Chapter 41: Murder with a Knife

Everything that happened in the temple could not escape the queen's eyes, Su Yuxian disappointed her again and again, and Su Wanyan caught her attention.

On this day, Su Wanyan was talking to Chen Qiaoqiao in the house, and the grandmother next to the queen came over and asked her to talk.

Su Wanyan thought that the queen had called her over to reward her because she had eaten well recently, and after arriving, the queen really praised her for her good cooking skills, but after the topic changed, she actually talked about the prince.

"The prince's marriage made the palace painstaking, looking for and not picking a suitable candidate, I can't help but think of the marriage contract between the prince and you when he was a child, recently the palace carefully observed you, and found that you are smarter than others, and keep your duty, so I moved my mind."

As soon as Su Wanyan heard her, she had already made a decision in her heart, so she listened calmly, without a trace of turmoil in her heart. She didn't know anything else about the prince, but judging from the few times she had been in contact with him, she could at least conclude that he was a womanizer, and in his eyes, women were just fresh toys, and he wouldn't treat them with care at all.

"This palace wants to be with you as the crown princess, but your eldest sister is holding on to it, and even says that your father can assist the crown prince to ascend the throne in the future to lure this palace, and her person is really not liked by this palace. But because the palace once promised her and the prince, if the palace now insists on canceling her marriage with the prince, it is untrustworthy. ”

Su Wanyan still didn't say a word, pretending to show a shocked look. But I thought in my heart, if you don't want this marriage, Su Yuxian has so many mistakes, you are the queen, it is impossible to deal with this matter, why are you looking for me to say this?

Seeing her reaction, the queen continued: "The palace called you here today to let you know that you are the most suitable candidate for the crown princess in my heart. ”

Su Wanyan knew that the queen had bad intentions, so she gave her another salute, pretending to be a little panicked, "Thank you for the queen's appreciation, the courtiers are flattered, it's just that the courtiers are too excited and don't know how to talk back to the mother." ”

"Niangniang means that as long as you solve Niangniang's troubles, you will naturally become the crown princess, do you understand?" Mama Sang's voice was still cold and arrogant.

The queen made a gesture to stop her, "Mama, don't worry, let her go back and think about it, and then reply to the palace in two days." ”

In fact, where is there still a need to think, Su Wanyan has already thought about it, but since the queen said so, she must pretend to think for two days, so she thanked the queen before returning to her residence.

These people didn't ask her if she wanted to be the crown princess at all, thinking that she was in that rare position, and she also understood that the queen just wanted to borrow her hand to get rid of Su Yuxian, because the queen didn't know what Su Yuxian would do if she proposed to break the marriage contract with Su Yuxian, so she simply asked her to solve the scourge of Su Yuxian.

She is not stupid, and she doesn't look down on the position of the crown princess at all, how can she agree.

After she left, the queen was still talking to Mama Sang about it.

"What is her father going to help the prince in the matter of the prince's ascension to the throne, although Su Sui is a rare general, but now he has been robbed of military power, if there is no war in the future, he will never be reused again, and the position of the crown princess must be given to the person who is most capable of helping the prince." The queen turned the armor on her fingers, looking scheming.

"Su Yuxian can't do it, Su Wanyan can't do it either, the Su family is no longer in the scope of Niangniang's consideration, Niangniang's trick of killing people with a knife is really wonderful." Mama Sang had a flattering smile on her old face, which was completely different from the cold appearance on weekdays.

The monk who cooked for the queen and the nobles had recovered from his illness, and Su Wanyan felt much more relaxed these days when she didn't have to cook for everyone anymore.

Two days later, she went to the queen to reply, and she had already thought about these words in the past two days.

"Niangniang, the courtiers are only a little smart, their talent and appearance are not as good as their sisters, and their sisters are not qualified to be the crown princess, how can the courtiers be competent. The courtiers were afraid that even if they reached that position, they would not be able to do well, and they would cause the prince to lose face and disappoint the mother, so the courtiers did not dare to agree to the mother. ”

She knelt down and kowtowed to the queen in good faith, the queen didn't expect her to refuse, and exchanged glances with Mama Sang, her eyes were full of anger.

