Su Heng knelt in the hall, feeling frightened.

Of course he understood what the emperor meant. Swapping marriages was a small matter, but the consequences were enough to make him lose the emperor's favor.

Su Heng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is all caused by the negligence of the servants in my house. I will punish them severely when I return. Now that the mistake has been made, it is better to make the best of it. Your Majesty's words to me, I will remember them in my heart and live up to your grace."

Emperor Xiao Ye understood Su Heng's meaning and decided to go with the flow and sent someone else to continue the investigation at Prince Su's place.

"Prime Minister Su, how can you say something like 'let's make the best of a bad situation'!"

The queen who was sitting next to him couldn't stand it any longer. This matter couldn't afford to make any mistakes, yet he could actually say such a thing.

Now, he could no longer care about the Queen. Su Heng said, "Your Majesty, I know you are heartbroken, but the mistake has been made. What else can I do?"

The queen looked at Su Heng and said in a deep voice: "Let Lingyue and Nanxing go back to their respective places!" They can't be together no matter what, and the same goes for Xing'er and the prince!

Su Heng looked up at the Queen and said word by word, "Your Majesty, this matter is not something I can decide. It depends on whether the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Su are willing!"

Su Nanxing and the Crown Prince have consummated their marriage, and Su Lingyue and Prince Su have consummated their marriage. It may be too late to change now!

Prince Su was not there, so everyone looked at the Crown Prince.

Xiao Changshi saw with his own eyes that Su Lingyue was lying on his uncle's bed with her clothes in disarray.

As a man, how could he bear it?

But thinking of Su Lingyue's uncle, marrying her would be equivalent to having the support of the Ministry of Households, which would be of great help in her future succession to the throne.

Thinking of this, Xiao Changshi said, "Father, Queen Mother, I am willing to welcome Sister Lingyue back."

Su Lingyue almost laughed out loud when she heard this. She was willing to wear such a green hat!

For the support of his uncle, he can endure anything. If you don’t know, you would think that Xiao Changshi is very affectionate.

Su Lingyue knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, Madam, the mistake has been made. I am ashamed to be the Crown Princess anymore. I am willing to marry His Royal Highness Prince Su. This is my fate, and I accept it."

"Yue'er, do you know what you are saying?" the queen asked with a little anger.

Su Lingyue looked up at the queen and said softly, "Thank you, aunt, for your training since childhood. But now that things have come to this, I am too ashamed to face my brother the crown prince. Please let me marry into the Prince Su's mansion."

The queen frowned. At this point in the matter, she was probably the only one who opposed it. However, her reasons for opposition were so feeble.

If Yue'er knew the truth, she would hate her in the future.

The Queen looked at Su Lingyue, her eyes full of tenderness as she said, "Yue'er, if you don't want to marry the Crown Prince or Prince Su, you don't have to. I will help you choose another husband. How about that?"

At this time, the emperor sitting beside him could not listen any longer. He looked at Queen Su Yunqing and said in a deep voice: "Queen, although Prince Su is a little weak, he is of noble status. Everyone in the capital must kneel down to him. It is also a good match. Since Lingyue said she wants to get married, why do you have to stop her!"

Someone must go to Prince Su's Mansion, and the daughter of the Su family is the most suitable person to go.

The emperor was angry. At this moment, he was very opposed to the queen's interference in Su Lingyue's marriage to Prince Su's mansion.

After a moment, the queen held her forehead and closed her eyes, saying in a deep voice: "I understand."

Since things cannot be changed, we can only seal everything up and make it impossible for the past to be brought up again.

The Queen looked at Su Heng and said, "Prime Minister Su, please fulfill your duties as a father."

At this moment, only Su Heng could understand the deep meaning and oppression in the queen's eyes.

Su Heng understood the meaning of the Queen's words, and immediately stepped down and said, "Your Majesty, Madam, please rest assured that I will teach my two daughters with all my heart and will not let them make any mistakes."

"With Prime Minister Su's words, I feel relieved.

It’s just that Lingyue was carefully trained by the Queen. Now that Nanxing has taken over, whether she can be qualified for the position of Crown Princess depends on how Prime Minister Su teaches her. If something goes wrong in the future, Prime Minister Su knows the consequences.”

The emperor said this in a nonchalant tone, but to Su Heng it sounded threatening.

Su Nanxing could be the Crown Princess, but if the fact that Prince Su had such things in his hands was leaked out and the Crown Prince had thoughts that he shouldn't have, then his official career would probably be over.

Su Heng kowtowed respectfully and said, "I understand."

Su Nanxing and Xue Man looked at each other, unable to suppress the joy on their faces. This move was indeed the right one. Although it was thrilling, they finally achieved their desired goal, the position of Crown Princess!

Queen Su Yunqing saw all the changes in their expressions.

