BXBX NOVEL Chapter 985: 983: The Ninth Prince Blames
The wedding was unfinished, and all the guests dispersed.
The face of the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor was finally, on this day, brutally stripped away.
Qin Wan and Madam Yin took care of sending off the guests, while Su Han, Su Yingxue, and Su Miaoyan were in charge of managing the affairs of the manor.
Su Han asked Su Yingxue to go and check on Su Hao.
Su Yingxue went to Su Hao’s courtyard. Su Hao was unwilling to take off his wedding clothes; he stood in the yard, his posture tall and straight, yet his expression was of utter dejection.
As soon as Su Yingxue’s footsteps drew near, she heard his hoarse and dull voice, “Get out!”
The cold rejection made Su Yingxue back away.
She bit her lip, her eyes red.
Frankly, she didn’t know what to say to comfort Su Hao at the moment.
The deception they perpetrated on their grandfather implicated each of them, meaning the failure of this wedding was everyone’s responsibility!
But how did Su Qinghe come to know the news and arrive at such a coincidental time?
Before Su Yingxue had time to grieve, she rushed to the front hall.
Su Qinghe and Su Qing sat at the head, with Su Qing having already changed out of his festive garment into a black patterned robe. Upon entering, he barked, “Kneel down!”
In the front hall, Su Han and Song Chengyi had already been kneeling for a while. Su Yingxue knelt down obediently beside Su Han.
Perhaps because of days of hard work, as she knelt, the sensation of dizziness intensified.
Su Han gave her a hand, “Yingxue, are you alright? Have you been feeling…”
Concern showed through Su Han’s delicate brows and eyes. These past few days, Su Yingxue had often felt dizzy. Being a doctor herself, it was worrying that she couldn’t treat her own condition.
“Hmph, if the Ninth Princess Consort is so delicate, why bother returning to the Marquis’s Manor to overwork yourself? If something goes wrong, how can we face the Ninth Prince’s blame? The entire Su family might have to be buried with you!”
Su Qinghe’s displeased cold snort.
Ever since Long Shuli married into the Su family, he had disliked her unrestrained and unconventional manner; Su Yingxue was exactly like Long Shuli, which made him unable to take to her at all.
Even Su Han, the eldest daughter of the Su family, whom they were most proud of, had been led astray by Su Yingxue these days; he was annoyed at the mere sight of Su Yingxue!
“Isn’t the clan elder overstepping his bounds? You are not of the Manor’s direct line; even in case of a mass burial, it wouldn’t be your turn!”
Normally, Su Yingxue would hold her tongue during the day. Now that the guests had left, she could no longer suppress her anger.
Su Qinghe was truly an annoying old stick-in-the-mud!
“Silence! If you talk back again, I will whip you with twenty lashes as per the family’s punishment. Even my cousin must respect and honor me; how can I tolerate your insolence!”
Anger erupted from Su Qing the moment he spoke, harshly reprimanding Su Yingxue.
He had always cherished the two siblings, but today, he was absolutely furious and upset!
“Grandpa, if you want to beat me, then do so. Sister Jinyan’s pregnancy was something that brother and I knew about long ago; we just kept it from Sister Han and everyone else. You don’t need to implicate innocent people.”
Su Yingxue braced herself and took all the blame upon herself.
She truly couldn’t hold back earlier, but it was also to prepare for this moment.
“Yingxue, you…”
Just as Su Han was about to speak, Su Yingxue cut her off, “Sister, although you are not the eldest sister, you shouldn’t always have to bear responsibility for us. It’s brother and I who were wrong; we deceived grandpa, and it has nothing to do with you. Don’t get punished on our behalf. Brother and I are not people without accountability!”
Su Yingxue gave her a meaningful look, imploring her not to get involved in the matter.