Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 24

Chapter 24 Interrogation Of Sun Shuyuan
“Very good. Leave behind her personal maids and bring them to the courtyard to be caned to death. Let all the servants and maids of the Wang Palace go and watch. Follow me. I have something to tell you.” Ying Ran felt that it was necessary to tell Butler Wang about the Sun Family’s plot. After all, he was the only one who was always by Prince Jing’s side, so she called Butler Wang to an empty courtyard.

Butler Wang asked anxiously, “Imperial Concubine Ping, if there’s anything you need to say, do you know about His Highness?”

“Yes, I do know what happened to your highness, but I can’t do anything about it. I can only start with Sun Shuyuan. Send two powerful nanny to interrogate her personal maids and see if I can find anything.”

“In addition, I have already sent my personal maidservant to the Prince Duan’s Mansion to tell my eldest brother and second brother to come over and take a look. Send someone you can trust to deliver a letter to the First Manor. Remember to block the news. There is a big conspiracy here. You can’t scare the snakes yet.” Ying Ran did not expect Sun Shuyuan to attack so quickly.

“Imperial Concubine Ping has something to say. Even though Your Highness is unconscious, Your Highness’s seal has always been in my hands. I can also mobilize the power of the Manor.” Steward Wang also felt that the current situation was very serious. Thus, he came to terms with Ying Ran. He trusted Ying Ran. After all, the relationship between the two families had always been very good, and Ying Ran and Prince Jing were brother and sister.

“Housekeeper wang, do you know why the sun family must marry Sun Shuyuan Prince Jing as the main wife? Why did you ask the Emperor to give me a decree to marry into Prince Jing’s Mansion as a flat wife? Why would they agree to let me enter the manor to be respected? Don’t you find it strange? “I can only tell you now that your Sun Clan has been plotted. Concubine Shu has always wanted her son to be the Crown Prince, but she doesn’t have any military power in her hands.” At this point, Ying Ran stopped talking and let Butler Wang think for himself.

“Imperial concubine Ping, it seems that there really is a conspiracy. Back then, Concubine Shu and Sun Zuoxiang found His Highness and said that as long as His Highness is willing to take Sun Shuyuan as his main wife, the Sun family will help His Highness obtain the Imperial Guards’ military power. They also said that they knew that you and His Highness were happy and would not separate you from His Highness. They would ask His Majesty to give you a decree to marry you as a flat wife. They also agreed that as long as the Sun Clan had a proper wife position, they would respect you in the future. “Housekeeper Wang told Ying Ran about the agreement between Prince Jing and the Sun Clan.

“Senior Brother was kicked in the head by a donkey, right? He also believes in such a thing? There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, doesn’t he know? How much is a Prince Jing Consort worth? Would the Sun Clan pay such a high price for this position?” Ying Ran was speechless. This senior apprentice-brother really didn’t follow the veins. He was too simple.

“There really is something fishy about this matter. At that time, neither Wang Ye nor I thought of this.” Butler Wang was similar to Prince Jing, his four limbs were well developed and his mind was simple.

“Alright, let me ask you, when I marry Prince Jing, is Prince Duan’s Mansion going to help Prince Jing?”

“Logically speaking, I should help.” Butler Wang naturally agreed.

“Then Sun Shuyuan is Princess Jing. Does the Sun Clan need Prince Jing’s Mansion to help her?” Ying Ran was naturally angry when she saw his face.

“Logically speaking, we should also help.”

“And she and Shu Fei are sisters. If Shu Fei wants to rebel against her, do you want to help or not? When the time comes, I will take over 300,000 troops from the Prince’s Mansion and 150,000 from the Prince Jing Mansion. Are they all used by Shu Fei? If anything happens to Your Highness, will Prince Jing Mansion be in charge?” Ying Ran looked at Steward Wang’s stunned expression and could not help but explain it to him.

“So that’s how it is. What a deep scheme. No wonder you didn’t perform the wedding ceremony with your highness.” Housekeeper Wang suddenly came to a realization.

“Since you know that your prince and I didn’t have a wedding ceremony, don’t call me Concubine Ping in the future. Call me Princess. As for your prince’s current situation, I can only say that it’s terrible. Remember when I fainted last time? If it weren’t for a coincidence, I would have died.” Actually, Sun Shuyuan was already dead, but this matter could not be said.

“Then what should we do now? Your Highness cannot remain unconscious all the time.” Housekeeper Wang was really worried, how could this be good?

“Right now, we can only start with Sun Shuyuan and see if we can do anything. Take the two nanny to interrogate her maidservant first. I’ll go meet Princess Jing.” Ying Ran’s face was filled with worry. If he couldn’t find a way, King Jing would have to continue like this. At that time, Prince Jing’s Mansion would still fall into the Sun Clan’s scheme.

