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Chapter 199: Su Mansion's Shocking Change
The third concubine trembled all over after being yelled at, then turned around and left in anger.
Seeing that the Third Aunt had left, the housekeeper quickly stood up, trotted in, walked up to Su Chang and said, "Old Master, the Queen's gift has arrived."
Su Chang, who was originally in low spirits, perked up after hearing this, "Lao Lu, help me up quickly and go answer it."
Upon hearing this, Lao Lu hurried forward to help Su Chang up. The master and servant supported each other. Before they could leave the room, Su Chang stopped and ordered, "Give orders that no one in the mansion be allowed to leave."
"Also," Su Chang's eyes flashed with a hint of cruelty, "enclose the courtyard where the princess lives and don't let anyone out."
"The Third Aunt can't be kept." A woman who doesn't know her own identity will only cause more trouble if she stays any longer.
Su Chang didn't say anything, but Lao Lu already knew what he meant.
"clear."
After giving the instructions, Su Chang, supported by Lao Lu, hurried towards the gate.
When Su Chang reached the gate and saw the carriage parked there, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted.
"Old man, please accept my condolences." Lao Lu supported Su Chang and whispered comforting words in his ear.
As the head of the Su family, Su Chang cannot fall down at this time. If he falls down, the Su family will be in chaos.
Su Chang forced himself to cheer up and knelt down towards the carriage to express his gratitude. "Your Majesty, Su Chang, thanks the Queen for her grace and reward."
After the secret guards completed their mission, they left first.
Seeing the secret guards leave, Su Chang could no longer hold back the grief in his heart. His throat felt itchy, and a salty and fishy taste surged up his throat, and then the salty and fishy taste surged out of his throat.
Su Chang spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed into Lao Lu's arms.
Lao Lu stopped the noisy crowd and ordered, "Hurry up and drive the carriage into the mansion. Be careful, be careful, be very careful. Oh, and drive the carriage to the old master's yard."
"Close the gates of the mansion. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Everyone must stay in their own places. No one is allowed to move around freely, and no one is allowed to gossip. Anyone who disobeys this order will be beaten to death immediately!"
As soon as Lao Lu said this, even the dumbest person would know that something big had happened in the mansion.
No one dared to say anything more and immediately went their separate ways to do what they were supposed to do.
Lao Lu helped Su Chang onto the bamboo sedan chair and prepared to send him back to the yard.
"Lao Lu, go and do what I just told you to do. If the princess makes a fuss, just say it was my idea."
"If she still won't give up, you know what to do."
"Yes."
Lao Lu turned around and left. The most important thing now was how to calm the people in the mansion and not let them cause chaos first.
Su Chang's body could hardly support him, but he still insisted on going back with the carriage.
After returning to his own yard, Su Chang called his confidants to lift Su Wenzhi's coffin off the carriage.
After dismissing everyone, Su Chang stayed alone by Su Wenzhi's side.
"Wen'er, don't blame Grandpa for being cruel. Grandpa really has no other choice."
"If there is even the slightest room for maneuver, Grandpa would rather die than let you die."
Facing Su Wenzhi's body in the coffin, Su Chang could no longer hold back the grief in his heart and burst into tears.
No one can understand the pain of personally ordering the killing of one's own grandson.
Although Su Chang has several grandchildren, Su Wenzhi is his most beloved one.
Su Wenzhi lost his father at a young age and was raised by his grandfather Su Chang.
This is nothing. The most important thing is that Su Wenzhi has been extremely intelligent since he was a child and has an outstanding appearance. Among all the young men from aristocratic families, he is definitely a standout and no one can match him.
Su Chang has always trained Su Wenzhi as his successor, and originally thought that this child would be the leader who would lead the Su family to glory.
But who would have thought that because of his outstanding appearance and literary talent, he was noticed by Li Yuyao, the current emperor's sister.
Su Wenzhi was the successor that the Su family had cultivated with all their strength. Naturally, they were unwilling to marry the princess.
Princess Shang became the consort of a prince consort, and from then on she had no chance of pursuing a career in officialdom, and could only live an idle life for the rest of her life.
