What happened last night caused quite a stir, both inside and outside the palace.
But no one dared to speak out of turn or spread rumors. Everyone knew that the eunuch in charge of the Directorate of Ceremonial had thrown a tantrum at Xinrong Palace last night, beating several eunuchs and maids to death.
I heard that in the front yard of Xinrong Palace
Therefore, those people are keeping their mouths shut even tighter than before.
The Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace and Consort Wan's Xinrong Palace were not far apart, so she was naturally aware of the commotion. However, since the Empress Dowager had broken her promise regarding Zhou Ziqi, she couldn't interfere with Xiao Heye's affairs. Therefore, the matter stopped with her and wasn't reported to the Emperor.
The King of Huainan was unaware of this at first, but who would have thought?
In the evening, he unexpectedly ran into Su Tiyue again at Wenhui Pavilion.
At the corner, Su Tiyue saw Zhou Lin walking towards her from afar. Without thinking, she immediately turned around and walked in another direction.
Su Tiyue originally didn't want Zhou Lin to get involved, but after what happened last night, she was well aware of the situation.
Zhou Lin is a madman.
Consort Wan was also an absolute madwoman.
Therefore, Su Tiyue now only wants to stay away from these two people.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Lin was shameless and relentlessly chased after us, his words laced with mockery: "Is Your Highness deliberately avoiding me?"
Su Tiyue stopped in her tracks, rolled her eyes at him, and spoke in a tone that was anything but pleasant: "So what if it is? Your Highness... our identities are inherently special. One of us is a concubine of the late emperor, and the other is the late emperor's younger brother. Even if we are alone, we should still maintain the proper decorum, shouldn't we?"
Zhou Lin scoffed, "You keep your distance from me, but you make no attempt to hide anything from Master Xiao?"
"Your Highness, why bring him up out of the blue? If that's the case, shouldn't I also give a proper talk about your mistress of Xinrong Palace?"
"It doesn't matter. I'm not as petty as Your Highness. You can bring it up if you want." Zhou Lin took a few steps forward, and Su Tiyue unconsciously took a few steps back.
However, with each step the two took, Su Tiyue was forced into a secluded corner in the backyard of Wenhui Pavilion.
Su Tiyue opened her eyes wide and glared at him fiercely. She asked, "What exactly does Your Highness want to do?"
Zhou Lin replied, "I don't want to do anything, I just want to have a good talk with Her Majesty. A calm and peaceful chat... is that not allowed?"
From Zhou Lin's perspective, he didn't meet Su Tiyue very often.
The first time was because Su Tiyue spied on him and discovered his secret with Consort Wan. Zhou Lin almost poisoned her because of this…
The second time was at Chaoyang Palace, where Zhou Tingyue and he set a trap, deliberately letting Su Tiyue overhear Xiao Heye's words about wanting to kill Zhou Ziqi.
The third time... was probably a few days ago at Fangxin Garden, when Zhou Lin tried to be attentive by helping her up, but Su Tiyue decisively refused.
Thinking about it carefully, the two of them really didn't have a proper conversation.
But……
Su Tiyue had nothing to say. She turned slightly to the side, trying to walk around Zhou Lin and leave.
But he didn't want to let her go so easily, so he raised his arm to block her way, "If Your Highness continues to disobey, don't blame me for being rude to you..."
"Your Highness, please speak plainly if you have something to say." Su Tiyue was getting impatient. She had never liked Zhou Lin from the beginning, and now that he was pestering her like this, she was even more annoyed. "I really don't understand what we have to talk about?"
What do these two completely unrelated people have to say to each other?
Zhou Lin sighed, somewhat surprised: "I know you don't have a good impression of me, but at least you spoke to me gently before. Why are you acting like you're on fire today?"
Su Tiyue said irritably, "Your Highness is so innocent. Could it be that you know nothing about what happened last night? Or are you pretending not to know in order to protect your 'noble person'?"
"Last night?" Zhou Lin asked suspiciously. "I went to your house last night and drank with your father until late at night. It was so late that we stayed outside the palace. I just got back to the palace... What exactly happened?"
Su Tiyue frowned slightly, looking surprised: "Go to my house...? To drink with my dad?"
He nodded: "Your father and I are old acquaintances. Moreover, Your Majesty... I have an even better relationship with your elder brother."
It must have been several years ago. Zhou Lin and Su Tiyue's older brother, Su Lin, fought side by side in many battles, both large and small.
Therefore, Zhou Lin and the Su family have some connection.
"What did you and my father talk about? He's not in good health and can't drink too much..." When talking about her family, Su Tiyue's tone was a little better.
"Yes, I'll remember to remind him next time."
He paused for a moment, then asked her with a serious expression, "What exactly happened last night? Is it related to Consort Wan?"
Su Tiyue said, "Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid I'll eat her up? Don't worry... she's perfectly fine."
"If you're so curious, why don't you go back and ask her what good things she's done?" she added.
Zhou Lin lowered his eyes, glanced at Su Tiyue gently, and said seriously, "I'm not worried about her... it's you."
Su Tiyue: ...Speechless.
"You're sick." She used some force to push Zhou Lin, who was blocking her way, away, and then fled from Wenhui Pavilion as if escaping.
As she walked towards Nanyuan, she thought angrily: "The King of Huainan is such a strange person."
Zhou Lin, as the Prince of Huainan, clearly had his own princess.
But as soon as he returned to Yong'an, he got involved with Consort Wan.
Well, this kind of outrageous mess is enough to make anyone's jaw drop...
Even if Su Tiyue were stupid, she could see that the Prince of Huainan's repeated attempts to approach her were not for pure purposes.
He even devised a plan to go to her house and get close to Su Tiyue's father and brothers.
But Zhou Lin was also a smart man. His words about Xiao Heye just now were somewhat sarcastic.
Therefore, it is not difficult to see that Zhou Lin actually knows some things about Xiao Heye and Su Tiyue.
Since you know this, why do you insist on provoking me again?
Aside from the benefits and her status as the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Su Tiyue couldn't think of any other reason.
*
Meanwhile, inside Xinrong Palace.
"Bang!" A loud noise followed.
A heavy slap landed on Consort Wan's right cheek, and she was even knocked to the ground, a trickle of bright red blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.
She covered her face, slumped to the ground, and stared at the man before her with a look of utter despair and sorrow. Incredulously, she said, "You actually hit me for that woman? Zhou Lin... do you have no heart at all?"
She cried out in anguish, "Do you know I almost died at the hands of that eunuch last night? Not only did you not care about me, but you also beat me without even asking what happened?"
"Waaah..." As she spoke, all her complaints and resentment turned into grievance and despair.
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