The story about Su Qingming and Xuanyuan Yufan had already spread in Diqiu City the next day.
There are various versions, but in the final analysis, it was Su Qingming and Xuanyuan Yufan who teamed up to kill their biological sister.
Emperor Hongjia was in the court when he learned the news, and Luo Guancheng even talked about the matter in an exaggerated way.
It made Emperor Hongjia look displeased, so Su Qingming let it go, but Xuanyuan Yufan's behavior did go against common sense of human ethics.
Emperor Hongjia criticized Xuanyuan Yufan in public. Although he was dissatisfied, he could not escape the public opinion. The most important thing was that he was punished with solitary confinement.
Fortunately for him, Concubine Yi was not implicated in this incident.
As for what happened to Su Qingming and Su Ming, it had little to do with him.
Su Ming was demoted and immediately became an ordinary official who could not go to court. As for Su Qingming, he was also fined and sentenced to solitary confinement and was ordered by Emperor Hongjia not to leave the Su Mansion.
Qingyan happened to be accompanying Qilian Yuran in Guanyong Palace when she heard the news.
As soon as Qilian Yuran heard the news that she was injured, he immediately sent someone to take her into the palace. When Su Yun and Luo Bing saw that Qilian Yuran liked Qingyan so much, they followed his wishes.
"Yan'er, how did you do it?" Qilian Yuran looked at Qing Yan and asked curiously.
Qingyan listened to Qilian Yuran's words and raised her lips with a smile, "Concubine, you still don't understand my character?"
Speaking of Qingyan's character, Qilian Yuran knew it very well. After all, the two of them had lived together for such a long time.
She looked at Qingyan's appearance and shook her head helplessly, "Yan'er, I know you have suffered a lot of injustices over the years, and they deserve to end up like this."
Qilian Yuran's nature is to protect her shortcomings, not to mention that the person she protects was once her biological niece. Even though there is no blood relationship now, she is still her mother-in-law, and Qingyan is still the person she cares about.
"Concubine, it's not like you to take care of your shortcomings." Qingyan laughed after hearing Qilian Yuran's words, "It's nothing serious, I just always feel sorry for my father and mother."
"By the way, I heard from Zhen'er that you were poisoned? What's going on? Do you know who the murderer is?" Qilian Yuran thought of what Xuanyuan Yuzhen said before and frowned at Qingyan.
Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran, but she didn't expect that Xuanyuan Yuzhen would even tell her such a thing. Qilian Yuran looked at Qingyan and raised her hand to rub her head, "Yan'er, these are all questions I asked Zhen. He didn't mean to tell me."
Qingyan looked up at Qilian Yuran after hearing these words. She laughed dumbly and said, "Concubine, I didn't mean to blame the fourth brother wrongly."
She still looked at Qingyan with a smile on her face, "But the way my mother-in-law looks at you still seems to be blaming Zhen'er. Zhen'er had no choice but to tell me about Harmony."
Speaking of Qilian Yuran's character, Qingyan naturally understood it very well. If there was something she wanted to know, she would know it even if she tried every possible means.
However, the Qilian family still has the same problem in this regard, because she also has such a problem.
"I was poisoned, but the person who originally wanted to kill was my mother, but who knew that the poison was transferred to me unknowingly when I was in the womb, so the poison has been there since I was born."
"Do you know what kind of poison it is? If it's simple, my concubine, I can help you detoxify it." Qilian Yuran said seriously while holding Qingyan's hand.
Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran and shook her head helplessly, "Concubine, I am also good at medicine. If I could solve it, I would have solved it long ago."
Qilian Yuran frowned as he listened to Qingyan's words, "Yan'er, what kind of poison have you been poisoned by?"
Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran and slowly said, "The seven insects are scattered."
When Qilian Yuran heard this sentence, he immediately let go of his hand. There are too many ways to prepare this poison. If you get the wrong method, it will lead to a situation where you are unable to recover.
"Which woman is Yan'er who wants to harm you? My mother and concubine will make the decision for you." Qilian Yuran asked in a deep voice.
Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran and patted her arm, "Concubine, I'm not in any serious trouble. I can deal with this enemy myself. Concubine, I'd better stay in the palace."
She listened to Qingyan's words and nodded her nose helplessly, "Yan'er, mother-in-law is naturally worried about you. Now that you have us, you don't need to bear anything else alone."
Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran and nodded seriously, "I understand, but some things should be handled by oneself."
How could Qilian Yuran not understand the meaning of his words? In addition to her age in her previous life, she was already in her thirties, so she could make such a prudent decision.
He was planning and calculating everything, and as her mother-in-law and her aunt, she couldn't do anything.
"Yan'er, I heard from Zhen'er that you plan to deal with Marquis Jingguo?" Qilian Yuran asked with a serious look, remembering what Xuanyuan Yuzhen said last time.
"Exactly, but now is not the time. After all, Marquis Jingguo has just lost Xiuran, his eldest son, so let him feel sad for a while. Moreover, the incident of Xuanyuan Yufan probably also made my father feel unhappy. , Marquis Jingguo, who is on Xuanyuan Yufan’s side, naturally wants to excuse Xuanyuan Yufan, not to mention that Su Qingming is also a victim."
Qilian Yuran nodded seriously after listening to Qingyan's words, "You make sense, so what are you going to do next?"
"Everyone in the Su Mansion wants to deal with me, so we have to see who takes action first. After all, someone from my General Mansion has already reached out to him." When she mentioned that time, Qingyan curled her lips, " But it doesn’t matter, everything will be settled by Yan’er.”
Qilian Yuran naturally believed in her ability. Thinking of the situation in the palace in the past few days, she frowned and said, "The Queen has often come to visit me in the past few days."
"Oh, why did she come to visit you?" Qingyan looked at Qilian Yuran and asked curiously, "If I remember correctly, she should have always remained neutral."
Qilian Yuran looked at her and nodded seriously, "The queen and I have always had a good relationship, probably because Zhen'er has always been helping the prince."
Qingyan nodded seriously after listening to Qilian Yuran's words, "Of course I understand the powerful relationship between this. What's more, the queen wholeheartedly hopes that the prince can ascend the throne and become the emperor, so she wants to get along well with her mother and concubine."
Qilian Yuran listened to her and nodded seriously, "And she mentioned your marriage to me. She hopes that I can unify you to marry the prince."
(End of chapter)