Who Cares

EXTRA

Chapter 195 Extra (18)
A quarter of an hour later, the commander of Jinyiwei ran back with the jade pendant and said, “Madam, His Majesty asked you to go back for the time being, and someone will pick you up tomorrow morning.”

Guan Suyi hurriedly asked, “My father over there…” She didn’t care who would pick her up tomorrow or what he was going to do, she just wanted to know if her father would be alright.

“It’s just one day, you can rest assured.” The commander of Jinyiwei called a palace carriage and forcibly sent the person back to the mansion.

Guan Suyi was completely at a loss, dragging her feet to cross the front gate. She then saw her mother standing under the porch while craning her neck, holding a brocade box in her hand, which was exactly the same as the one that Emperor Sheng Yuan rewarded every time. She was stunned for a while, and then asked, “Mother, did someone from palace came?”

“No, this brocade box is sent by the grand princess, saying to let you dress up and see you tomorrow at the Rare Animal Garden.” Zhong shi asked hopefully, “Yiyi, do you have any friendship with the grand princess? Can she save your father? What did your senior brothers say?”

Guan Suyi did not dare to tell her mother about Emperor Sheng Yuan, lest her mother become worried, so she only vaguely said, “I don’t know if the grand princess will agree or not, I will see her again tomorrow. Brother Qi has also been arrested and is now on trial. Senior Brother Zhou said he would help to inquire about the situation.”

Seeing the bitterness on her face, Zhong shi couldn’t help but laugh miserably, “You don’t have to hide it from me, they say when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove. Your father has fallen into trouble, and for his disciples and followers to not throw the stones is already good, so how can they risk being implicated to help? Just now I sent a servant to the Heavenly Prison to inquire, they said that no one is allowed to visit at all, nor is it allowed to deliver things in, this is intended to press your father to death! I just hate that our family has no authority and power, we can’t redress the injustice for your father. I know best what kind of person he is, how could he possibly do something illegal? Someone wants to blame him! He is wronged, he is really wronged…”

Unable to hold it any longer, Zhong shi sat on the steps and cried bitterly.

Guan Suyi’s red eye sockets were slightly swollen, but she didn’t dare to shed tears indiscriminately, lest she wake up tomorrow with more swelling and damage to her appearance. The only thing she could rely on now was this face, and she even thanked the Heaven in her heart for giving her a beautiful face, which made her lucky enough to be favored by the emperor, otherwise she didn’t know how to unravel her father’s life-and-death catastrophe.

Tomorrow, she must devote 120,000 points of energy to curry favor with the emperor. Even if his feeling towards her had fade away, she must find a way to arouse his interest again. This feeling of being wilfully slaughter by other people, she had already fed up! After thinking about it, she helped Zhong shi up and said firmly, “Mother, don’t cry, grand princess promised to save father, and he will soon come back safely.”

“Without relation and without reason, why would she take action? Yiyi, even if you were once Marquis Zhenbei Madam, afraid you wouldn’t be able to see the face of the grand princess, right?” In the end, Zhong shi was still an astute person, and detected the abnormality.

“Mother, don’t ask, anyway, I have a way.” Guan Suyi helped her back to the room, then opened the brocade box, and found that it contained a gorgeous crimson dress, a set of red sapphire head ornament, a pair of pearls and jade embellished crested shoes, as well as earrings, bracelet and necklace, all looked very precious. There was no doubt that the grand princess wanted her to wear this outfit to the appointment.