Chapter 47 Who is this woman?
The birthday banquet continued with music and revelry, the sounds of string and wind instruments lingering in the air. Even after the banquet ended, Chu Siheng, Lu Zhaoxue, and Chu Huaiyu remained missing…
Empress Du Xianyue had been uneasy ever since Chu Huaiyu left. At the banquet just now, she saw Lu Zhaoxue and Chu Siheng leave their seats one after another, which made her even more suspicious.
After returning to the palace, Du Xianyue turned to Bai Zhi beside her and said, "Quickly send someone to find out where His Majesty is now. Once you find out, come and tell me immediately!"
After a while, the palace maid who had gone to inquire about the news hurriedly returned, bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, His Majesty... His Majesty has returned to his bedchamber to rest."
Has His Majesty returned to his palace to rest?
Du Xianyue's mind flashed back to the scene in the main hall earlier that day, where Chu Huaiyu and Liu Ruohua exchanged flirtatious glances. Could it be... could it be that His Majesty went to Liu Ruohua's palace but didn't want her to know, so he made the excuse of resting in his bedchamber?!
A surge of resentment and anger welled up in Du Xianyue's heart. She couldn't believe it! She couldn't believe that Chu Huaiyu would fall in love with Liu Ruohua so quickly, and she couldn't believe that he would deceive her for Liu Ruohua's sake!
Du Xianyue gritted her teeth, turned around abruptly, and walked quickly toward Chu Huaiyu's bedroom. As soon as she arrived outside the palace, she saw several imperial physicians carrying medicine boxes, hurrying in and out.
Du Xianyue's heart tightened. She thought something serious had happened to Chu Huaiyu, so she quickened her pace to go into the palace to check on her. But as soon as she reached the palace gate, she was stopped by two guards standing at the gate: "Your Majesty, please wait."
Upon hearing this, Du Xianyue's face darkened instantly. Her gaze turned cold as she stared at the two guards, her tone carrying an undeniable authority: "You two have quite the nerve! How dare you stop me?!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive us," the guard said, kneeling on one knee, but his tone remained unyielding. "We are only acting on His Majesty's orders. His Majesty said that no one is allowed to enter without his permission!"
Du Xianyue frowned, her worry growing stronger. What had happened to Chu Huaiyu that made him so guarded?
Just then, a royal physician came out of the hall. Du Xianyue quickly stepped forward and asked, "Royal Physician Wang, has something happened to His Majesty?"
Upon hearing this, Physician Wang's expression changed drastically. He knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly without daring to utter a single word.
Seeing this, Du Xianyue thought that something had really happened to Chu Huaiyu. She no longer cared about the demeanor of an empress, pushed aside the guards in front of her, and rushed straight in.
"Your Majesty! What's wrong with you..." Du Xianyue called out as she hurried toward the inner palace. When she got closer, she saw that Huaiyu was sitting by the bed, holding a woman's hand tightly in his large hand, his eyes fixed on the woman on the bed.
The woman was slender, covered with a bright yellow brocade quilt, her face completely obscured by Chu Huaiyu's body.
Du Xianyue was stunned, her blood seemingly freezing in that instant. Who was this woman?! What did this woman possess that allowed her to lie on Chu Huaiyu's bed, and for him to watch her with such a tense expression?!
A surge of jealousy and panic instantly gripped Du Xianyue's heart, making it almost impossible for her to breathe. She wanted to rush up and drag the woman off the bed!
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