Chapter 533 The Undercard

Empress Wei took a deep breath and said coldly, “This palace doesn’t believe it!”

She slightly raised her lower jaw, “Last year at Cuihua Mountain, if not for the fact that the first person to be infected with smallpox was County Lord Chaoping, and that A Xu had always favored her daughter, even though she was in filial piety, she also traveled to the backyard every day to play with the County Lord Chaoping, the epidemic would not have made the whole of Cuihua Mountain in a state of panic!”

“And now, can you drill such a hole?!”

“Since you instructed that Song Lu to expose this palace in the temple, this palace, however, has been keeping an eye on you!”

“Where did you get the chance to do this?!”

“Even if there was negligence on the part of my palace’s men but if just three or five of them had come out of the flowers, the royal family and the hundred officials would not have been so frightened that they would have gone out of the city to hide!”

The Empress’s gaze was fierce, “Don’t say that you have help from Old Lady Duanmu or something like that! Marquis Yan’s family is in the imperial capital, how could the old lady agree to make such a heartless move? Even if the Yan Marquis and the Chaoping County master has been out of the flower last year, not afraid of this epidemic, but Song younger sister can not be out of the flower, she is still pregnant with a child it is said that the Yan Marquis House of the subordinates privately called the unborn fetus ‘small male child’, can be seen more than half of a male fetus! Old Lady Duanmu would not tolerate an outbreak of smallpox in the Imperial Capital at this time, even if she was carrying a child!”

“Your previous actions, while you certainly had recourse to Old Lady Duanmu, naturally you are also subject to her jurisdiction!”

“After all, as you say, who called you behind, nothing?”

“Old Lady Duanmu is not related to you, why should she help you for nothing?!”

“Can you do something under her nose that will ripple through the late bloomers she cares about?!”

“But Empress you are still afraid!” Lu Hehao locked eyes with her, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, his tone mocking, “Otherwise do what not let you, the courtesan, continue to cut down?!”

He knew what Empress Wei was afraid of just as the Empress had said, with his power, even if he did whatever he could to the point of using the spreading of smallpox to blackmail the court, it would be of little use.

Because he didn’t actually have the ability to spread smallpox on a large scale, not enough to force the royal family and the hundred officials out of the city by that means.

In fact, even if the royal family and the hundred officials were forced to leave the imperial capital at this juncture, it would only fulfill King Su, and for Lu Hehao himself, there would be no benefit.

However, just because he couldn’t use this method didn’t mean no one could.

For the Su family, who was eagerly hoping to solve the problem of King Su not being in the Imperial Capital at the moment with their heritage, it wouldn’t be hard to make such a thing happen!

The situation is very clear, once Su Wang can not ascend the throne, support the crown prince on the throne of the Wei family, will not be like the Duanhua Emperor as indecisive, do three or two years of the emperor still take the heart of the big trouble can not be helped: Wei family will not let go of Su Wang and Su family!

The family is facing a lifeanddeath situation, what else is there for the Su family to be afraid of?

As mentioned earlier, the Lookouts value reputation and decency provided that they are not pushed to the brink of extinction!

They only speak of poise if the family has continuity to count on.

Otherwise …

Even the most dignified and elegantly behaved son of a prestigious family will instantly tear off the mask of gentleness and elegance, revealing his fangs and claws!

After all, no family that has been prominent for several dynasties was built purely on poise.

King Su is not in the imperial capital right now, even if the smallpox ravages the city and injures prominent officials, will the Su family care?

As for the fact that people like Empress Su, Su Shaoge, and Su Bofeng were also in the imperial capitalothers might still believe that the Su family would throw in the towel, but Empress Wei, who came from Fengzhou Wei, knew that none of these three people would care to sacrifice themselves.

Or rather, as long as Su Shaoge, who was in charge, chose to sacrifice, the others could only be sacrificed.

As for what King Su and the Su family would do after the three of them died that Marquis Ji, who had inherited the title of Duke of Ji, had always been in Sangzhi and had never stepped foot in the imperial capital!

Jihou Su Shaoxin, the first eldest son of this generation of the Su Clan in Qingzhou.

Compared to the youthful fame of the younger sibling Su Shaoge, Su Shaoxin can be said to be bleak.

Outside the impression of him, are “mediocre” “mediocre” such words, and even many people say, the reason why the first son of the Su family is not like his father and younger brother to enter the civil service, is because of his natural talent is dull, not good enough to make even the Qingzhou Su such a deep family The Su family in Qingzhou is so profound that even the Su family can’t save his education.

So can only stay in the old family to guard the ancestral property, and the ancestral property has always been by the old servant on behalf of the management, he is just hanging a name.

However, Empress Wei’s biological father, Minister of Rites Wei Xi, has always given the impression, and this Su Shaoxin is also half a catty to eight or two, not much better.

So once Empress Su, Su Shaoge, Su Bofeng these three passed away, Qingzhou Su whether it will really be a group of dragons without a leader from now on decline estimates that only Su family members themselves know.

As Lu Hehao said just now, only Valve Read will know how persistent Valve Read is about saving for a rainy day.

