Chapter 167
The selfish and coldhearted Su Xiang who betrayed his wife
Xie Yunsheng held Shen Luo in his arms and fed the bitter concoction to Shen Luo's lips.
After giving the medicine, Xie Yunsheng supported Shen Luo's body, put Shen Luo back on the bed, and then pulled the quilt to cover her.
Xie Yunsheng looked at Shen Luo, who was sleeping soundly, with a hint of anxiety in his eyes: "Luo'er, when will you wake up?"
"Wake up soon, okay?" Xie Yunsheng held Shen Luo's hand and begged softly.
He knew she would be fine, but he still felt anxious when he saw her unconscious.
“Tuk tuk tuk”
Zhang Kang knocked on the door and reported: "Your Highness, there is someone coming from the palace to ask questions. Your Majesty and your empress want to know Master Shen's physical condition."
"Report truthfully. The cause and effect, every detail, will be made known to my father." Xie Yunsheng looked at Shen Luo who was unconscious on the bed, his eyes as gloomy as thousand-year-old ice.
"Yes." Zhang Kang replied immediately.
Zhang Kang glanced out the window and said: "Your Highness, I have received news that my eldest brother has brought the housekeeper from Prime Minister Su's house to Mao Liu. It should not take long for us to know the identity of the murderer who wanted to murder Mr. Shen." Who is it?"
"You, please step aside first. If you get any news, come back and report it immediately." Xie Yunsheng waved his hand to Zhang Kang to step aside.
What he wants most now is for Luo'er to have a good rest. Maybe Shen Luo will wake up after she has had enough rest.
Zhang Kang bowed his hands in salute and stepped back.
next day
Emperor Cheng looked at the court ministers kneeling in front of him and saluted, and said, "You should all know what happened yesterday."
"In order to save the people, Shen Luo broke into the fire and fell into a coma. However, someone wanted to take this opportunity to prevent Shen Luo from waking up again."
"You think I can let such a person go?" He said this to everyone, but Su Xiang was the one who became the emperor.
Li Ao was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, murdering a court official is a capital crime, and murdering a third-rank official is a major crime against the Nine Clan. No matter who wants to murder Lord Shen, Your Majesty should not let him go."
"The murder of a third-rank official of the imperial court is a capital crime, and the murder of a second-rank official of the imperial court is punishable by the Ten Clan." Emperor Cheng looked at the person in front of him and said in a deep voice: "I originally wanted to elevate Shen Luo to a noble title, but I have never found a suitable position."
"I thought hard last night and thought I could find another way to promote Shen Luo."
After he finished speaking, he stroked the armrest of his seat and said, "I am determined to upgrade the position of Situ of Beizhen Prefecture to the rank of second-rank official, so that Shen Luo's official position can be raised."
He originally wanted to promote Shen Luo to an official position, and now he took this opportunity to promote Shen Luo not only to intimidate others and punish the criminals, but also to let everyone understand his determination to protect Shen Luo.
It was he who persuaded Shen Luo to join the dynasty. If he couldn't even protect his own people, then what qualifications did he have to be the emperor?
"Su Xiang, the housekeeper in your house has confessed that he bribed the winter bamboo shoot vendor to prevent Shen Lu from waking up forever. How do you think I should deal with it?" Emperor Cheng leaned forward and glanced at his deep eyes. A faint light, that light was questioning, probing, ruthless, and killing intent.
Su Xiang lowered his eyes and replied humbly: "Your Majesty, I have no idea about this matter."
"Wei Chen is an official of the imperial court and is well versed in the law. How could I order my subordinates to murder the court officials?" Su Xiang asked rhetorically, determined to prove his innocence.
It was Wang who came up with the idea, and Wang's steward was the one who followed the order. He was not involved in the whole process. He is innocent. Even if His Majesty asks again, he will still be innocent.
Emperor Cheng looked at Su Xiang and said in a deep voice: "Your housekeeper has confessed. He said that your wife ordered him to pay for the murder. How could you not know anything about it?"
Su Xiang lowered his head and defended himself: "Your Majesty, I really don't know."
