Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Su Xingyan clenched his teeth without making a sound. What the Emperor said wasn’t wrong. This time, his aunt had indeed been exceptionally lenient.
He couldn’t fully understand his father’s indulgence toward his aunt, but he also knew that his father was the Monarch, and he was merely a minister. To persuade his father to stand by him at this moment was almost impossible.
The hatred in his heart towards Han Jing deepened even further.
Such an ugly and domineering woman, on what grounds does she have the right to make him suffer alongside her!
Su Xingyan secretly vowed in his heart that even if this time, he couldn’t achieve his desire to break off the engagement with Han Jing, after they were married, he would definitely repay her all his humiliation in double! Right now, he couldn’t do anything to her, but in the future, when she was under his watch, he would let her truly experience what humiliation felt like!
The Emperor waved his hand towards Su Xingyan: "Alright, you can go back first. I will take care of the matters in the palace. Your mother will be alright!"
"Yes." Su Xingyan responded, yet still worried, he specially went to his mother’s palace, where the palace servants said she had already been summoned by the Empress to Fengyi Palace.
Su Xingyan wasn’t sure if Yao Zhen had left the Imperial Palace, so he had to go to the Eastern Palace, to inform the Crown Prince of this matter and let the Crown Princess Consort find an opportunity to intercede with the Empress. He had always been close to the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince would surely help with this little favor.
Indeed, the Crown Prince agreed promptly: "You just rest assured. Since she is with the Empress, there won’t be any problems. Over the years, father’s favoritism towards our aunt has become increasingly absurd. You should return to your residence first; it’s still not advisable to act rashly at this time. Although the aunt does not concern herself with court matters, many of the senior ministers in the court hold her in high esteem, otherwise, given her ways over the years, who knows how many times she would have been impeached."
Su Xingyan nodded, yet his face still dark.
The Crown Prince saw his thoughts and patted his shoulder: "As for that ugly maid Han Jing, if you truly don’t like her, you can marry her and just leave her aside. Can she still force you? No matter how far the aunt’s reach goes, she can’t stretch into your bedroom. At that time, I will find a few beauties to comfort you. As for the aunt, it is better not to act rashly for now."
With these words from the Crown Prince, although Su Xingyan still had depression in his heart, he was much relieved, determined that one day, he would make Han Jing taste the treatment she deserved!
An orphan girl with unknown parentage, who actually enjoyed higher privileges in Nanyao Country than the Princes and Princesses, behaving so presumptuously that even he, a Prince, had to yield and endure. On what grounds!
"By the way, big brother, you said the Eleventh Imperial Uncle usually doesn’t care about matters. Why this time does he insist on standing by our aunt, and even acting against me in front of the Emperor?" This was something that Su Xingyan was especially puzzled about.
If Su Yu had ambitions, then he hasn’t concerned himself with court affairs over the years and prefers the southern wind. Now nearly thirty, without wife or children, raising many young men in his residence... no matter how one looks at it, it doesn’t seem like something an ambitious person would do!
Not to mention he has no interest in the throne, even if he did, the courtiers and citizens of Nanyao Country would never tolerate such a frivolous ruler would they!
Since that’s the case, why was he meddling this time? Although this isn’t a court matter, it still involves him as a Prince, and the Eldest Princess...