How can they laugh!

It was all their fault that Yue'er, whom she had carefully nurtured, ended up in such a situation. She would not forgive them!

Queen Su Yunqing looked at the two people kneeling in the hall and said coldly: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Su, you have also heard what Yue'er's maid said just now. Your Majesty and Prime Minister Su know what is going on. Today's chaos is all caused by Xue Man and Su Nanxing's greed. The two can be spared the death penalty, but they cannot escape the punishment of life!"

The goal had been achieved, and the emperor would no longer stop anything else.

Seeing the two people in the hall still smiling, the emperor was filled with disgust.

Because of these two people, my big event was filled with so many unexpected events.

Thinking of this, the emperor said to the queen: "Queen, you can punish them if you want, but you should also teach them a lesson so that they can behave better in the future."

Su Nanxing and Xue Man were so frightened when they heard this that they kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please spare us. This is the fault of the servants in the mansion. We are innocent. Your Majesty and Your Majesty are very perceptive!"

The queen ignored them and said to the eunuch beside her, "Come here, drag Xue Man and Su Nanxing away and give them forty strokes of the cane each as a punishment!"

"Brother Shi, help! Father, help!"

"Master, help me!"

Su Nanxing and Xue Man shouted at the top of their lungs, trying to break free from the eunuchs' hold, but no one dared to stop them.

The emperor and empress are angry and are punishing with a stick. Who dares to stop them?

At this time, Xiao Changshi stood up from the chair beside him, walked in front of the emperor and the empress, knelt down and said: "Mother, please spare sister Xing'er. She is weak and will be the future crown princess. How can she live with herself in the future if mother punishes her like this!"

The queen was very disappointed with her son. She had devoted all her life to him, but he was obsessed with Su Nanxing and ignored the position of crown prince.

Without waiting for the queen to speak, the emperor spoke: "Chang Shi, you are the crown prince, you should have some awareness of being the crown prince, don't let me down."

The words were neither hurried nor slow, yet full of oppression.

Xiao Changshi felt a chill on his back and didn't dare to speak anymore.

Seeing this, Xue Man and Su Nanxing knew they could not escape, so they stopped struggling and resisted and allowed themselves to be dragged away by the eunuchs.

After a cup of tea, Su Nanxing and Xue Man were finally tortured. When they were dragged in, they had both fainted, with blood all over their backs, a horrible sight.

Seeing this, Xiao Changshi didn't care about the emperor and empress sitting there, and hurried to Su Nanxing to check on her condition. Then he said to the eunuch beside him, "Go and get the imperial physician."

The eunuch looked at the seated emperor and empress, and seeing that they had no objection, he trotted out.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, the emperor said to Empress Su Yunqing: "The rest is the Empress's family affairs, and the Empress can handle it herself. Go to Chuxiu Palace."

The queen had long been accustomed to the emperor's indifference.

The imperial physician came quickly to give Xue Man and Su Nanxing emergency treatment. After the treatment, Xiao Changshi was about to take Su Nanxing away.

"Wait, Your Highness."

Su Lingyue stepped forward and said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, please send someone to deliver the dowry to Prince Su's mansion."

Xiao Changshi frowned. Her sister was already in this state, but Su Lingyue was still thinking about material things.

"You two both have dowries. Now that you've entered the mansion, if you carry them out again, aren't you afraid that this matter will become a big deal and be laughed at by the people?"

Su Lingyue bowed to the Queen and said, "Aunt, only a few sets of clothes were delivered to Prince Su's mansion, and the rest were empty boxes.

My second sister wants to exchange the empty box for the red dowry my mother left for me."

Xiao Changshi said in a cold voice: "Su Lingyue, if you want to swallow Xing'er's dowry, just say it directly. Why do you have to frame others like this!"

"If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can send someone to check. The seals are still there and haven't been removed."

"I will send someone over."

"shut up."

The queen closed her eyes and held her forehead with her hands, saying in a cold voice: "Have someone send the dowry to Yue'er tonight, and this matter ends here."

"The moon comes with me."

Su Lingyue followed the Queen to the bedroom. The Queen took Su Lingyue's hand and sat down on the couch. She said softly, "Yue'er, if you don't want to stay in Prince Su's mansion, I can find a way to get you a divorce."

Su Lingyue's eyes became wet, and she threw herself into the Queen's arms, gently shaking her head to refuse.

She would divorce, but not now.

She no longer had any expectations of getting married. Since she had to get married anyway, she might as well marry the most noble person. That person would not have any actual relationship with her, so it would be much easier to divorce her in the future.

The queen gently stroked the darling girl whom she had raised since childhood in her arms, feeling very reluctant to let go.

If it weren't for those two bitches, Yue'er and I would be a family.

She hoped that the past could be buried forever in the night, so that her Yue'er could live a peaceful life.

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