“Alright, let’s do this. I’ll go find two powerful nanny. You have to be careful yourself. That Sun Shuyuan is too sinister.”

“Don’t worry, as long as you don’t get close to her, everything should be fine.”

So Ying Ran and Steward Wang went separately. Steward Wang took Mammy to interrogate Sun Shuyuan’s maids, but Ying Ran took a few people to the side room. At this time, Sun Shuyuan was curled up in a corner in a sorry state.

Actually, she didn’t want to attack King Jing, However, King Jing had gone too far with her. This afternoon, Prince Jing brought her back to the Autumn Moon Pavilion. He tortured her and humiliated her in all sorts of ways. He did not treat her as his wife at all. Even a brothel girl was inferior to him. She could not bear to attack Prince Jing anymore. She originally thought that she would wake him up in two days. Who would have thought that the entire Autumn Moon Pavilion would be controlled and she would be guarded?

Ying Ran opened the door and saw Sun Shuyuan. She was also a woman. Ying Ran felt pity for her, but she did not sympathize with her. Everyone was responsible for what they had done. If they wanted to scheme against others, they had to be prepared for revenge.

So he looked at her and asked, “How can I wake Senior Brother up?”

Sun Shuyuan raised her head and saw that it was Fu Yingran. She replied indifferently, “I don’t know, aren’t you very capable? Just think of a way yourself.” She did not forget that when Prince Jing humiliated her, she was the one who kept calling out for Fu Yingran. Besides, didn’t she also solve the Soul Devouring Gu last time? If you have the ability, you can remove it yourself. Why bother asking her?

Ying Ran was anxious and did not have much patience. She directly said to the nanny beside her, “You guys, tie her up and strip her naked. Remember not to let her hand touch you.” After stripping her naked, he wanted to see what other tricks Sun Shuyuan had.

“Fu Yingran, how dare you? I am Princess Jing. Try touching me.” Sun Shuyuan panicked. Her entire body was stripped naked. If she didn’t embarrass herself, she wouldn’t be able to hide the Gu worms on her body. Then wouldn’t she be slaughtered by others?

“There is nothing I, Fu Yingran, do not dare to do in the Great Wei Kingdom. Let alone you, it is your father and your sister. I just want to capture them at any time. Do you believe me?” Ying Ran coldly watched as the nanny tied Sun Shuyuan up and stripped her naked, not even letting go of her belly pocket.

Ying Ran kept his gaze on her hand. Suddenly, he saw a green ball the size of a longan on her arm. A drop of bright red blood at the top of the ball was particularly eye-catching. Seeing that it was oozing, he hurriedly instructed, “Someone, get the green ball off her arm. Be careful, don’t touch it with your hand.” Ying Ran instructed the nanny beside her to get it down. Her intuition told her that it should be very important.

“Yes, Imperial Concubine Ping.” The granny hurriedly held her hands in a thick cloth and brought over a bowl and chopsticks. She walked to Sun Shuyuan’s side and handed the green thing to Ying Ran. “Imperial Concubine Ping, what should we do with this thing?”

Ying Ran looked at Sun Shuyuan and saw that she was panicking. Her entire body was blue and purple. Obviously, it was a mark of love. Fu Yingran felt extremely disgusted when he saw it, so he instructed the nanny to bring a dress for her to put on.

Then, he coldly looked at her and said, “We need to ask Princess Jing what to do with this thing. Princess Jing must give you a good answer. If you don’t answer well, I will leave you a path of life. If you don’t answer well and I am not satisfied, then this Princess will make you feel worse than death.”

“Fu Yingran, how dare you? I am the second young miss of the Zuo Prime Minister’s Mansion, the biological sister of Imperial Concubine Shu and the main concubine of Prince Jing’s Mansion. I don’t believe you dare to do anything to me. My father and sister won’t ignore me.” This was her last hope. She hoped that Imperial Concubine Shu and Prime Minister Sun Zuo would be able to protect her. However, she didn’t know that this news had never spread out. The Sun Family didn’t know anything right now.

Ying Ran raised the corner of her eyes and looked at her coldly, “Oh? Is that so? This imperial daughter will let you see if I, Fu Yingran, dare to do so.” After saying that, he turned to the nanny beside him and said, “Someone, the princess has been stuffed in her room all afternoon. She should be suffocated. Take her to the yard to see the play.”

“Yes, Imperial Concubine Ping.” The two granny got the order and carried Sun Shuyuan out of the room. The two granny brought Sun Shuyuan to the courtyard and let her go. They silently retreated behind Fu Yingran. They now knew that only Princess Jingxian was someone at the top of His Highness’s heart. Only by fawning over her would they have a good day in Prince Jing’s Mansion.