Chapter 276 Heartache

Inside the Imperial Study Room of the Eastern Palace

He Zhiyu supported his chin with one hand and looked at the military book in his hand. When Jing Yuan came in, he asked, "Your Highness, Qiao Chuxue was just asking when Your Highness would be free."

After settling Qiao Chuxue down yesterday, His Highness ignored her and just said that he was busy with state affairs and would ask her again when he was free tomorrow.

He Zhiyu never raised his eyes, "Wait a little longer."

He has already asked someone to call Wanyan over. When she comes, they will interrogate her together. I believe she will be interested.

Jing Yuan: "Your Highness, the person we sent out has been out for a long time and hasn't come back yet. Could it be that the Second Miss doesn't want to come?"

He Zhiyu's face was calm, "She won't."

Such a confident tone seemed to be certain that Qiao Wanyan would come.

Yesterday he gave Xiaoying to Lu Jinye, under the pretext of letting the Qiao family deal with the evil slave themselves, but she must have understood that he was giving Xiaoying to her to deal with personally.

She understands my feelings and will definitely be happy. Why wouldn't she come today?

Jing Yuan: "Your Highness, if the facts are really as Qiao Chuxue said, will Your Highness handle this impartially?"

He Zhiyu said calmly: "I am the crown prince, how could I not handle this impartially?"

After a while, the voice of the guard was heard outside the door. Jingyuan asked someone to come in and found that this was the person sent by His Highness to deliver the message to the Shangshu Mansion.

He Zhiyu put down the book in his hand, glanced at it, stood up and said, "Is he in the front hall? Why didn't you bring him here directly?"

The guard was a little embarrassed to speak, so he gritted his teeth and replied, "Second Miss, Second Miss said that she was so angry yesterday that she couldn't go anywhere today. Especially the East Palace, which is far away and the road is bumpy, which makes her heart hurt even more."

He Zhiyu stopped and looked at him with deep eyes.

The guard immediately knelt on the ground, feeling the pressure of a thousand pounds on his head and unable to lift his head.

Jing Yuan pursed his lips, recalling how calm and confident the prince was that the Second Miss would come, and bit the flesh on his cheek hard to hold back the emotions in his heart.

Jing Yuan looked at his master cautiously, and was about to rack his brains to think of how to persuade him, but he saw his prince smiled for no reason.

He Zhiyu lowered his eyes and said, "Go down."

Jing Yuan asked cautiously, "Your Highness, the Second Miss may really be feeling unwell. How about we interrogate Qiao Chuxue again in a few days?"

Cheating the crown prince is a serious crime. No matter how dumb he is, he can tell that the second young lady is fine and is just lying and making up an excuse not to come.

He Zhiyu looked calm, "After all, you are young and can't lie. Lying is like acting like a spoiled child, you are still childish."

Jing Yuan: “….”

Come to think of it, His Highness is not much older than the Second Miss.

Besides, was that just a way of acting like a spoiled child? How come he didn't hear any hint of a spoiled child in her words? The yin and yang feeling was about to hit him in the face!

He Zhiyu said, "Go to Jing'an Pavilion."

In Jing'an Pavilion, Qiao Chuxue was a little anxious.

Although she knew that the prince would be very busy, something might change if she delayed for another day. She just wanted to tell the prince about the evil deeds that Qiao Wanyan had done.

Even if he was implicated, as long as he could make Qiao Wanyan pay with her life, it wouldn't be a bad thing even if he died.

At least, I can go down and reunite with Yulang.

Tell him that it was not her will that killed him that night, it was all forced by Qiao Wanyan!

Every night, she felt extremely regretful and guilty.

It was all Qiao Wanyan's fault. If she hadn't forced him, Yu Lang wouldn't have said such words against his will.

He knows best how he feels about himself.

Yulang is the most gentle person in the world!

The door creaked open, Qiao Chuxue looked towards the door and immediately walked over to greet him, "Your Highness, your servant is here to see you!"

He Zhiyu sat on the prime minister's chair, and the door of the hall was closed from the outside.

Only a few specks of light shone on his body. His face was clearly as handsome as a god, noble and elegant, but now it had a gloomy and frosty look to it.

Qiao Chuxue didn't dare to act rashly. The pressure from her superior made her behave herself and not dare to move.

The words got stuck in my throat and for a moment I didn't know how to start.

He Zhiyu looked at her with his dark eyes, "You said that Qiao Wanyan was reckless that day. Let me hear the whole story."

Qiao Chuxue boldly said, "Your Highness, I had a mutual affection with Zhou Yu, the son of Yunjian Yansi, but Qiao Wanyan found out by accident. She thought that my love with Zhou Yu was a disgrace to the Qiao family, so she instigated my parents to find a marriage for me. That person was Li Hansong, the son of General Zhongwu, who is well known to many people."

"A few nights ago, I was forced to give in due to pressure from my family and decided to stop associating with Zhou Yu. I found a quiet place and planned to tell him that I had to obey my parents' orders and marry Li Hansong. But who would have thought that Qiao Wanyan saw us. She was worried that Zhou Yu would say something nonsense outside in the future, so she forced me to kill Yu Lang!"

After saying this, Qiao Chuxue knelt down with a plop, "Please Your Highness, please make the decision! Yu Lang is innocent. I was forced to kill Yu Lang and I am to blame. I am willing to pay the price! But Qiao Wanyan is so vicious and careless about human life. As her cousin, I have no choice but to kill her own relatives for the sake of justice!"

He Zhiyu was rubbing the ring in his hand. He didn't say a word when he heard this, but just looked at her quietly.

Qiao Chuxue didn't dare to look up at his eyes. She lowered her head and felt a little uneasy for no reason.

This quiet atmosphere made her feel a little suffocated.

Jing Yuan said in a deep voice: "After you fell asleep last night, a female doctor checked your pulse."

Qiao Chuxue's body stiffened for a moment, and she looked up at him guiltily.

Jing Yuan: "The doctor said that you had a miscarriage not long ago. You and Zhou Yu were not just in love with each other, but you had physical contact and had a child, right? Since you lost your virginity before marriage, how can you marry Li Hansong?"

Qiao Chuxue denied it immediately, "I never did!"

But it was just three words. He wanted to produce more evidence to prove his innocence, but his brain went blank and he couldn't remember anything.

Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Full of loopholes? How to prove it?"

Qiao Chuxue was speechless.

Jing Yuan said: "Lying in front of His Highness is a serious crime. If you don't want to say it, I have thousands of ways to make you speak and tell the truth."

Qiao Chuxue fell to the ground. "What do you want to do? You want to lynch me? Aren't you afraid that others will find out?!"

Jing Yuan disagreed, "Have you forgotten that you took a small road yesterday? No one saw you get on the carriage. In such a big city, no one knows that you are in the East Palace now."

Qiao Chuxue's pupils shrank to the extreme in an instant, "Those servants, were... were..."

Jingyuan did not respond. Even if someone found out, they would only think that the servants were robbed by bandits.

He Zhiyu spoke in a clear and slow tone, "Tell me the truth, and I will ensure that you are safe in the East Palace."