The emperor walked in, walked to the throne and sat down, and asked, "How is her injury?"
"Your Majesty, the scars on this woman's body are all external injuries. A little medicine will do the trick. However, she has a cold that has entered her body, so she needs to be taken good care of."
After the imperial physician finished answering, he saw that the emperor's brows were frowned even more tightly, as if he was dissatisfied with his answer.
The imperial physician lowered his eyes and dared not say another word.
The emperor waved his hand to signal him to leave, and with a glance around, he said, "Fuping, you go down too."
Fuping: “…Yes.”
Ever since the emperor let the palace maid into the imperial study, Fuping knew in his heart that the palace maid must have known some secret, but he really didn't expect that the emperor would let him stay away.
I have been serving him since I was a child!
Fuping stood at the door of the imperial study with deep eyes.
Inside the imperial study, the emperor frowned and said calmly, "What did you see?"
The palace maid knelt on the ground. Although it was so warm in the imperial study, she felt as if she was still kneeling in the snow, her body trembling constantly.
Her voice was as soft as a mosquito: "Your servant, your servant saw the princess and the fifth prince having sex privately, which is against human ethics!"
Although her voice was small, the impact of her words was no less than a huge rock rolling down from a cliff, echoing in Xiao Qingwu's ears.
"Father, she's talking nonsense. Don't believe her." Xiao Qingwu's mind went blank. She just wanted to leave this terrifying place as soon as possible. "That lowly slave has dirty hands, but she's so audacious as to frame me. She should be dragged down and tortured to death!"
Her voice became higher and sharper with fear.
Annoyance gradually grew in the emperor's eyes.
"How can you shout so loudly?" Xiao Qingwu was stunned by the emperor's harsh shout. She was so scared that her whole body trembled and shook like a sieve.
The emperor took a deep breath and cast a sharp gaze at the palace maid: "Tell me in detail what you saw."
Seeing Xiao Qingwu's expression, the maidservant dared not hide anything: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince came to the palace today. I was ordered by Concubine Duan to bring food to the Fifth Prince and the princess. As soon as I reached the door, I heard some ambiguous sounds."
She swallowed, nervously watching the emperor's expression, and continued, "I leaned forward and saw that the Fifth Prince was holding the princess, and the princess was sitting on the Fifth Prince's lap. The two of them were also..."
The maid looked at the emperor's dark face and dared not say anything more, but even if she didn't say it, the emperor knew what she was going to say next.
Even though the emperor had heard Jiang Zhiyu's thoughts before, he was still furious after hearing it with his own ears.
There was a hint of cold anger in his eyes, and a flicker of stinginess passed through his brows: "Go call a few maids and check it out for me!"
Xiao Qingwu suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him in disbelief.
[No need to check, she's still a virgin. After all, the two of them aren't bold enough to do anything so reckless.]
The emperor felt a little relieved, but the murderous intent in his eyes remained unchanged.
Chao En suppressed the surprise in his eyes and ran out quickly. In just a moment, he brought back two maids.
Escorted by Chao En, two maids dragged Xiao Qingwu on the left and right and entered the physical examination room.
A few minutes later, Chao En came back trotting, "Your Majesty, the princess is still a virgin."
Behind him, two maids helped Xiao Qingwu walk back.
The emperor nodded slightly and said in a cold voice: "No one is allowed to spread what happened today!"
Several people nodded rapidly when they heard this. The emperor coughed lightly, Chao En understood, and asked the maids to leave.
Xiao Qingwu collapsed to the ground.
Although she was spoiled, she was not stupid. Her father had doted on her so much before, it was impossible for him to convict her without any investigation just based on what the palace maid said.
My father must have known about it early on. What happened today was just the fuse that triggered his outburst!
After realizing this, Xiao Qingwu's emotions suddenly calmed down.
The emperor walked around and said, "Wen Jing, you go out first. Chao En, go tell Tong Fuping that I have a headache and ask him to go to the Imperial Hospital to make me some medicine."
The two of them responded in unison.
Jiang Zhiyu also realized that the emperor wanted to have a private conversation with Xiao Qingwu. Instead of waiting for others to rush him, it would be better for him to bring it up first.
She was about to stand up and say goodbye, but the emperor seemed to pass by her and asked Xiao Qingwu directly: "How long?"
Jiang Zhiyu: “???”
[Why keep me here? What do I have to do with this?]
Xiao Qingwu's puzzled eyes wandered between the emperor and Jiang Zhiyu for a few times before he replied, "About three years."
[Nonsense, it's clearly five years. If you ask me, you're still a kid, and you're already doing this. Tsk tsk tsk.]
emperor:"……"
"But you..." The emperor sorted out his words: "But he seduced you?"
After all, she was the daughter that the emperor had doted on since childhood. Although the emperor was very angry about this matter, he was more angry at Xiao Siyuan.
Xiao Qingwu bit his lower lip: "No, we are in love with each other!"
[You could say that, but if we were to press the issue of initiative, it was Xiao Qingwu who took the initiative first.]
emperor:"……"
Tsk!
"Tell me, what exactly is the reason that made you two do such a disregard for human ethics and moral integrity?"
The emperor's chest heaved violently, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You are brother and sister!"
Jiang Zhiyu, unaware that he was being used as a human lie detector by the emperor, sat on the chair, muttering to himself:
[Alas, that's not true. They are not siblings!]
【Xiao Qingwu is not your biological child.】
Seeing that the emperor was merely angry and hadn't said what to do with them, Xiao Qingwu grew a little bolder and retorted, "So what if we're brother and sister? As long as we're in love with each other, that's all that's fine. There's precedent for this before..."
The emperor could no longer hear Xiao Qingwu's rebuttal. His face was as gloomy as water, his mind was blank, and Jiang Zhiyu's words kept ringing in his ears: "Xiao Qingwu is not your biological child."
He closed his eyes and sat on the chair. His clasped hands had whitened joints from excessive force, making him look like a silent sculpture.
His expression was so ugly that Xiao Qingwu stopped talking midway and licked his lips nervously.
It was unknown how long it took before the emperor opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Qingwu from top to bottom in an inquiring manner.
Xiao Qingwu stood there, suddenly feeling a chill, unable to withstand his sharp gaze at all. His voice trembled, filled with fear: "Father, Father?"
Don’t call me father, I’m not your father!
The emperor tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes to calm the turmoil and struggle in his heart, and when he opened his eyes again, he had regained his usual calmness, as if he was not the one who almost lost his mind just now.
"I understand." His voice sounded extremely calm, without a trace of anger, which made Xiao Qingwu feel a chill in his heart.
"Go back to the palace first, I will think about it carefully."
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