Shengjing Noble

Chapter 455 Keeping Tight

"What!" Su Lanyin was shocked. "Is he crazy? Why didn't you stop him?"

"I really can't stop you!"

"With his mediocre skills, he actually wanted to break into the palace at night and bring another living person out? Is his brain stuck in the door?"

Su Lanyin was so angry that she couldn't stand steadily for a while. She took a few steps back and leaned against the pillar to catch her breath. She could only touch her chest before she could barely recover.

This Su Shengming really can't feel at ease unless he causes trouble for her!

It's all over now. If Su Shengming also falls into Fu Mingli's hands, fifty thousand taels may not be enough.

I have to discuss this with my mother and two brothers right away.

Su Lanyin walked quickly towards the door, but then stopped.

"No... It's okay for my two brothers, but if mother knew, she would be sad and angry. It's better to keep it a secret for now."

She muttered to herself and then turned around and ordered, "Ah Cheng, don't make this public yet. I'll go to the Fifth Prince's Mansion to test the waters before making any plans."

"Yes, I will keep my mouth shut."

After giving the instructions, Su Lanyin immediately went to Langya Courtyard. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Lu Wanjun there.

Su Shengyan noticed that she looked nervous, and immediately asked with concern: "Yinyin, what's wrong with you? What happened again?"

Su Lanyin hesitated to speak, then put on a smile and said, "Nothing, I'm just worried that I won't have enough money."

Lu Wanjun was puzzled: "Didn't the Seventh Prince say he would help us? Is he in trouble too?"

"No, I just thought that if we could get enough, it would be best not to trouble him." She quickly found an excuse to get away with it.

"There is nothing we can do right now. We can only use the Seventh Prince's money for emergency. After a few days, when the bank has enough money, we can pay it back to him. At most, we can mortgage some shops first. I promise not to make things difficult for you."

Lu Wanjun comforted her, and Su Lanyin could only force a smile and nodded.

Su Shengyan observed Su Lanyin's expression and clearly felt that Su Lanyin was hiding something from Lu Wanjun, so he stepped forward to change the subject.

"By the way, where is Shengyun?"

Lu Wanjun: "I asked him to go back and rest first. He has to go to the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow. I don't know how the emperor will promote him this time."

"In that case, mother should go back and rest early."

"But I can't sleep when I go back."

"You have to get up early tomorrow to deliver the silver. If you stay up like this now, you will hurt your body in vain. If you get sick, we will be busy again."

Lu Wanjun thought so too. She couldn’t cause trouble for her children.

So he nodded and stood up: "Okay, then you guys should get some rest early, I'll go back."

After saying that, she stood up and left Langya Courtyard.

Finally, only the brother and sister were left. Su Shengyan asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

Su Lanyin eagerly grabbed his arm and said nervously, "Brother, Third Brother...he went to the Fifth Prince's Palace alone."

"What? What was he doing there?"

"Mother hasn't told Third Brother the result of the discussion with Fu Mingli. He doesn't know what's going on, but he just wants to save Huai Zhi, so he should be trying to sneak into the palace and rescue her."

"Nonsense!"

Su Shengyan was furious.

"How could he do such a stupid thing? Hurry, stop him!"

"I'm afraid it's too late. He is probably either hiding in the Fifth Prince's Palace or has been captured by Fu Mingli."

"This idiot, Miss Song hasn't been rescued yet, and he's already been involved again. Given Fu Mingli's greedy nature, fifty thousand taels is definitely not enough."

“I’m worried about that, too.”

"If he breaks into the palace without permission, he will be punished with caning at the least, or exiled to the army at the worst. If he is charged with the crime of intending to assassinate the prince, I'm afraid not only will he die, but the entire Lu family will also be implicated."

"Then what do we do?"

"There is no other way... We can only ask Fu Mingli for help. Now, we are completely passive."

"No, he won't give up so easily."

"If it was just Song Huaizhi, we could still insist that he raped a woman, and he wouldn't dare to make a big fuss, so he chose to take 50,000 taels to settle the matter. But now, Su Shengming is the one who took the blame and was in the wrong first, but he has the final say."

"How about...I go and beg the Seventh Prince again?"

"It's useless. Fu Mingchuan is the seventh child and a lazy prince who doesn't care about worldly affairs. He can't even take care of himself. How can we let him offend his own brother?"

"You're right. If all else fails, we can only ask the emperor for help."

"No, that won't work. One is his biological son, and the other is an ordinary citizen who has no relationship with him and has no use value. Who do you think he will side with? Moreover, if the emperor knew about Su Shengming breaking into the palace at night, who knows how he would be punished."

Su Lanyin thought about it and there was only one person she could ask for help, but she just didn't want to ask him.

Su Shengyan seemed to have thought of that person as well. He observed her expression and naturally understood that she was unwilling.

Then he said, "Actually there is another person."

"Who?"

"Crown Prince Fu Mingheng."

"Brother, are you kidding me? How could Fu Mingheng help us?"

"That's not necessarily true. Fu Mingli coveted the Lu family's money and asked for 50,000 taels. Do you think he told the prince about the 50,000 taels?"

"Of course not. He's not stupid."

"Yes, we can try to sow discord, but how to do it specifically depends on you."

Su Lanyin thought about it and her eyes lit up.

"Brother, you are really smart. Why didn't I think of it?"

"Let's go, I'll go with you."

"Now?"

"Ah."

After the brother and sister agreed, they went out together and took a carriage straight to the Prince's Mansion.

……

Prince's Mansion.

Su Lanyin wanted to go in by herself, but was stopped by Su Shengyan.

"You wait here, I'll go."

"why?"

"This is the Crown Prince's residence. I'm worried about you going in like this. It would be safer to ask His Royal Highness to come out and meet him."

"You're right, be careful then."

"Ah."

Su Shengyan nodded, turned and walked towards the gate of the Prince’s Mansion.

He knocked on the door, and soon a servant poked his head out and asked curiously, "Sir, what can I do for you?"

Su Shengyan bowed and saluted: "I am the newly promoted martial arts champion Su Shengyan. I have an important matter to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I hope you can help me pass it on."

As he said this, he calmly stuffed a silver ingot into the servant's hand.

"Uh..." The servant was stunned, then immediately nodded with a smile, "So it's the martial arts champion. Please wait a moment, I'll go right away."

After saying that, he turned and ran inside.

Su Shengyan waited outside the door for nearly a cup of tea before the servant came back.

"Master Zhuangyuan, my prince said that it is too late today and it is really inconvenient to see you."