Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 189 Exposed
When the eldest princess heard this, her smile froze on her face and a hint of panic flashed across her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.

Su Qingwan looked at her coldly and continued, "If the emperor knew that it was his most respected sister who wanted to poison his only son, would the relationship between you siblings still be as good as it is now?"

The princess chuckled and said, "Xiao Wu, please don't accuse me of anything. How can you say that I did it without any evidence?"

Su Qingwan looked into the eyes of the princess with a sharp gaze, and slowly said, "In the entire Huainan Palace, my eldest brother is the master of poison. The climate in the southwest and Xilin is full of miasma, and he often studies various poisons. He also left a notebook, recording the various poisons he studied. One of the poisons is called Flowering Period, which takes effect every two months. When the poison takes effect, the poisoned person will be in great pain, as if the whole body is torn apart. I once developed it into a poison to control the southwest spies, but five years ago, I had changed the formula, and the poison that the southwest spies were poisoned with had long been solved. In the past five years, no one knew about this. But the eldest prince was poisoned by the same poison five years ago. After thinking about it, I can only think of one possibility, that is, my eldest brother's notebook is in your hands now, right? You didn't expect that someone could solve this poison and easily break your plan."

In the imperial city of Dayuan, the warm spring sun shines through the carved window lattices and shines into the gorgeous palace, but it cannot dispel the tense atmosphere in the room. The eldest princess sits on the brocade couch, with a graceful demeanor and a faint smile on her lips. She looks at Su Qingwan below and says, "You still remember that notebook?"

Su Qingwan smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that I have a photographic memory. I loved hanging out in my brother's study since I was a kid, and I wrote down every word of his notes. It's not that people in the southwest are good at using poison, it's me. I played along with you and didn't expose you because I wanted to save my father."

The princess was slightly startled, then she calmed down, a complex emotion flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "Xiao Wu, there is something I don't understand. The emperor's uncle is not your father. Back then, he was the one who killed the entire Huainan clan. Why are you so filial to him? You are even willing to die for him. Your clansmen are watching you in heaven. The emperor's uncle is your enemy."

Her voice became increasingly sharp, her eyes filled with deep hatred. This was the first time Su Qingwan had seen such strong emotions in her eyes. Her heart suddenly turned cold, and she looked at the princess in astonishment, saying in a lost voice, "So, it was you who wanted to kill my father? The emperor is always cautious and meticulous. He can't do something as hasty and radical as a palace fight. It was you who pushed him behind the scenes. We were all deceived by you!"

The princess sneered, stood up, and paced slowly, her tone full of resentment: "Shouldn't I have killed him? If it weren't for him, Huainan wouldn't have suffered the disaster of extermination, Nianqing wouldn't have to recognize the thief as his father, and your brother and I wouldn't have been separated by life and death. Since I knew the truth, I have never thought of letting him go."

Su Qingwan frowned, looking puzzled: "You knew about this a long time ago, why didn't you do it earlier? Why did you have to wait until now?"

The princess spread her hands helplessly and sighed, "Because Xilin has just negotiated. Although I hate my uncle, I also know that after the death of the King of Huainan, he has won over the border generals. I am stationed in the imperial city to allocate money and food to contain him and balance the situation in the court. I don't want Dayuan to be defeated. Hatred is hatred, and country is country. To resolve personal grudges, we must wait for the border war to subside."

Su Qingwan looked at her with an increasingly strange expression. The princess noticed her gaze and sneered, "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I the kind of person who would ignore hundreds of thousands of troops just for my own selfish desires and kill for revenge? My hope for peace in the world and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment is not in conflict with my desire to kill the emperor's uncle. I just didn't expect a traitor like you to help the enemy leave the imperial city."

Su Qingwan shook her head slowly, her expression solemn. "Father was wrongly accused and framed with the tacit approval of the emperor. It was a conspiracy of the civil service group. The emperor made one wrong step and then another. He also signed the imperial decree to exterminate the entire family. Even without father, this would have happened, it was just delayed for a few years. Your Highness, if you want revenge, the people you should kill the most are the emperor and the Lu family. One is your own brother, and the other is now a member of Nianqing's clan. You have to consider Nianqing no matter what you do. You can only vent your hatred on father."

"That's enough!" The princess interrupted her abruptly, a trace of panic flashing in her eyes, "Since you've seen through it, just keep it to yourself. No matter what I do, just pretend you don't know."

Su Qingwan frowned coldly and looked directly at the princess without flinching: "What do you want to do? The world has just been stabilized, and my father has returned to the southwest. He will not rebel. Do you want to force the southwest to rebel? I am in the imperial city, my father will be cautious of me, and my brothers don't want unrest on the border. Your plot will fail."

The princess' eyes flickered as she stared at Su Qingwan and suddenly asked, "Do you still want to overturn the case in Huainan? Xiaowu, have you forgotten your original intention? Have you forgotten why you came to Kyoto?"

Su Qingwan felt a pain in her heart. The tragic scene of the Huainan family extermination emerged in her mind. Those once vivid faces have now turned to dust. She clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms: "I have never forgotten, but you are seeking revenge for yourself, and you know it in your heart. Yu'er is still so young, it's unfair to him." Hearing this, the eldest princess looked at her with a complicated expression. After a long time, she slowly said: "Xiaowu, you are too naive. There is no absolute peace in this world. If I don't take revenge on some hatred, I will die with my eyes open."

Su Qingwan knew that her persuasion was useless and felt a little sad. She said calmly, "Then please ask Princess to send me out of the city. I will stay far away from the imperial city. Whatever you want to do has nothing to do with me."

"Xiao Wu, you can't escape. You are already in the vortex."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know why Lu Jing escorted the emperor's uncle back to the southwest?"

"Why?" Su Qingwan had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Of course it was my suggestion. The emperor trusted me without a doubt, but he didn't know that Lu Jing had betrayed him a long time ago. Now that his uncle is dead, do you think the prince of the southwest will rebel?" The princess laughed, "I can't wait to see this scene."

"You want Lu Jing to kill my father?" Su Qingwan was speechless. She shook her head and said, "Impossible, Lu Jing won't..."

I will not betray the Emperor.

Unless everything he said to her was a lie.

Lu Jing is very loyal to the emperor and would never betray him. He reported the emperor's intentions to him on the Golden Terrace and helped Yulong die for him.

"Because he also has a weakness, which is you, Xiaowu. I never thought that there would be such a fate between us. Maybe your brother is blessing me in heaven!"

"Brother would rather die on the battlefield than start a civil war. He won't protect you, Princess. You may have forgotten why brother liked you in the first place!"

Hearing this, the princess' heart choked slightly, and she felt so sad that she laughed until tears came out. "Then he can come and see for himself. Climb out of the grave and take a look at me now. Tell me you're disappointed. Take a look at Nianqing. Maybe I can consider sparing the emperor's uncle's life."