For the sake of Su Wenzhi, Su Chang tried every possible means to repeatedly reject Li Yuyao's advances, and even went so far as to offend Emperor Li Rui in person.
But who would have thought that despite all the precautions, there was still one loophole, and Li Yuyao finally took advantage of it.
Taking advantage of the New Year's Eve palace banquet, Li Yuyao actually put drugs in the food and forced Su Wenzhi to marry her.
It is precisely because of this that the couple became estranged after their marriage and even found it difficult to maintain superficial affection.
Afterwards, Su Chang thought about it again and again before he figured out the whole cause and effect.
Although Li Yuyao adored her grandson, she might not have the courage to do such a dirty thing at a palace banquet.
After all, although she is a princess, she is not favored. But the Su family is different. They are a noble family and an important official of the country. There can only be one reason why she dares to act so boldly at the palace banquet, and that is that there is someone backing her up.
Or maybe someone was behind all this, and Li Yuyao was just a pawn.
The mastermind behind this could not be anyone else but the current emperor.
The Su family is so powerful that it has become a cause of fear in the emperor's heart. If Su Wenzhi becomes an official, the power of the Su family will be even more difficult to control.
The only right way is to completely cut off Su Wenzhi's career as an official.
Su Chang has been hating people in his heart for years. He hated the emperor for being ruthless and Li Yuyao for being shameless. Now he hates Ruan Yuhu even more, and he wishes he could eat her flesh and drink her blood.
"Gu Xuanyin, today you forced me to kill my own grandson, tomorrow I will grind you to dust."
"I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and let you go that day. Today, you, a witch, have the opportunity to take advantage of my precious grandson."
"You are a complete disaster. You killed Tinglan back then, and now you have killed Wenzhi."
"Just wait for me. I will settle all the old and new grudges with you!"
Su Chang was so angry that he was going crazy, while on Lao Lu's side, the situation was in chaos.
Su Wenzhi had not returned home for many days. Li Yuyao was extremely dissatisfied. When she was about to lose her temper, the maid came to report that the housekeeper wanted to see her.
"What is he doing here at this hour?"
Li Yuyao's life in the Su family has not been easy these years. Her husband does not love her, and her in-laws do not value her. If she did not have the title of princess, I am afraid she would be living a life worse than that of a maid.
Although she didn't want to see Lao Lu, Li Yuyao didn't dare to say no. Although Lao Lu was the steward of the Su Mansion, he was also the most trusted person of the old man of the Su family. To offend him was equivalent to offending the old man Su.
"Please ask him to come in." Li Yuyao calmed herself down and ordered.
Soon, Lao Lu was welcomed in. Seeing Lao Lu coming in, Li Yuyao asked, "It's so late, what are you doing here, housekeeper?"
"Princess, the old man asked me to say a few words to you." Lao Lu looked around, and his meaning was obvious.
What he said was confidential and could not be disclosed or told to outsiders.
Li Yuyao frowned, not understanding why Lao Lu did this.
She has no status in the Su family. What important secrets would the old man of the Su family tell her?
However, even though she couldn't figure it out, Li Yuyao still waved her hand and asked the servants in the room to leave.
"Just tell me what you want to say, housekeeper." Li Yuyao was ready to listen attentively.
"Princess." Lao Lu hesitated for a moment before saying, "Master, I'm leaving today."
"Gone? Where did he go?" Li Yuyao didn't understand what was going on. She was immediately filled with anger and roared, "Does he completely abandon this family and want to hang out with some wild woman out there?"
"Don't go too far, Su family. I am still a princess, the elder sister of the current emperor."
"You, the Su family, have humiliated me so many times. Aren't you afraid that I will go to the palace and complain to the emperor?"
"By then, I'm afraid even your Su family's old man will be in trouble."
"No matter where Su Wenzhi has gone, you must bring him back to me immediately. Otherwise, I will go to the palace and ask the emperor to make the decision!"
Looking at the noisy Li Yuyao, Lao Lu sighed and said, "Princess, the master has gone somewhere without anyone. This old servant is saying that the master has passed away, and his body is now placed in the old man's yard."
"You, you, you, what did you say?" Li Yuyao couldn't believe what she heard. "Su Wenzhi, what happened to him?"
