Chapter 32: Holding a Card Back
As soon as the Crown Prince left, Minister Sun hurried to clean up the mess.
Just as His Highness the Crown Prince had said, if word of tonight's events leaked, it would be fatal.
Although Minister Sun was a scholar, he had survived the ups and downs of the court for many years, and he had his methods. He sternly warned all the servants not to leak a word, and had his loyal housekeeper send all the maidservants and servants to the country estate at daybreak, replacing them with a new, unfamiliar batch.
It was just that highly-skilled personal guards were hard to find...
Minister Sun, being at court, naturally knew that with His Highness the Crown Prince's skills, these eighteen guards were completely incapable of protecting his daughter. He didn't hold their failure against them, only punished each with thirty lashes, and then made them promise to remain silent.
Sun Jiaojiao had come several times in a row. Her body was truly exhausted. After that arrogant Crown Prince left, she leaned against her pillow and dozed off, not even bothering to clean the filth from her body.
She was sleeping very lightly. When Minister Sun sighed outside her door, before he even knocked, she was startled awake.
"Jiaojiao..." Minister Sun pushed the door open and entered. He saw the room was a complete, unbearable mess. He couldn't even raise his head, not daring to look directly at Sun Jiaojiao, who was still naked on the bed.
Sun Jiaojiao quickly used the blanket to completely cover her body. She actually felt a bit of the shyness of a child caught by an adult after tasting the forbidden fruit.
"Father..." she answered awkwardly, while hurriedly hooking her outer robe into the blanket with her toes, trying to quickly put it on under the covers. But the more anxious she was, the less she could get it on right. She finally gave up.
"It is Father who has failed you!" Minister Sun wailed. "I should have known long ago that His Highness the Crown Prince is tyrannical and domineering, and would absolutely not let this go. I should have been cautious, planned for the long term, and found a suitable reason to annul the marriage. I shouldn't have been so rash as to petition His Majesty to annul it."
Otherwise, it wouldn't have led to the current situation.
"That guy really is domineering," Sun Jiaojiao grumbled under her breath.
"Jiaojiao, don't be afraid. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince refuses to admit it, Father will definitely get justice for you. I will absolutely not let you be bullied and have it covered up!"
"Father, don't panic. It's not up to him whether he admits it or not." Sun Jiaojiao hooked her lips in a smile. She pulled a handkerchief from somewhere and said unhurriedly, "I was afraid he would turn his back and deny it, so I kept a little evidence."
Minister Sun was instantly overjoyed.
As expected of his daughter. Even when trapped and bullied, she didn't forget to save evidence. She was truly brilliant. But... the smarter she was, the sadder he felt.
Such a smart daughter, yet she had been sullied by that Crown Prince.
He looked at the handkerchief, which was stained with a bit of filth, and sighed. "This dragon-motif handkerchief... several of the princes have one. It's not enough to prove it was the Crown Prince."
She, wrapped in the blanket, turned over and fumbled under the bed, pulling out a jade pendant. She handed it to Minister Sun.
"A dragon-motif jade pendant?"
Minister Sun was ecstatic. This was a jade pendant symbolizing imperial status. Each prince's was different. With His Highness the Crown Prince's personal jade pendant, if he brought this before the Emperor, the Crown Prince absolutely couldn't lie through his teeth.
However, Minister Sun patted Sun Jiaojiao's hand. "Good child. Even if Father must be ground to dust, I will get justice for you. But this matter concerns your maidenly reputation. Father must think about this carefully, plan for the long term. We cannot be rash..."
After speaking, he looked at Sun Jiaojiao with worry and continued, "You must not do anything foolish. Even if no one will marry you, Father can still support you for a lifetime."
Sun Jiaojiao had no intention of dying. This carefree life of a Young Miss... she hadn't had enough of it yet!
Staying in the Minister's Residence for a lifetime... seemed like a pretty good option, actually.
Sun Jiaojiao hemmed and hawed. "All right, all right. What's there to be foolish about? In any case..." She spoke without thinking, almost saying, "In any case, the Crown Prince has a big dick and good skills, so I didn't lose out." But luckily, she caught herself in time and shut her mouth in front of her cheap father.
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