Chapter 31: Utter Beast!
The Emperor grumbled to himself, when you were just crying in front of Yao Zhen that you wouldn’t marry her daughter no matter what, why didn’t you say a person should be responsible for their own actions?
Now the Emperor also felt that this matter was truly unmanageable. Could he stop Su Yaogeng? Of course he couldn’t; if he stopped her now, who knows how Su Yaogeng might turn the entire harem upside down next.
Thus, the Emperor coughed lightly twice and asked Su Yu beside him, "Yun Peng, Baihua Garden is your property. The night before last, did you hear what happened in Mudan Pavilion?"
If it were just an ordinary matter, it’s unlikely that Yan’er would have had the courage to say such things in front of Yao Zhen.
Su Yu looked up at Su Xingyan and replied, "The night before last, Yan’er booked the Mudan Pavilion from me, and then Jing’er spent the night there."
Su Xingyan never expected Su Yu to say such a thing and immediately retorted, "Father, indeed I booked the courtyard of Mudan Pavilion the day before, but I didn’t go to Mudan Pavilion that night at all. I spent the entire night at General Han Mansion and only returned to the Prince Mansion at dawn. The people at General Han Mansion can all testify to this."
Su Yu replied coolly, "So what you’re saying, Yan’er, is that your fiancée spent the night in the garden you booked, but whatever happens has nothing to do with you?"
Su Xingyan’s face turned instantly pale. Han Jing had been tainted; he could indeed use this as an excuse to force them to break the engagement, but he actually forgot that it was he who booked Mudan Pavilion. It seems the Eldest Princess is aware of this, and that Han Jing got into trouble inside; whether he knew or not, it was still his greatest responsibility.
They could even say it was he who deliberately framed Han Jing to break the engagement.
Only now did Su Xingyan realize that this matter was far from as simple as he imagined.
With the temperament of the Eldest Princess, even without considering whether the engagement could be broken, she would never let him off just because of what happened to Han Jing at Mudan Pavilion!
Not to mention his mother...
Su Xingyan shivered and hurriedly knelt upright, saying, "As for breaking the engagement, my son, my son will reconsider. I only beg Father to save Mother!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" The Emperor glared at him, glanced at Su Yu who was embroidering on the situation, and thought that Yan’er had stirred up enough trouble with Yao Zhen, why did he also offend Su Yu? With Su Yu’s usual disinterest in matters, for him to get involved in this unprecedentedly, it’s a hundred percent that Yan’er had offended him!
"Yun Peng, if there’s nothing else, you can go back for now." At this point, the Emperor, troubled by these few people, couldn’t even remember why he called Su Yu here today.
Su Yu slowly got up, cupped his hands, and said, "Then your subordinate takes his leave first."
He had walked a few steps towards Su Xingyan’s side before stopping, looked down at him, and then said to the Emperor, "Brother, if a child is disobedient, they need to be properly taught. If you don’t have the time, you can send them to my mansion. The children at my mansion are all well-behaved!"
After speaking, he leisurely walked away.
The Emperor looked at his back, almost spitting out a mouthful of old blood! The children at his mansion? What kind of children were those? They were all young people he had collected from all over... Goodness, he was afraid nobody would know about his preferences, huh? And he even suggested sending his son there! Beast! Simply a beast!
Looking at Su Xingyan again, the whole person was already stiff.