"Grandpa met with misfortune today and died of a sudden illness." When Lao Lu said this, he couldn't help but feel sad and his voice choked.
Li Yuyao was stunned. What on earth had she heard? Su Wenzhi had died suddenly of a serious illness? How could this be possible?
Su Wenzhi has been ignoring her over the years. Although she was resentful and cursed him to death, those were just words spoken in anger. She didn't really want Su Wenzhi to die. Why did he die suddenly?
No, that's not right. Su Wenzhi must not want to go home, so he made up a lie to deceive her.
"Butler, do you know what you're talking about?" Li Yuyao stood up angrily and said to Lao Lu, "He's really willing to tell any lie just to avoid going home."
"Go tell Su Wenzhi now that even if he's dead, he must be brought back to life for me."
"When I wake up tomorrow morning, if I still can't see him, I will go to the palace and tell the Emperor and Empress how your Su family has bullied me all these years."
"Let's see if the emperor will punish you for the crime of disrespect and let the entire Su family be implicated!"
Seeing Li Yuyao like this, Lao Lu sighed helplessly and said, "Princess, who dares to joke with you about such a big thing?"
"The old man has truly passed away, and his body is now lying in the old man's yard."
Seeing that Lao Lu didn't seem to be deceiving her, Li Yuyao suddenly became excited.
"He's dead, Su Wenzhi is dead, is he really dead?"
"No, I don't believe it. I'm going to check it out now."
After saying this, Li Yuyao was about to rush out. She wanted to go to Mr. Su's yard and see Su Wenzhi's body with her own eyes before she would believe it.
Lao Lu quickly stopped Li Yuyao and said, "Princess, you must not do this. The news of our master's death cannot be made public."
"Why can't it be made public?" Li Yuyao stopped and asked Lao Lu fiercely.
"Since he died of a sudden illness, why can't his death be announced to the public? You're still lying to me, aren't you?"
"How could I have the guts to lie to you, Princess?" Lao Lu looked up at Li Yuyao and said, "The news of my master's death cannot be made public because it will not only affect the Su family, but also the princess and the young lady."
"Hmph! That sounds nice, but I'd like to know the reason. If you can't tell me today, I'll make your entire Su family pay!"
Li Yuyao was almost losing her mind at this time. She had to find out today whether Su Wenzhi was really dead or just faking his death.
"Princess, the master brought the coffin back from the palace in a carriage."
Lao Lu's words hit Li Yuyao like a bolt of thunder.
Su Wenzhi's body was sent back from the palace? This meant that Su Wenzhi must have done something extremely treasonous and offended the emperor, which was why he was sentenced to death.
He did not die of a sudden illness, but was given the death penalty.
Li Yuyao's legs suddenly went weak and she fell to the ground.
Being sentenced to death by the emperor would really bring disaster to the entire family.
The emperor had Su Wenzhi's body sent back, which was already a great blessing and had given the Su family great face.
Otherwise, the entire Su family, including her and her daughter, would have been doomed.
Seeing that Li Yuyao had calmed down, Lao Lu said again: "Princess, what the old master means is that this matter of mine cannot be made public for the time being."
"The old man will tell everyone that the master has gone out to travel. Princess, please keep this secret."
"Princess, please don't go out for the time being. Take the young lady with you to meditate more and pray for the master."
"The old master also instructed that the people who served the princess should be temporarily arranged to go to the manor and new people should be assigned to serve the princess."
"After the master's matter is over, let them come back to serve the princess."
"The old man also said that as long as the princess stays quietly in the mansion, the princess and the young lady will be safe."
After saying this, Lao Lu turned around and left without waiting for Li Yuyao to respond.
The old man is now in poor health and unable to take charge of the overall situation. He still needs to take care of the affairs of the mansion. He doesn't have the time to sit here and argue with Li Yuyao.
Li Yuyao slumped on the ground. After walking along the old road for a long time, she finally came to her senses and regained consciousness.
This time, her mortal enemy is really dead and will never come back.
When she was angry, she wished Su Wenzhi was dead, but now that he was really dead, she found it hard to accept as if the sky had fallen.