Ning Rong woke up in bed, feeling the soreness in her body, and looked at the mottled marks on her body with satisfaction.

Recalling the crazy moment with Yun Zhuo just now, she felt a surge of joy.

Turning her head to look at the raised blanket beside her, Ning Rong knew that Yun Zhuo must still be asleep. Just then, she heard footsteps outside. Ning Rong thought it was great that Yun Zhuo was still asleep.

She said softly, "Cousin, you can sleep peacefully. You can wake up after our marriage is settled. I'm going out to see the Emperor now."

As long as Yun Zhuo is asleep right now, she will be the one to explain how things turned out.

When Yun Zhuo woke up, it was already confirmed that she would become a concubine in the Crown Prince's residence. At that time, Yun Zhuo could only obediently accept her.

Heaven is helping her.

Ning Rong quickly dressed, but not too neatly, leaving her neck and shoulders exposed so the Emperor could see the marks and be certain that they had just consummated their relationship.

No one can stop her from becoming the Crown Prince's concubine.

Of course, her clothes were torn in parts, so it was easy for her to show some marks without it looking deliberate.

My cousin, the Crown Prince, is really capable, but... he's not gentle enough with women. I'll have to ask him to be more tender next time.

As the emperor and the prime minister entered the hall, they saw an orange-clad figure walk quickly over and then kneel down in front of the emperor with a thud.

"Your Majesty, please do justice for me!" Ning Rong sobbed with her head down, looking at the emperor's shoes, and said, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince was drunk and was washing and changing clothes in the side hall. I also thought that the Crown Princess was pregnant and was not serving the Crown Prince, so I brought him some hangover soup!"

"When I came to deliver the hangover soup, I also wanted to tell the Crown Prince that even though I cannot marry him as a concubine, I still wish him and the Crown Princess a long and happy marriage, and that their child will be born smoothly..."

"From now on, please let him and I forget each other. I am already of age and it is time for me to find a husband..."

"Who would have thought that the Crown Prince would refuse to listen to this? He grabbed me and forcibly took me to the bed. I am but a weak woman, and my strength is no match for His Highness. Now, I am His Highness's woman..."

As Ning Rong finished speaking, she continued to sob, her body trembling, causing more of her clothes to slip off her shoulders, revealing the mottled marks on them to the emperor.

After hearing Ning Rong's words, Prime Minister Ning Hongxi looked shocked and immediately looked to the Emperor for help: "Your Majesty, this...this...what should we do!"

Behind the emperor were many palace servants, who were all stunned.

However, after a brief moment of shock, everyone felt that it was not surprising. No matter how deeply the Crown Prince loved the Crown Princess, he was still a man, and the incomparably noble Crown Prince. How could he only love one woman in his life?

How can a man only have one woman in his entire life?

The emperor frowned slightly and asked in a calm tone, "Where is the Crown Prince now?"

Ning Rong answered through sobs, "He's in the inner hall. He must have been drinking and was too tired, so he hasn't woken up yet."

Ning Hongxi stood next to Ning Rong, about to kneel down, but his gaze suddenly turned to the person behind the emperor, past the bodies of several palace servants, and saw the person standing at the palace gate.

The light at the doorway flickered, their faces half in the light and half in the darkness. For a moment, Ning Hongxi couldn't be sure if what he was seeing was Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue.

According to his and Ning Rong's plan, Yun Zhuo should be indoors at this time. Either, as Ning Rong said, Yun Zhuo had drunk alcohol and taken medicine and was still asleep, or he was afraid to face the emperor's majesty and was therefore hiding indoors and dared not come out for the time being.

However, Ning Hongxi glanced at it once, then a second time, and a third time, and still saw Yun Zhuo standing at the door, as well as Ye Qingxue beside him, but he could only see half of their faces.

The two people were standing so close together; only husband and wife would stand so close. Could it really be them?

If Yun Zhuo wasn't actually indoors, but Ning Rong said he was, what's going on?

His daughter couldn't possibly have mistaken him for someone else, could she?

How could she not know who she had marital relations with?

"Rong'er, where is the Crown Prince?" Ning Hongxi even forgot to kneel, staring intently at the emperor's back, his voice hoarse and his Adam's apple bobbing.

“She’s still asleep indoors,” Ning Rong said, her sobs growing louder. “Your Majesty, please do justice for me!”

"I am a perfectly good girl. I only came to say goodbye to the Crown Prince and wanted to marry someone else. But I have suffered such a thing. If the Crown Prince does not take responsibility for me, I will have no face to see anyone and will have no choice but to die in front of the Emperor."

Yun Zhuo released Ye Qingxue's hand and walked over from the doorway.

Ning Hongxi saw his face gradually become clearer in the candlelight, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

The emperor was waiting for Ning Rong to finish speaking so that he could "naturally" bestow her upon the Crown Prince's residence as a concubine.

Now that Ning Rong had finished speaking, he was about to speak when he finally noticed the Prime Minister's unusual behavior.

The emperor turned his head slightly and saw Yun Zhuo's face.

Before Ning Rong could react, Yun Zhuo had already bypassed the palace servants, stood next to the emperor, and let out a cold sneer.

"...Zhuo'er, what are you doing here?" the emperor asked in surprise.

Even a prime minister can fail in his work.

No, when it comes to dealing with Yun Zhuo, the Prime Minister has never succeeded!

"Your subject greets Your Majesty! Your subject did come here before, but upon hearing that the Crown Princess was unwell, your subject left quickly without having time to wash and change."

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