Jiang Lianyue was also escorted to the palace by the Imperial Guards.
As for how the Empress would treat her, or what questions she would ask, Qin Chuan didn't have time to think about it anymore.
After the Empress left, he immediately returned to his room and handed the Empress a stack of silver notes: "Here are three thousand taels. I'll take you to rent a house outside. His Majesty doesn't want me to have other women. He said he'll kill any I see. I'll come and get you after I've sorted out my relationship with her."
The queen was surprised, but she had no choice but to comply.
After quietly leaving through the back door, Qin Chuan rented a house outside, left a lot of living supplies, and settled the queen before returning to the Prince of Yan's residence.
...
After interrogating Jiang Lianyue in the palace, the Empress finally realized that she had been tricked.
The woman Qin Chuan gave her was not a Xiongnu queen at all, but a holy maiden of the Red Moon Society of Jiang Kingdom!
He's still hiding that Xiongnu queen!
"Qin Chuan, how dare you mock me!?"
The empress was instantly enraged.
He summoned Xiao Yue and brought hundreds of Dali Guards and Imperial Guards to search the Prince of Yan's residence. They searched everywhere, almost digging up the entire Prince of Yan's residence.
"Tell me honestly, where is that Xiongnu queen hiding?"
The Empress's phoenix eyes burned brightly, her gaze icy as she stared at Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan touched his nose, pretending not to understand, and said, "What Xiongnu Queen Consort? Wasn't she handed over to Your Majesty?"
The Empress gritted her teeth, "Fine, fine, so you dare to deceive me, huh?"
After saying that, he added in a threatening tone, "I will send men to Jiangzhou right now to arrest Su Ruyan!"
Qin Chuan was thunderstruck upon hearing this.
After a pause of about ten seconds, finally...
He bowed deeply to the Empress, his face solemn, and said, "Your Majesty, you clearly promised not to do anything to Ruyan. Although I am not a saint or a sage, but just an ordinary person, ordinary people also have their limits. Please, Your Majesty, retract your previous statement, otherwise I will..."
"What will you do?"
The Empress slightly raised her chin and noticed that Qin Chuan's expression was off; she was instantly worried.
"Ruyan is carrying my child. If you won't let her go, you'd better kill me first..."
At this point, Qin Chuan's eyes reddened, and he looked as if he was about to cry.
Xiao Yue, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, finally couldn't help but seriously examine Qin Chuan.
The Empress was somewhat at a loss, her anger completely gone, and she looked at Qin Chuan with a touch of heartache.
Moving slowly with graceful steps, the Empress gently extended her slender hand and patted his shoulder: "Alright, alright, I shouldn't have said those things. Don't be angry with me..."
In his heart, he thought to himself, "It's clearly your own infidelity that made me angry, but you're acting like I bullied you..."
Qin Chuan's behavior just now was half genuine and half performance. Seeing that the Empress's tone softened, he forgave her and walked into the room without looking back.
The Empress looked at Xiao Yue with some helplessness. Xiao Yue shrugged with amusement, as if to say, "It's your own business, why are you looking at me?"
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