Chapter 31: What a Beast Indeed!

“Why didn’t you say that you will bear the consequences of your actions when you refused to marry Su Yaozheng’s daughter?” muttered the Emperor.

The Emperor believed that there was nothing he could do—he could not stop Su Yaozheng. Could he? Of course not. If he were to stop Su Yaozheng, she would create chaos in the Chamber of Imperial Concubines.

Thus, the Emperor coughed twice and asked, “Su Yunpeng, the Baihua Compound is under your management. Did you hear anything happen in the Peony Pavilion the evening before?

If it was an ordinary matter, Yan would not dare to say such things in front of Su Yaozheng.

Su Yu tilted his head and glanced at Su Xingyan. “Yan booked a room in Peony Pavilion the day before yesterday, and Jing’er stayed overnight.”

Su Xingyan did not expect Su Yu to say that. He refuted, “Father, I did book a room in Peony Pavilion, but I didn’t go to Peony Pavilion that evening. I was at General Han’s Manor the whole night and only left in the morning. The people in General Han’s Manor can attest to that.’

Su Yu sneered, “Do you mean to say that your fiancée went to the room you booked, and whatever happened to her had nothing to do with you?”

Su Xingyan turned pale. He could take this opportunity and break off the engagement using Han Jing’s assault. However, it slipped his mind that he was the one that booked the room. He would be held responsible.

It could be implied that he deliberately framed Han Jing to break off the engagement.

Su Xingyan had realized that the matter was much more complicated than he imagined.

Based on the Emperor’s sister’s character, she would never forgive him for what happened in Peony Pavilion. He would not stand a chance for breaking off the engagement.

Su Xingyan had an idea, which involved his Mother. He kneeled down and pleaded, “Give me some time to think about breaking off the engagement, but Father, you must save Mother!”

“What nonsense are you blabbering on about?” The emperor stared at him and looked at Su Yu, who had embellished the story. It was bad enough that Yan provoked Su Yaozheng; why did he provoke Su Yu as well? Su Yu usually minded his own business. It was an exception that he decided to intervene. Yan must have done something for him to provoke Su Yu!

“Su Yunpeng, if there is nothing else, you should go back first.” The Emperor was disrupted by them. He had forgotten the reason he asked Su Yu to come and see him.

Su Yu took his time to stand up, made an obeisance by placing one palm on the fist before his chest, “I shall retreat.”

Su Xingyan took two steps and stopped. He lowered his head and said to the emperor, “Brother, children need to be educated, especially when they are disobedient. If you don’t have the time, you can send them to my manor. All of the children in my manor are very obedient!”

He strolled off and left.

The emperor watched him take his leave and became livid. The children in his manor? Who were the children? They were teenagers that he gathered from all over the nation. It was as though he feared that no one knew he had those preferences. He even sent his own child away!

Beast! What a beast indeed!

He froze with his eyes locked on Su Xingyan.