Wanruo was stunned. Why did he change his expression so easily?
"I don't remember..."
"You better not remember!"
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the hurried footsteps of guards outside the tent.
Xie Xianyu's eyes narrowed slightly. "It seems the Prince of Zhennan has already discovered that someone is missing and has sent people to look for them."
Wanruo's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately asked, "What if he finds someone?"
"He didn't dare to openly look for her, and neither did the Queen. It would be shameful. They only dared to do it quietly and secretly, not openly."
"But after a while, how will she cope with the future?" Wanruo frowned.
The chastity of this woman is so important. She disappeared for a night and drank such a drug. Even if nothing happened, no one would believe it.
"The royal family's scandals will never be exposed to the public. This was orchestrated by the Queen herself, so she must be feeling guilty."
Xie Xianyu's eyes were cold and indifferent. Inside and outside the palace, the rules seemed to be strict, but how many dirty things were going on in the dark?
Everyone knows it tacitly, and they solve it in secret using various means. The only difference is who is more ruthless.
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As the night deepened, Chen Qinghan finally woke up. He struggled to open his heavy eyelids and shivered with cold all over.
"Are you awake?"
Her vision gradually cleared up, and she finally saw the person in front of her clearly.
Su Yan had already carried her ashore and was sitting against a large rock. His usually playful expression was now somewhat cold, and he turned his head away to avoid her gaze: "You're soaked. Put on your cloak to keep out the cold."
She didn't move, still standing there stiffly. Her face, which had been flushed half an hour ago, was now pale.
She was unconscious just now, but when she woke up, her memory was very clear.
She was clearly unconscious, she had been drugged and sent to someone else's tent, and she knew without a doubt that the person behind this was the queen who watched her drink the glass of wine.
She clenched her hands in her sleeves so tightly that her fingertips trembled, and her heart ached so much that she could hardly breathe.
She was a lady from a noble family who grew up learning etiquette and poetry, but she was treated like a plaything and sent to someone else's bed.
But she looked so miserable for him to see.
Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Su Yan turned to look at her, only to see that her eyes were already red.
He was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and explained, "I didn't touch you. I just put you in the stream to relieve the effects of the drug."
She lowered her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you very much."
She stood up in a panic, holding on to a stone, but suddenly found that the waist of her dress was torn.
Su Yan's eyes flashed with guilt: "Maybe I accidentally pulled it when I carried you into the water."
She said nothing, but picked up the cloak on the ground and walked towards the house with unsteady steps.
Su Yan frowned and stood up to follow him: "If you go there now, I'm afraid the Queen won't let you go..."
She paused and gave a sarcastic laugh: "Where else can I go?"
Su Yan choked.
She had no way out.
"I..." Su Yan opened his mouth.
She turned around and looked at him, her eyes cold and clear. "Thank you very much, I shouldn't have dragged you into this. I will handle the Queen's affairs myself. Sir Su, there's no need to get involved with someone like me, lest we get into trouble."
Su Yan stood there frozen. She was clearly trying to draw a line between herself and him.
She lowered her eyes, gathered the cloak around her shoulders, turned around and staggered away.
Chen Qinghan had walked away when a servant hurried over and said, "Sir, I just saw Princess Xuan heading to the camp alone. Sir, you..."
Su Yan's eyes were cold: "What does she have to do with me?"
"Yes..." The servant didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Su Yan stared at the direction she left, his hand in his sleeve loosening and tightening, and ordered in a cold voice: "Send someone to keep an eye on her."
"yes!"
Chen Qinghan went straight into her own tent. The palace maids were shocked to see her, and Cailian was even more anxious.
"Princess, where have you been? I left the palace for a while and when I came back, I didn't see you anymore..."
Cai Lian took a quick look at the disheveled dress beneath her cloak and her face turned pale.
Chen Qinghan didn't explain, but simply said, "Bring me some pen and ink."
The next morning, the queen summoned Chen Qinghan.
"You are so brave! I heard from the palace maids that you didn't sleep for half the night last night. Where did you go?" the queen asked with a gloomy face.
The Prince of Zhennan was furious about this, thinking that the Queen was playing a trick on him. The Queen now wished she could kill the evil Chen Qinghan to vent her anger!
Chen Qinghan raised her eyes to meet the Queen's gaze: "Where have I been, Your Majesty, don't you know?"
A flash of guilt flashed across the Queen's eyes, and she immediately raised her voice: "How dare you! Are you questioning me?!"
"Last night, I drank the wine sent by the Empress and became unconscious. I was then sent to the tent of the Prince of Zhennan."
Chen Qinghan spoke word by word without holding back.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" the queen said angrily.
"The Queen summoned me today. Was it to send me off again, or to kill me and silence me, so as not to bring shame to the royal family?"
The queen was hit by what she said, and her face became even uglier.
"I have already written a suicide note and given it to a trusted person outside the palace. If I disappear, die, or give it to the Prince of Zhennan, the Empress will be worried. If the suicide note is exposed to the world, where will the Empress's reputation and the Prince Xuan's reputation be preserved?"
"How dare you!" the Queen was furious. "How dare you talk to me like that?"
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