"It is a capital crime to murder an official of the imperial court. There is no need for me to implicate my whole family because of some personal grudges." Su Xiang explained righteously.
"Those were all done by one person. Please don't implicate innocent people, Your Majesty."
"This woman made a big mistake out of ignorance, but Mr. Shen is still alive. Please, Your Majesty, please be lenient and let the Wang family's two children go." Su Xiang cried with deep affection and deep love for her children.
"In this case, if you have a way to prove your innocence and prove that this matter was done by the Wang family alone, I will let you go and let your children go." Emperor Cheng looked at Su Xiang and promised in a deep voice.
At this time, he wanted to see what Su Xiang would do?
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Su Xiang said, "I am willing to kill my relatives out of justice to prove my innocence! In order to protect my two children."
Emperor Cheng couldn't help but frown: "Oh! How do you plan to punish the Wang family?"
Su Xiang said: "Please make it clear to your Majesty that no matter how your Majesty wants to punish the Wang family, I will carry it out."
Emperor Cheng waved his hand, and Eunuch Cao came to Su Xiang holding a tray with a celadon-glazed water lotus jug on it, and said: "Your Majesty gave Wang the medicine to lead the machine. Please feed Wang to drink it in person, to prove it."
Mr. Su’s innocence.”
Su Xiang looked at Eunuch Cao standing in front of her, stood up slowly, and took the tray from Eunuch Cao's hand with trembling hands: "I will live up to the emperor's order."
"I will ask Eunuch Cao to accompany him and monitor him." Emperor Cheng looked at Su Xiang, a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.
"Yes." Su Xiang stewed the tray and stepped out.
Everyone couldn't help but clicked their tongues: "I really didn't expect Su Xiang to be such a person."
"Ms. Wang has been married to him for twenty years. They have been in a relationship for twenty years, but instead of interceding for Mrs. Wang, he chose to abandon the car to save the handsome man." Li Ao glanced at Su Xiang's leaving back with disgust, his eyes
There was a hint of disgust at the bottom.
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention!
When Li Ao's words reached Emperor Cheng's ears, his meaning changed.
Su Xiang and Wang have been married for twenty years, and he can do it if he wants. So how will Su Xiang treat Shen Xiangwan, who has only been married to Su Xiang for one year?
The more Emperor Cheng thought about it, the more irritated he became, and he said coldly: "Retreat from the court."
Emperor Cheng had no interest in being in the court without his son.
Everyone left in anger.
Su Xiang stepped into the Su Mansion carrying a tray, which attracted everyone's attention. The little maid next to Wang immediately went to report to Wang.
Wang immediately realized that what she had done had been discovered, so she immediately packed her bags and ran away.
Eunuch Cao had already ordered people to surround the courtyard of the Su Mansion, and the Wang family could not leave at all.
Looking at the Wang family who was plotting to murder Shen Luo, Eunuch Cao approached the Wang family step by step and asked, "Madam, Mr. Xiang, where are you going?"
Mrs. Wang carried her own baggage and looked at Su Xiang holding the tray. She immediately understood what Su Xiang wanted to do.
She backed away, avoiding Su Xiang's approach, and said in a trembling voice: "Su Xiang, our husband and wife have been in a relationship for twenty years, do you really want to attack me?"
Su Xiang held the tray and asked softly: "You and I have been married for twenty years, and we have been childhood sweethearts, but I never thought that you would disregard the life and death of the Su family and insist on murdering Shen Luo."
"Su Xiang, say it again." Wang looked at Su Xiang in disbelief.
She did not expect that Su Xiang would put all the charges on her. She clearly ordered the housekeeper to do it with Su Xiang's consent.
Su Xiang looked at Wang and said, "No matter how many times I say it, it can't change the facts."
He poured the medicine into the wine glass and placed it in front of Mr. Wang, with a clear meaning: "This is your Majesty's reward. You'd better drink it. Eunuch Cao is accompanying you to monitor it!"
"Assassing the second-rank minister of the imperial court is a capital crime for the ten clansmen. You can't harm our sons and daughters!" Su Xiang covered her face and cried, and earnestly persuaded Wang to plead guilty, as if she had no knowledge at all.
Chapter completed!