Long Live the Empress

Chapter 289 Zhiwei Complains

Su Keqi came back from the palace, filled with rage. He had clearly reported the matter to the emperor before returning to Beijing, so why did the emperor say he hadn't seen the memorial?

"Father, you're back..." Su Zhiwei asked respectfully.

Before Su Keqi went to the border, although Su Zhiwei was a dandy, he was also full of vigor and vitality... After just a few months of not seeing him, Su Zhiwei became a little decadent and his body shape had become much thinner.

"Wei'er, why are you like this?" Su Keqi said with a frown.

Su Zhiwei gritted his teeth and said viciously: "It's all because of that bitch!"

Su Zhiwei told the story of how Yue Jinghao framed him and Yue Tianhong. "Father, you don't know that your son was scolded by the emperor! Not only did he lose his job, but he has become a laughing stock in the entire capital... I don't know what tricks that bitch used to deceive the Nine Thousand Years Old to support her!"

Su Keqi thought about how he was bullied by the Ninth Prince in the court, and after listening to what Su Zhiwei said, he began to wonder, "That girl is locked up in the backyard by your sister all day long, and even outsiders can hardly see her. How can she be related to the Ninth Prince?"

Su Zhiwei spat and said, "She must have used some shameful tricks!"

"I've seen that girl. She's yellow, thin, and skinny. She's timid when she meets people and can't even utter a complete sentence... How could the Ninth Thousand Year Old Man like her? Impossible!" Su Keqi said, shaking his head.

"Father, ever since my sister lost her stewardship..."

Su Zhiwei had just finished speaking when Su Keqi interrupted him, "Your sister has been in charge of the family for more than ten years, and even Yue Hanwen's useless wife didn't live for many days! How come she has lost power now?"

Su Zhiwei hesitated for a long time without saying anything. To him, losing his job and being ridiculed by others were nothing. As long as he could turn things around in the future, who would dare to mention the past?

But his sister was different. She was paralyzed by Jiu Qian Sui and now she is neither human nor ghost. No matter what she does, she can never be the same as before...

"What happened to your sister? In your letter, you only said that she was wronged and asked me to come back to take charge. Now you say nothing!" Su Keqi has always loved Aunt Su and felt that she was most like himself, so now he is eager to know Aunt Su's recent situation.

Su Zhiwei was most afraid that Su Keqi would get angry, so he told him how the Ninth Prince had paralyzed Aunt Su.

"Hmph! They're just riding on your necks because I'm not in the capital!" Su Keqi paced back and forth in the room angrily, cursing louder and louder.

"Father, please keep your voice down. A Nine Thousand Year Old has many eyes and ears. If someone hears you..."

"Hmph..." Su Keqi finally sat down, his chest heaving with anger. "We had carefully nurtured Jinghong, but now she has become a concubine of the crown prince. I have been planning for more than ten years, but it all ended in failure..."

"Father, please don't jump to conclusions. Jinghong is already pregnant with the crown prince. As long as she can give birth to a boy, it is not impossible for her to become the crown princess! After all, the crown prince also wants to use this child to impress the emperor."

Su Keqi stroked his graying beard and said, "My son is right, but what if I give birth to a girl..."

"There's no such thing as a chance of an emergency... my son has already made preparations..." Su Zhiwei whispered a few words in Su Keqi's ear, and Su Keqi showed a hint of a smile on his face.

"My son has grown up and can share the burden with me!"

Su Zhiwei scratched his head and said, "Actually, this was something my son and sister came up with together..."

When Su Keqi mentioned Aunt Su, he felt extremely distressed. "When your sister got her hand pricked by a flower before, she would pester me to take a look at it for her..."

Su Zhiwei said with a fierce look in his eyes, "Father is tired from the journey, so take a rest for half a day. Let's go to Yue Mansion to see my sister tomorrow! Let them know that we in the Su Mansion are not as afraid of them as before!"

Su Keqi nodded, agreed with Su Zhiwei, and sent him down to prepare gifts.