"Yes, father! I was in the front yard with the guest…" Su Nan repeated what happened.
"You are telling me that the Miss of Prince Su's mansion, Su Ruoqi, killed the Crown Prince?" Su Yuntian asked.
"Yes, father. Many officials were present to witness it too!" Su Nan answered truthfully.
"Put Su Ruoqi and her sister in prison and await their sentencing! You can leave!" Su Yuntian answered in a bad mood.
"Yes, father!" Su Nan exited.
In the imperial study, Su Yuntian sat on his chair in silence with a black face…
Prince Su's mansion
Lin Yue fainted after knowing that both her daughters were thrown into prison for killing the Crown Prince. Su Yunqi frowned and did not understand why the situation had escalated this way…
Lin Yue woke up soon after she was fed with an elixir. She saw Su Yunqi and started crying. "Prince, you have to help Su Ruoqi and Su Ruolin! They must be framed…"
"Okay, stop crying! Let's figure out what happened first! Let me ask you, why was Ruoqi at the Crown Prince's mansion?" Su Yunqi asked with a frown.
"Prince, I don't know what happened either. Everything went according to the plan. I only went back after Ruoqi told me that everything went smoothly. Why would she go back to the Crown Prince's mansion?! Prince, someone must have set Ruoqi and Ruolin up! Prince, you have to do something about it…" Lin Yue got more and more agitated as she spoke.
"Keep quiet. Set up, why would anyone set them up?" Su Yunqi asked in annoyance.
"Prince, I know! It must be the fake Su Ruoxi. The person who was supposed to be married was her; how could it have become Ruoqi and Ruolin!?" Lin Yue said after thinking about it.
Listening to this, Su Yunqi frowned. At first, he did not agree with the plan of Su Ruoxi being married over. However, Lin Yue convinced him, and he agreed…
He felt guilty and wanted to visit her; however, he resisted the urge to! Unless she really wasn't her granddaughter. Did she frame Su Ruoqi and Su Ruolin?
Su Yunqi was angered while thinking about this. He was not a pushover!
"Let's go to Jade Garden!" Su Yunqi looked at Lin Yue and said.
Lin Yue got down the bed immediately. She was confident that Su Ruoxi was behind this.
At Jade Garden…
Su Ruoxi was sitting in a rocking chair in the middle of the yard with Baby Su in her arms. Mo Lian was by their side, passing lotus seeds to Baby Su…
The sunset shone on the mother and daughter. It was a heartwarming scene! However, it was quickly interrupted…
"Master, someone is coming!" said Mo Lian.
"Sooner or later, they would come! Baby, sit up, we have guests coming!" Su Ruoxi patted Baby Su on her head.
Baby Su was as lazy as her. They would never sit up if they could lie down…
"Prince, look. I told you she was behind this! She should be at the Crown Prince's mansion! Why would she be here?" Lin Yue exclaimed in anger when she saw Su Ruoxi sitting safely in the yard.
Su Yunqi's face fell…
He was not a fool. Since Lin Yue wanted Su Ruoxi to marry off in place of Su Ruolin, she wouldn't tell Su Ruoxi. She would have done it secretly! Now, Su Ruoxi was safe and sound in the Prince's mansion while Ruoqi and Ruolin were caught. What happened was clear…
Even if she was his granddaughter, Ruoqi and Ruolin were his granddaughters too. Compared to the foreign Su Ruoxi, he was more biased towards Ruolin and Ruoqi…
"Who are you?" Su Yunqi asked Su Ruoxi.
Su Ruoxi smirked. "Su Ruoxi!"
"Why are you here?"
"Here? Do you mean Jade Garden? Or the Prince's mansion?" Su Ruoxi looked at Su Yunqi and continued."If you were asking why I am in the Jade Garden, that is because Second Madam arranged for me to stay here. If you want to know why I am in the Prince's mansion, I think I have told you the answer!"
"You are just a fake! What did you do to Ruoqi and Ruolin?" Lin Yue shouted at Su Ruoxi angrily.
"I don't understand what you mean? What can I do to them?" Su Ruoxi smiled.
"Hmph, don't act dumb! You were supposed to marry the Crown Prince in Ruolin's place! However, you are here safe and sound while Ruolin and Ruoqi are in jail. You bit…"
Bam!
Before Lin Yue could finish her sentence, she was slapped. Her face started swelling…
"Anyone who scolds Master… dies!" Mo Lian answered coldly.
Mo Lian's speed shocked Su Yunqi. When he wanted to stop her, it was too late! For a handmaiden to have such capability, they were not ordinary people…
"Prince, she slapped me!" Lin Yue did not expect Mo Lian to take action. She was too shocked to react to it.
Su Yunqi's face fell and stared at Su Ruoxi. "Speak the truth, were you behind what happened to Ruoqi and Ruolin?"
"Yes, it's me!" Su Ruoxi admitted it without hesitation. She was smiling, but her eyes were cold…
"Why did you do that? Why did you set them up? What motive do you have?" Su Yunqi asked in anger.
"Why? Hahahaha! What a good question! Don't you know why? I am Su Ruoxi, Prince Su's mansion's Su Ruoxi, yet you want me to marry the dimwitted Crown Prince because Su Ruolin doesn't want to? May I know why?" Su Ruoxi asked sarcastically.
"You are not Xi-er! Xi-er died six years ago!" Su Yunqi raged.
Even if he knew in his heart that she was Xi-er, he could not admit it or place himself in an unrighteous position…
"Hahahaha, how funny! Since you say that I am not Su Ruoxi, then why must I marry off in place of Ruolin? Since I am not Su Ruoxi, then shouldn't I retaliate when someone wants to harm me? Unless you want to tell me that when someone wants to kill you, you would just smile and say thank you?" Su Ruoxi gave a more sarcastic smile.
She felt really unjust compared to the original owner! This was the Prince's mansion; they were the original owner's family!