Su An heard that the front hall was very lively. He was studying at the moment. He put on a coat and went out of the west courtyard.
"What happened, second uncle?" Su An asked
The housekeeper told him the matter one after another
After hearing this, Su An frowned, paused, and then said, "Second uncle! There is a way to protect the Su family at this time."
There was light in Su Pei's eyes and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and tell me!"
"It is certain that the Holy One will be furious. The plan for now is not to involve you, my second uncle. Tomorrow, I will ask my second uncle to go to Prince Yin's Mansion to plead guilty."
"How could I, as a minister, do such a shameful thing!" Su Pei spoke louder, obviously dissatisfied with this method.
Su An clicked his tongue, feeling that his second uncle was too narrow-minded and only cared about his face. He calmed down for a while and said, "Second uncle wants to show himself to the saint, so as to protect himself and not let the Su family fall. "
"Let me think about it!"
Su Pei sat on the chair, holding his forehead with one hand. He was just such a son. If he couldn't save him, who else could save him? The Queen Mother now had less and less prestige in front of the Holy One. In the end, Su Heng was an abandoned son. That’s all.
After a long while, he said calmly: "As you see it, there is no need to take care of the Dali Temple."
Su An curled her lips, cupped her hands and said, "Yes!"
Then he gave the butler a look and asked him to prepare.
Su Pei looked at the unmoved young man in front of him and looked at him directly. Once Su Heng died, there would be no one available for the second wife, and he immediately had a plan in his mind.
"Then my nephew won't disturb my second uncle's rest and will leave first."
Su An knew that her goal was achieved, so she retreated.
After returning to the west courtyard, when I came out, I lost my pajamas and stood by the window sill, not knowing what I was looking at. The Su family cannot be defeated, but the head of the family must be replaced.
early in the morning
Su Pei was dressed in plain clothes, carrying a thorn stick on his back, and only a few slaves, walking on the street, and the direction he was going was the Yin Prince's Mansion.
The common people felt strange when they saw the scene. They followed behind and watched secretly, not knowing what was going on.
Some people know Su Pei, the Minister of Punishment, but they don’t know what happened.
Prince Yin’s Mansion at this time
Prince Yin was sitting in the main seat. The bruises under his eyes and the red bloodshot eyes showed that he had not slept well. He looked at the coffin in front of him and saw a bloodless woman lying inside. The bruises on his face were getting darker. All reminders of the pain she suffered during her lifetime.
There were many people standing next to the coffin, but no one dared to express their anger and secretly shed tears.
"Susu! My poor daughter!" A middle-aged woman was helped over, her black hair hanging down casually, a few white hairs falling down, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
She is the daughter-in-law of Prince Yin, a young lady from the Lu family of Pingbohou Mansion, and the crown prince concubine of Prince Yin's son.
She held her hands in front of the coffin and kept crying, but this could not relieve her emotions.
"Shidi! Pull your wife away!"
Prince Yin spoke at this time. The person who was called "Shici" was the father of the deceased Chu Susu. He had been silent and felt bad in his heart. After listening to his father's words, he helped his wife up and stood aside.
"Dad! You have to make the decision for Su Su! That beast of the Su family will definitely die a good death!" Mrs. Lu knelt in front of him, tears streaming down her face.
As a young lady from a wealthy family, Mrs. Lu never expected that she would say such unpleasant words, but at this time she didn't care so much anymore. How could she swallow her daughter like this?
"My dear wife! You get up first. I will not let Su Su die in vain, and I will make that beast pay the price."
Prince Yin has spoken and gave some instructions.
"Your Majesty! Someone from the Su family is here. They are waiting outside the house right now!" The visitor reported
Su Pei looked at the mansion door hung with white cloth in front of him and the white lanterns on both sides, secretly feeling that his son had gone too far.
Then he lifted up his robe, knelt on his knees, cupped his hands and shouted: "The guilty minister, Su Pei, did not teach his son well. The son made a big mistake, and it is the father's fault. I am here to apologize!"
The people surrounding the palace chatted with each other in obscene words.
