The Anarchic Consort (1)

190-192

Chapter 190: Denouncing Lady Su

Translator: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud

The previous lass from the Defense Division was someone he'd watch as she grew up. How could that lass' daughter be as unbearable as the rumors say.

It's he who'd been situated in this position for too long a time. The more he heard, the more he believed.

He believed that he was a wise and sympathetic monarch. During those years, in regards to those generals who'd assisted him in his conquests, he's never treated any of them unfairly, yet today, he actually discovered that surprisingly, his most meritorious official's granddaughter had received endless grievances.

Thinking of what's just happened, Retired Emperor's heart continuously raged even more. If it weren't for this child's composed way of handling things, he might've really allowed the Su family to leave unscathed in the end.

Su family, Su family!

Retired Emperor inhaled deeply. Bang! The Buddhist beads he's been fiddling with in his hands was slammed against the tabletop. Even the tone of his voice was saturated with fury. "Go bring Lady Su to me!"

"Yes."

In the wake of Eunuch Sun's voice dropping, Helian Jiao Er's whole body seemed as if it's been hit with a gust of frost, as she took a step backwards in a daze.

By the time Eunuch Sun brought Madam Su, from a distance, Madam Su already saw her personal maid kneeling on the ground. Her heart chilled all at once.

Originally, Madam Su felt that Wei Wei was only a silly girl and wasn't much to deal with, so she sent the maid under her command to handle the matter. Everything should've been flawless. How come Little Lian was the one kneeling on the ground?

Something must've gone wrong!

As clever as Madam Su was, she used only a few seconds to scan her beloved daughter and Chen Wen Wan's faces. In merely a split second, she already understood what's going on.

Her first reaction was to turn big problems into small ones, and small ones into no problems at all, because if this matter was pushed onto the younger generation, she could use the excuse of the rashness and willfulness of youth.

If she was also implicated, then the matter would be entirely different.

That's why, even if it was a pity, she could only abandon them.

Madam Su grasped the handkerchief in her hands tightly, yet her appearance didn't lose its composure, as she kept herself under control and greeted according to propriety. "This female official pays respects to Retired Emperor, thousand years, ten thousand years."

Retired Emperor also didn't command her to stand up and only watched her from on high, his tone of voice level. "I remember that Official Chen has just recently entered the capital. He was promoted all thanks to your Su family."

"What happened between the senior generation is also unclear to me." Su Yan Mo clenched her handkerchief, allowing no changes to her expression. "Older brother hasn't talked about these things."

Retired Emperor narrowed his eyes. "Then that Miss Chen before us, do you also not know her?"

"I haven't met up with her before." Su Yan Mo indeed hadn't met up with Chen Wen Wan before. Ministers ganging up for personal interests was a major event. Womenfolk getting too close to each other would also bring forth suspicion. What's more, her brother had just promoted the person with last name Chen. Even if she used the Chen family, she always only exchanged letters and always avoided meeting them face to face.