The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 144

Hongjia Emperor looked to the kneeling Xiuran in the palace hall. In a solemn voice, he asked, "Just who sent you to come slander General Su?"

Xiuran looked to Hongjia Emperor and coldly laughed, "I just can't stand seeing Su Yun's conduct, so I decided to kill him, no one sent me to kill him."

"Be that as it may, but General Su getting ambushed in the Forest of Buried Souls should have been arranged by you too, right?" Xuanyuan Yuzhen walked up to Xiuran's side and immediately clutched his lower jaw. "Don't you think this kind of excuse is too laughable?"

"So the Fourth Prince doesn't believe my words?" Xiuran looked to Xuanyuan Yuzhen with an indifferent smile on his face. "I just don't like Su Yun's high and mighty appearance."

"This isn't your scheme, right?" Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Xiuran and still spoke calmly, "I've heard you have connections with the Jing Marquis manor."

When Xiuran heard Xuanyuan Yuzhen's words, his eyes widened at once. Although Murong Jingxuan promised him he wouldn't tell his relationship with the Jing Marquis manor to Hongjia Emperor, this didn't mean Xuanyuan Yuzhen wouldn't.

Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Xiuran's appearance and curved the corner of his lips, "How about it? You should be the Jing Marquis's secret bastard child, right?"

When Hongjia Emperor heard these words, he casted his gaze towards the Jing Marquis. Jing Marquis immediately knelt down. He clenched his hands and thought for a moment, before deciding that only abandoning Xiuran at this time was the most correct choice.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject doesn't have this kind of son. As for my secret bastard child, such idea is complete nonsense." Jing Marquis didn't look to see Xiuran's expression.

Right now, he shouldn't look at Xiuran's expression, and he also knew that at this moment he can't look. Truthfully speaking, Ning Xiuran wasn't his secret illegitimate child, but was his eldest legitimate son he had with his original main wife.

At that time, he was saved by his original first wife in Nanchen. Afterwards, they lived in Nanchen for a period of time. But afterwards, who knew that they would be discovered by the previous Emperor of Nanchen, and thus assassins were sent to kill them. Subsequently, they could only abandon Xiuran, this legitimate eldest son. And his original main wife went back with him to Donghe.

But he never would have thought that his original main wife never had another child afterwards. And in the end, she also died from depression. Because of such, he eventually raised his current wife to the main wife position. But he'd never forgotten that woman's sweet smile.

Xuanyuan Yuzhen had already guessed that Jing Marquis wouldn't admit that Xiuran is his son. However, this bit wasn't important, what's important is that Xiuran, no matter what, won't be returning alive today.

"Imperial father, looks like there's some mistakes in this son's information." Xuanyuan Yuzhen turned his head to look at Hongjia Emperor and spoke without the slightest sincerity, "However, since he's not Jing Marquis's son, then let this son and Jingxuan handle everything. What do you think?"

Hongjia Emperor looked to Xuanyuan Yuzhen before him, and seeing he was fully angry, Hongjia Emperor just knew that this matter had already touched upon his bottom line, especially under this kind of circumstance.

"Xiuran, since that's the case, I'll let you have a taste of my abilities." Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Xiuran and a violent smile overflowed from his lips.

"Fourth Prince, my death is insignificant, and I also have no regrets." Xiuran looked to Xuanyuan Yuzhen still with a face full of smiles, "I just want to let Fourth Prince know, Su Yun is definitely not some good person, and that good daughter of his, isn't some good person either.

Xuanyuan Yuzhen looked to Xiuran and gave him a hand chop. Seeing Xiuran faint, Xuanyuan Yuzhen coldly spoke to Murong Jingxuan next to him, "Jingxuan, this man, I'll hand over to you."

With that said, Murong Jingxuan took Xiuran away.

Su Yun watched Xiuran get taken away and immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty, this humble subject has not done anything that would offend the heavens."

Hongjia Emperor and Su Yun came from the tutelage of the same master, and he was also considered Su Yun's senior brother. So towards Su Yun's moral conduct, Hongjia Emperor still believed in him very much. Especially in the aspect of treating the citizens, because there was no one more loving and protective of the citizens than Su Yun.

Hongjia Emperor knew very clearly in his heart that the Crown Prince's body was increasingly unwell right now. The other Princes were all covetously eyeing that military power in Su Yun's hands.

The Second Prince, Third Prince, and even that disappointing Fifth Prince were all so.

"Beloved Official Su, what nonsense are you saying. This Emperor naturally believes you." Hongjia Emperor looked to Su Yun and spoke with a smiling face, "Beloved Official Su, if you don't mind, in a bit, come chat with this Emperor for a while."

Although Jing Marquis really wanted to say something, he also didn't know how he should plea for leniency. Furthermore, judging from Hongjia Emperor's expression, he also knew that Xiuran's matter was already completely hopeless.

But Xiuran was his eldest legitimate son after all, his real eldest legitimate son.

After leaving the palace hall, Jing Marquis turned his sight onto Xuanyuan Yuzhen, "Fourth Prince, this humble subject..."

"What, Jing Marquis wants to help plea for Xiuran?" Xuanyuan Yuzhen coldly laughed at Jing Marquis in front of him.

Jing Marquis went completely numb from Xuanyuan Yuzhen's cold stare. Seeing that look in his eyes, Jing Marquis was already at a loss for what to say and could only decide to give up on Xiuran's matter.

Furthermore, even if he told this matter to Xuanyuan Yufan, Xuanyuan Yufan would certainly not help either.

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Murong Jingxuan looked to Xiuran who was confined inside the prison cell and helplessly spoke, "Although I promised you to let off the Jing Marquis manor, the Fourth Prince didn't have the same intentions." He sat with his legs crossed in a chair and looked to Xiuran with a detached expression.

"Murong Jingxuan you bastard. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off." Xiuran looked to Murong Jingxuan and roared.

"Xiuran, I've told you my bottom line before, but you still insist on wanting to test my limits." Murong Jingxuan coldly spoke, "You really shouldn't have provoked Su Qingyan."

Xiuran looked to Murong Jingxuan with a confused look, "Murong Jingxuan, just what are you talking about, what do you mean I shouldn't have provoked Su Qingyan. What does all of this have to do with Su Qingyan?"

"Of course it's related." Murong Jingxuan stood up and walked before Xiuran, looking at him while still maintaining a smile, "Because all of this was all arranged by that not some good person, Su Qingyan, you speak of."

Hearing Murong Jingxuan's words, Xiuran's eyes widened at once, "Murong Jingxuan, this is not how you tell a lie. I don't believe you. I don't believe that all of this was done by that woman."

"Xiuran, I'm not lying to you. In the beginning, you really shouldn't have provoked Su Yun and his family." Murong Jingxuan looked to Xiuran and plainly spoke, "To her, the most important thing is her family."

"Murong Jingxuan, this is simply something impossible. I don't believe all of this was arranged by Su Qingyan. I know you're just saying this to console me." Xiuran looked to Murong Jingxuan and still spoke with a snarl.

"It really isn't as you've wished, Xiuran."

When Xiuran heard this voice and lifted his head to look over, he saw a young girl dressed in all black walking over. And that girl was precisely---Su Qingyan.