If it had been her, whether there was proof or not, she would have found a way to suppress Prime Minister Su and make sure Gu Qirou had a miserable time.
If anyone dared treat her daughter that way, death would be too easy for them. She would make them wish they were dead.
"Why do you think the old madam hasn't returned all these years and spends every day praying and eating vegetarian food? She knows she can't handle this mess and feels guilty, so she prays for peace of mind—and conveniently avoids seeing what she doesn't want to see."
She wasn't Prime Minister Su's biological mother, only his legal stepmother who had raised him. There was still a barrier between them, so there were probably some matters she couldn't interfere with even if she knew about them.
444 felt that, in the old madam's position, her hands were somewhat tied as well.
"That's why I'm only using her banquet to handle a small matter." If she had gotten involved back then, things wouldn't have been so simple.
However, before the old madam had even returned to the estate, while the birthday banquet was still being prepared, something happened on Xi Hanzhou's side.
Host, something terrible has happened.
When Su Qiao heard this, she set down the homemade fountain pen in her hand and shot to her feet. "What? Xi Muyan has made his move?"
Yes. He's getting desperate. He had someone forge a Dragon Robe and letters about colluding with ministers to stage a rebellion, then hid them in the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. After that, he had people disguise themselves as black-clad assassins and attempt to assassinate the emperor at the banquet. When the attempt failed, they led their pursuers all the way to the Crown Prince's