Naturally, Prince Yin's family also heard about it. He was worried that he had nowhere to express his anger, but Su Pei was an official of the imperial court after all. He was originally thinking about how to get revenge, but now that he had sent it to his door, it suited his wishes.
When the door opened inward, Su Pei shivered when he saw the menacing crowd, but he still straightened his back and cupped his hands.
Prince Yin did not speak, but took heavy steps, picked up a thorn stick, and hit him hard on the back.
"This time! It's to ease the pain of losing my granddaughter."
"Snapped!"
"This time! I'm beating you up for not being able to teach your son well and being a father in vain!"
Mrs. Lu glared at Su Pei fiercely, wiping her tears with her handkerchief. Just looking at the blood stains on his body made her feel relieved.
At this time, Su Pei was sweating on his forehead. At his age, he could bear this insult, but he could bear it for the time being.
As the Minister of Punishment, he had never seen those instruments of torture, but the thorn sticks really hurt when he hit his body. After the second blow, he couldn't help but scream.
When Prince Yin’s third whip is about to come
"Holy Speech!"
Prince Yin threw away the thorn stick and knelt down with everyone
"Prince Xuan and Su Shangshu have an audience!"
Prince Yin said "Yes"
He glanced at Su Pei who was kneeling on the ground again and snorted coldly.
"Please! Your Majesty is waiting."
imperial study room
"I see you, Your Majesty!" Prince Yin said with cupped hands.
"The sinful ministers will see you, Your Majesty!" Su Pei continued with a trembling voice.
There was also Shen Yujin, the young minister of Dali Temple, who drafted a memorial about Chu Susu's case and handed it over to the Holy Emperor.
Su Pei expected that the Holy Emperor would be furious, and the hands in his sleeves shook uncontrollably.
"This is unreasonable!" After reading it, Emperor Chu Wen threw the memorial on Su Pei and shouted loudly.
Su Pei lowered his head even lower and did not dare to raise his head.
"How did you become the Minister of Punishment? You can't even control your own son!"
"Your Majesty, calm down! I deserve to die ten thousand times for my crime. Even if I die a hundred times, I will not complain at all."
"Your Majesty! I have such a granddaughter at such a young age, and she was insulted by the gangsters. It's a pity that she hasn't even grown up yet." Prince Yin knelt down and said sincerely.
Emperor Wen of Chu saw this and sent someone to help him up. He looked at Shen Yujin and said, "Su Heng can be beheaded! He will be removed from the Su family and his body will be flogged for forty-nine days as a warning to others!"
When Su Pei heard this, he collapsed on the ground and couldn't calm down for a long time.
After all, it’s my own biological child, so I don’t feel sorry for him, and I feel a sharp pain in my heart.
"As for you! The seat of the Minister of Punishment will be replaced by someone else. He will be fined for one year. You won't have to go to court in the past few months."
Prince Yin felt that this was not enough to relieve his anger, so he added: "Your Majesty, my family has lost a daughter, and Su Pei must compensate our family!"
"Your Majesty! Don't push yourself too far!" Su Pei endured the scars on his body and stood up to confront him.
Now that he only has a biological daughter, he originally wanted to rely on her marriage to win over aristocratic families.
"Your son deserves to die too, but how can you compensate us for the loss of our daughter?"
Su Pei wanted to refute, but was interrupted by the Holy Sage.
"enough!"
The two of them were quiet now
Everyone present knew that the feud between the two had been forged. How could the Su family girl have a good life in Prince Yin's Mansion?
"Prince Yin, this is too much to ask for, but I know that your second son lost his wife early, so it would be better to give your second son the daughter of the Su family as a continuation."
Although Prince Yin was dissatisfied, he thought that Zuo was still under his nose, so he finally agreed.
Su Pei had long heard that the second son of Prince Yin was disabled and had no achievements so far. He was also older than his own daughter. The events that happened one after another were undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Su family.
"Starting from tomorrow, the Su family's daughter will move to Prince Yin's Mansion."
Su Pei straightened his body and raised his hands: "I obey your order!"
