"You're even worse than the prostitutes in brothels. Isn't the man behind this curtain your mutual lover?"
"What you two are doing is disgusting!"
After saying this, Princess Jingyue looked at Consort Liang again: "Mother, I'm right. There must be something wrong with those two. They're blocking us from entering the inner palace. They must be hiding a man in the inner palace!"
Her words were blunt and disgusting, completely unlike those of a princess. Even Song Xizhi frowned slightly and interrupted Princess Jingyue:
“Princess, please be careful with your words! His Majesty is alone in the inner palace, but he is resting at the moment. Please, you and Consort Liang, leave first and do not disturb His Majesty’s peace.”
No one believed Song Xizhi's words. After all, the commotion outside was enormous. If the emperor were really resting inside, he would probably have already shown up by now.
If the emperor were truly seriously ill and needed treatment, to the point where he was unable to appear in person, it would have been impossible to summon Song Xizhi, a barefoot doctor with no legitimate reason, from Consort Zhen's palace.
Consort Liang merely sneered: "Your Majesty? Using Your Majesty as a pretext, you must have a death wish. Is Your Majesty comparable to that adulterer?"
Princess Jingyue was thrilled to hear her mother say this, feeling as if she had discovered a great secret.
Fearing the adulterer would escape, she immediately gave the order: "Guards! Tie up Song Xizhi and Consort Zhen! For insulting His Majesty, both of them should be bound with forty slaps!"
"The others stormed into the inner chambers and captured both the adulterer and the assassin!"
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