Outstanding sons and daughters for the sake of the family’s longterm considerations, as one of the bottom of the card to hide their fronts, top of the mediocre and even stupid reputation quietly hibernate even many people just hibernate for a lifetime, until the death of the family is regarded as just a parasitic mediocrity not a few .

Moreover, from the Su family in recent years, Empress Su is deeply respected by the late emperor; Duke Jiguo, with the support of the success of the war is also outstanding; Su Shaoge is a young man who has become famous and talented.

With these three in place, it is enough to ensure that the reputation of the Su Clan in Qingzhou will not fall if another equally outstanding Su Shaoxin comes out, I am afraid that the late Emperor will not be able to sleep!

Therefore, the Su family has every reason to let Su Shaoxin hide his clumsiness and stay in Sanzi under the banner of guarding the ancestral property, secretly accumulating for a backhand.

“In fact, the Su family may not have not thought of this law now!” Lu Hehao saw the hesitation in Empress Wei’s eyes, and his smile grew deeper and deeper, “Only … they are not as desperate as I am, and they can go out at any time! So not as a last resort, they do not dare to do so!”

“But if I’m willing to take that charge for them … do you think they’ll hesitate?”

“I promise, as long as I have a shortcoming, no matter for what reason, no matter who did it outside the palace, someone will immediately approach the Su family and offer this plan to help King Su ascend to the throne!”

“After all, I’m sure nothing good will come of me then, so what do I care about the name behind me?”

“Wouldn’t it be a joy to make even those who harmed me not fall into favor?”

He laughed softly as he watched Xin Jian subconsciously put away her short sword, “So, I told you that the Empress wouldn’t kill me”

“Then next, for my wellbeing, I’ll have to ask you, Empress, to be more attentive!”

After … Lu Hehao laughed loudly and whisked his sleeve away, only after a long time did Emperor Duanhua hiss, “You … are you so blackmailed by him?”

“Or else?” Empress Wei hadn’t looked at him squarely since the party came in, and at this moment, she sniffed and laughed coldly before turning her head, casting a sidelong glance at the Emperor, and said nonchalantly, “Kill him in a moment of pain and then let the Su family benefit?”

Emperor Duanhua couldn’t help but say, “But those words were just his empty words! You believed it without even checking?”

“Lu Hehao is running for the throne to make such a mess, do you think he would enter the palace without a defense?!” Empress Wei snorted out a laugh, “I’ve always wondered before what he had to rely on when he appeared so grandly at Imperial Grandmother’s birthday banquet?!”

Although the party failed to kill Lu Hehao, but was ridiculed by Lu Hehao the next is not necessary to endure the disgust and killing intent, to protect this, but the Empress looks nothing depressed, but a little bit of a relaxed meaning.

“It’s also that he hadn’t been thought of before, telling him to sneak around and develop all these years, and Jane Pingyu and Old Lady Duanmu, who knows if there are any other cards left?”

“Now I finally realize that he is still taking advantage of the snipe and mussel fight, trying to be the fisherman in the end, it is not on the stage!”

“In that case, I can rest a little easier what’s wrong with allowing him to live a few more days like this?”

When Emperor Duanhua heard this, he was silent before he said, “You’re not afraid that he actually has other cards, only that he can use this rhetoric to keep us in check, so he didn’t take them out?”

“If he really had other cards and they were enough to protect him, this would not be the time for him to be driving around in this palace, but to take advantage of the fact that he has uncovered King Qing’s affair with you, and to go to the imperial court under the banner of honoring the late emperor to make a grand appearance in the courtroom!” Empress Wei faintly swept a glance at him and said, “Today’s storm was all caused by him as a trigger, and as a result, he hasn’t been able to go to the courtroom until now, what do you think this means?”

“It means that his adventure of breaking into Mingren Palace at night last night was, in the end, just a dowry for the Su family, for King Su!”

“You think he’ll be willing?!”

“He just spoke to you rudely, not necessarily just to your dissatisfaction, in my opinion, but also because of his heart indignation, at the moment there is no other place to attack, just when you summoned him, but not all to say to you to listen to?!”

Emperor Duanhua clearly perceived that Empress Wei’s attitude towards him now is even more acerbic and cold than when she persuaded herself to pass the throne to the Crown Prince before noon his heart was not in the right place, and at this moment he was inevitably a bit annoyed, thinking about what Lu Hehao said, Empress Wei, in the smallpox matter last year, knew the truth but has been concealing it from him: if it was not the Empress who did not tell him the truth here, why would he have been deceived by Lu Hehao until recently? Not the Empress here did not tell him the truth, why would he be Lu Hehao all the way cheated until recently to wake up?

Thinking this way, Emperor Duanhua felt that the Empress was not blameless for his loss of position!

Moreover, the Empress is now trying to find ways to hope to be the Empress Dowager, so it is evident that the reason why the Empress has concealed this matter from herself may be that she has some selfishness in it?

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and was about to open his mouth to question the Empress, when he didn’t expect the door of the palace to be knocked on, not waiting for the Emperor and Empress to make a sound, the person outside actually pushed the door anxiously Duanhua Emperor and Empress Wei frowned at the same time, and were about to rebuke them, but the person who came anxiously said something that caused the Emperor and Empress to lose their colors and fall into an icy cellar, “Your Majesty, Your Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince has been assassinated!!!”