"What's this, you are the crown princess, naturally you will have a mother to support you, and she will personally teach you to do things, and there will be no situation as you say." Mama Sang patiently persuaded Su Wanyan.

"Mama, it's really that the courtiers have no ambitions, and they are also timid and afraid, so they don't dare to come out like this, and it is even more impossible to solve Su Yuxian's trouble, she has a biological mother to plan for her, and the courtiers have nothing to rely on, in fact, the courtiers are not her opponents at all."

She insisted on not complying, and the queen had no choice but to let her go back, but after that, she didn't have a good impression of Su Wanyan at all, and she didn't treat her everywhere, Mama Sang originally had a good face for her, and now she always used sarcasm to ridicule her, but she didn't care at all.

The nobles saw Su Yuxian's annoyance, and also knew that their sisters' relationship was not good, and because Su Wanyan cooked for everyone some time ago, everyone felt that Su Wanyan had a good personality and no fancy intestines, so they were full of good feelings for her, and they all had a good relationship with her, so the queen's attitude did not affect her feelings at all, and she was still in a good mood every day.

Su Yuxian was estranged from her because she was caught by Duanmu Rong and abused her pet dog, and she settled down for a while, but it didn't take long for her to start looking for trouble again.

That night, when everyone came back from evening class, they were just about to wash up and rest, when they heard Su Yuxian's scream ringing in the courtyard, she rushed all the way to the door of Su Wanyan's room, which attracted the attention of many people, and they all stood at the door of Su Wanyan's room.

Su Yuxian pointed at Su Wanyan and asked sharply, "Did you spill water on my bed?" ”

Su Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied, "What did my sister say?" I just came back from the Buddha hall with you, and I didn't have the time to run to your room and sprinkle water on the bed. ”

"Of all the people, you are the only one who likes to target me and oppose me everywhere, not who are you?"

Su Yuxian's bed was full of water, and she couldn't sleep when she was wet, and she was also very angry, and the first person who thought of doing this bad thing was Su Wanyan.

"Sister's words are baseless, when did I target you everywhere. The sisters are here, everyone's hearts are bright, you don't want to wronged good people. ”

Almost all the nobles are here, and Su Wanyan responded to Su Yuxian while looking at the crowd. Her gaze swept over everyone, some were whispering to their companions, some were not interested at all when they heard what was going on, and they covered their mouths with a handkerchief and yawned, wanting to leave at any moment.

Su Wanyan's gaze was a little unconsciously sharp, and it was just that she didn't see it, and the nobles had not seen a big battle, and some of them were calm when they saw it, but there was only one person, who was swept by her gaze, her expression was a little unnatural, and her eyes lowered her head evasively.

Su Wanyan knew it in her heart, that noble girl was the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, called Chen Yuan, and her father was a member of the third grade, but she was very timid on weekdays, she didn't have any opinions, she always followed behind others, and she was often used without knowing it, so Su Wanyan felt that she did it nine times out of ten.

Su Wanyan said to Su Yuxian: "Sister, I promise you that I haven't done this, otherwise I will be lonely and old in the future, and I will be an old girl for a lifetime, but, in the same way, if someone else did it, she won't be able to get married, and I will be an old girl at home for a lifetime, and I will go to the Bodhisattva tomorrow to make a wish." ”

Speaking of the back, her eyes swept over Chen Yuan, and when she heard her say that she wanted to make a wish so that the person who did bad things could not marry, Chen Yuan panicked and pulled the noble girl in front of her with her hand, it was Jiang Manman who had a dispute with Su Yuxian in the Buddhist hall that day because of the position.

