Chapter 10: The Princess is Causing Trouble in the Palace (10)

"Father, I am innocent. The man I was with on the boat today was actually a girl.

I am afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so I usually have her dress as a man when I take her out."

At this point, Zhao Ming could only reveal Hu Die's identity and also tell her about how Hu Die saved him in the mountains.

"Evil creature, you even tried to deceive your father in order to protect that person!"

The emperor was so angry that he threw a paperweight on the table and hit Zhao Ming in the chest, making him groan in pain.

"Father, everything I said is true, there is absolutely no lie!

I will have Die'er brought into the palace for you to see. She is truly a girl."

Zhao Ming knelt there straight and raised his hand to swear.

Hu Xiaomeng quietly used the power of the system to create a thunder, and instantly a flash of light accompanied by a "boom" sound resounded throughout the sky.

"There are gods above us, no wonder our ancestors said we shouldn't swear casually!"

As if he had been greatly frightened, Hu Xiaomeng patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Princess, you..."

Zhao Ming looked at his princess in anger and shame, wondering if she could just shut up and say less.

"Yan'er is not wrong. She did something wrong herself and yet she dares to vent her anger on others. Father, please take a good look at whether the secret guards bring back a boy or a girl.

Now let the imperial physician come in and take your and Yan'er's pulses."

The emperor was also frightened by the thunder just now, and looked at his disappointing son with disappointment.

Zhao Ming, who had no chance to refuse, stared at Hu Xiaomeng in disbelief. He wondered what she had just said in the imperial study.

Hu Xiaomeng didn't even give him a good look. When the imperial physician came in, she cooperated by stretching out her hand to take his pulse.

Seeing the increasingly solemn expression on the imperial physician's face, the emperor and the empress also felt heavy-hearted.

Zhao Ming had no choice but to stretch out his hand to let the imperial physician take his pulse. He saw that the imperial physician's eyes were as big as copper bells.

He felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar in the cold winter. This was the best imperial physician in the palace, so there was really no possibility of his body recovering.

"Doctor Hu, if you have something to say, just say it!"

Even though he already knew the result, the emperor still had to hear it from him in person.

"Your Majesty, three months ago, Prince Ming and Princess Ming were given a sterilizing drug. So much time has passed that I, this old minister, feel deeply ashamed and powerless to do anything!"

Imperial Physician Hu knelt on the ground and shook his head heavily. If this problem had been discovered right after the medicine was given, it might have been possible to cure it.

"Forget it, you go down first. This matter must be kept secret. If even a little bit of it leaks out, you'll be in big trouble!"

The emperor, who had completely given up hope, waved his hand to the imperial physician and asked him to leave.

"I'll take my leave now. I promise not to leak a single word."

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Imperial Physician Hu would not joke with his own life and only hoped that he would not be silenced.

"Ming'er, how can you be a prince? How can you let someone give you a sterilizing drug without even knowing it?

Have you found out who drugged you, the princess, and the two concubines? The person behind this is going to kill you all."

Thinking of the sinister intentions of the people behind the scenes, the emperor felt a chill all over his body. They really did everything they could to get that position.

"Your Majesty, I only found out yesterday that the princess and I had been given a sterilizing drug. We are still investigating and have yet to find out anything."

Zhao Ming said with a guilty conscience that he had originally planned to question Hu Die about the contraceptive drug at the lakeside cabin today, but he didn't expect that after the two of them explained everything, they stayed together passionately for a long time before separating.

What he didn't expect was that someone would spread the news of his homosexuality to everyone. The person behind this was most likely the one who gave him the abortion drug.

"Your Majesty, the people who live by the lake in the palace have been brought here!"

When everyone was at a loss as to what to do about the sterilizing drug, they heard the report from the secret guard outside the door.

"Bring the person in to me!"

Following the emperor's order, Hu Die, still dressed as a man, was brought in by the secret guards.

"Die'er!"

When Zhao Ming saw his sweetheart being thrown to the ground by the secret guards, he cried out in pain, but was stopped by Hu Die with a look.

"I, Hu Die, bow to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor! I bow to the Empress. May the Empress live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"

Hu Die knelt on the ground and greeted the emperor and the empress in a trembling voice. She was resting well in her room when suddenly someone dragged her out of her room.

When the serving maid stepped forward to stop them, the two men said that the emperor and the queen wanted to see her.

"The man he was wearing was very similar to the one we met by the lake today. It turned out to be a misunderstanding.

Your Highness, you are such a fool. When you got such a delicate beauty, why didn’t you just tell me directly? Would I stop you from taking a concubine?

Father, Mother, I am sorry to have troubled you today. I will take this Miss Hu Die back to the palace and arrange a courtyard for her to be well taken care of."

Hu Xiaomeng looked at the beautiful Hu Die and thought of the Concubine Die in her previous life. It was definitely this one.

"Reporting to the princess, I have never thought about asking for any official title. I just want to be with the prince and occasionally entertain him."

Knowing that she had no power, Hu Die never wanted to enter King Ming's backyard. It is easy to avoid an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. If she is not careful, she may die at the hands of a woman in the backyard.

It would be better to wait until Ming Wang successfully seizes that position before appearing in front of everyone.

"Your Majesty, this is your fault. Such a devoted woman deserves to be treated kindly.

It's settled. I'll go back and have someone prepare the Qinyaxuan near your courtyard for Miss Die'er to live in, so that it will be convenient for you to visit her."

Hu Xiaomeng, who had already made up her mind, was determined to keep Hu Die in the backyard of the palace so that she could... take revenge.

"Yan'er, thank you for your understanding. I'll trouble you to take care of Die'er."

Seeing his wife being so sensible, Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction.

Hu Die accepted this arrangement uneasily, feeling that her good days were coming to an end, even though the princess beside her smiled gently and harmlessly.

The queen wanted to say something, but as a mother-in-law, it was not easy for her to interfere since this was a matter in the backyard of the palace.

Seeing this, the emperor had no choice but to let the three of them leave the palace and go back to resolve the matter in the palace. He secretly arranged for someone to beautify the incident that happened in the palace today.

[Master, you have such a cunning smile on your face. What are you planning?]

Knowing that her master would not do good things for no reason, Ling Guoguo asked her curiously.