the children and mischievous hearts which caused Miss Chen to do something she shouldn’t have done.”
Retired Emperor didn’t say anything as he lowered his eyes.
Wei Wei just smiled. She’d never thought that Madam Su would thoroughly fall on the basis of this incident alone. If it were that simple, she wouldn’t have established Tiny Pond Under Heaven.
She understood more than anyone Madam Su’s scheming capacity as well as the Su family’s status in the imperial court.
Even if this incident directly pointed at Madam Su, Chen Wen Wan still wouldn’t confess it. This much was clear.
Because within the Dragon War Empire, the power of the four clans was expansive, causing Chen Wen Wan to worry that after she told the truth, the Chen family would be eliminated.
Madam Su was indeed clever and knew how to use power to pressure people.
But what she didn’t know was that, precisely because of this point, Retired Emperor would take these troubles to heart even more!
A power which already vaguely started to pressure the imperial family, how would the Retired Emperor permit it.
What Wei Wei wanted was precisely this outcome!
In the future, she wanted to wrest back control of the Helian family, the ones she’d have to face were the four great clans.
How could she succeed based on her strength alone?
It’s only possible if she pulled Retired Emperor to this side…
Wei Wei raised her head and when she met the eyes of Retired Emperor in the process of examining to the last detail, she suddenly stiffened.
She seemed to have understood something. She actually forgot that her purpose in having done what she’d done was something the Retired Emperor very likely also had become aware of.
As the proverb went, this sovereign’s experience, compared to her, was as someone who’d eaten more salt than she’d eaten rice. How could he not have perceived the twist and turns within this incident?
Of course she puzzled over what Retired Emperor’s attitude over all of this would be.
Retired Emperor looked at that expressionless little black painted face and felt that there was some resemblance to that little third grandson. His heart also softened immediately, thinking that he couldn’t dissuade that resolute icy grandson anyways. From the moment he started to speak, that icy youngster had stood next to him and sneered from time to time. It was evident that he wasn’t satisfied.
He’s already so old, basically everything he’d done had been for the younger generation’s sake. Since his treasured grandson had made a choice, no matter what his objective was, forget it, he should just go along with his choice.
Right now, he actually hoped a little, that the icy youngster was sincere in his desire to marry this young girl, and wasn’t doing this for something else…