For ancient women, the punishment of not being able to marry was too severe, and when everyone heard her say this, they made a commotion, and those who wanted to go back were reluctant to leave, and they all wanted to see if the person who splashed the water could withstand it.

Su Wanyan said coldly again: "Who did it, stand up as soon as possible, I'll give her a chance." Don't blame me for making such a cruel wish, who told her to frame me first. ”

After waiting for a while, Chen Yuan walked out, lowered his head and whispered, "It's me, I sprinkle water." ”

Then she raised her head again, raised her voice, and said eagerly: "But I didn't want to frame you, someone couldn't get used to Su Yuxian and asked me to do this." ”

Seeing that she recognized it, Su Wanyan smiled and moved her gaze to the surprised Su Yuxian.

"Sister, someone has found out for you, I have cleared the suspicion, what is going on, you can ask yourself. As for you wronging me, I won't pursue it for the sake of the sisters, but if there is a next time, don't blame you. ”

Su Wanyan pretended to be generous in front of people again, and after speaking, she pulled Chen Qiaoqiao and her maid into the house and closed the door.

Everyone looked at Su Yuxian and Chen Yuan, they all knew that one was strong and the other was weak, and the gap was huge, and they all knew that they didn't need to look at it, and they all felt that the next step was not interesting, so they went back to their own houses one after another.

Soon only Su Yuxian and Chen Yuan were left in the courtyard, Chen Yuan was full of grievances, and looked at Jiang Manman, who instructed her, to leave with someone with a sad face, and did not dare to call her.

"Chen Yuan, I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person, who instructed you, you tell me immediately."

Chen Yuan was a little afraid of Su Yuxian, but she was also afraid of Jiang Manman, and she didn't know whether to say it for a while.

"If you tell me, I won't pursue you, if you don't say it, Su Wanyan won't make a wish to let you be an old girl, I'll go."

Su Yuxian saw that Su Wanyan had deceived her in such a way just now, and she did it again.

Chen Yuan was most afraid of this, and immediately frightened her legs weakly.

Su Yuxian continued to pressur: "I'll publicize the bad things you have done, and see whose man dares to marry you into the family in the future." ”

"Don't, don't be like this, I said, yes, it's Jiang Manman, she said that last time in the Buddhist hall you made her lose face in public, she has always held a grudge, so she let me sprinkle water on your bed."

"What, it's Jiang Manman." When Su Yuxian heard that it was her, she immediately softened by three points, and others said that she was warned by the queen last time because of an argument with Jiang Manman in the Buddhist hall.

Jiang Manman listened to her companion's advice last time, and retreated to the last row weakly, because her companion told her that Mama Sang, who was next to the queen, was watching at the door, and she saw it when she walked to the back row.

Moreover, her family is a prince's party, and the queen will naturally favor her.

Su Yuxian didn't dare to go to Jiang Manman privately this time, so she ran to the courtyard where the queen lived, thinking about suing Jiang Manman first.

The queen was tired and was about to rest, and when she heard that she had something to see, she rubbed her temples and said in disgust: "Let her come in, see what is the matter with her?" ”

Su Yuxian went in with a sad face, and added fuel and vinegar to tell Chen Yuan about sprinkling water on her bed at the instruction of Jiang Manman, and cried again: "Niangniang, you have to be the master of the courtiers, how can they bully people so much, where do I sleep tonight?" ”

The queen was annoyed when she heard her voice, and waved her hand and said to her grandmother: "You go to find someone to change the bedding for her, so that she will not bother the palace again." ”

After speaking, he said to Su Yuxian: "If you keep your duty on weekdays and don't provoke right and wrong, will others treat you like this?" Go back and reflect on yourself. ”

Su Yuxian didn't expect that she was obviously reasonable, why should she be asked to reflect, she was speechless for a while, and watched the queen walk into the inner room.

Mama pulled her coldly, "Let's go, hurry up and settle you, the slave and maid will come back to serve the mother." ”

Su Yuxian had no choice but to follow her grandmother out.