Chapter 81 I'm doing this all for her own good.
"So, the Marquis of Yongning who went to the palace to plead guilty to His Majesty was actually in disguise?"
It was Chu Jichen.
Huo Yunzhan trembled slightly and turned to look into the crowd. When he met Chu Jichen's cold eyes, Huo Yunzhan's expression became even more unpleasant.
Why is Chu Jichen here?
Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
Chu Jichen was there when Shen Qingci had her accident at Putuo Temple, and today... he's here again!
Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids: "Deceiving the emperor is not a family matter."
"Someone come here!"
Huo Yunzhan gritted his teeth and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you have really misunderstood!"
“I did not deceive the emperor! It was indeed me who accompanied Prime Minister Liu to the palace to plead guilty that day! The one who came here and negotiated with Shen Qingci was him in disguise.”
Chu Jichen tilted his head, his gaze cold and sharp: "Is that so? Then who... are you?"
Huo Yunzhan was stunned. He seemed to have fallen into Chu Jichen's trap.
He came today to escort Shen Qingci back to the Marquis's residence as Huo Yunzhan, so his identity today is Huo Yunzhan.
But if he said he was Huo Yunzhan, Chu Jichen would definitely pin the accusation of deceiving the emperor on him.
But if he says he is Marquis Yongning, Huo Yunting, then wouldn't all his plans during this time... have come to nothing?
Does that mean Shen Qingci... has no chance of returning to the Marquis's mansion with him no matter what?
Huo Yunzhan clenched his fists, his voice almost squeezed out through clenched teeth: "I am... Marquis Yongning, Huo Yunting!"
He absolutely cannot admit to the crime of deceiving the emperor!
Given the current situation, he has no other choice.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the murmurs around him grew louder: "My God, he really is Huo Yunting! He actually impersonated his own younger brother to come here and take his sister-in-law back to the mansion?"
"What is he trying to do? Didn't Miss Shen say before that he wanted to take her as a concubine and make her part of two families? Later, he wanted to drug her and offer her to His Majesty. Now he's even lying and claiming to be his own younger brother, wanting to take his sister-in-law back to the mansion. Thinking about it carefully, it's really quite frightening!"
"Isn't the Marquis of Yongning no longer capable?"
"It's impossible now, but if you want it... you don't necessarily have to have that thing. Some eunuchs even have relationships with palace maids. Even if there are no more eunuchs, they still have to have sex with women, don't they?"
"His thing just can't stand up, but it's still there, it's still there. Can't we... use a tool?"
"Ugh...that's disgusting."
Huo Yunting heard it all clearly, and his expression grew increasingly grim.
But then, Shen Qingci suddenly raised her voice: "I knew it! You are Huo Yunting!"
"I knew it, Huo Yunzhan was already dead... How could he possibly come back to life?"
Shen Qingci wailed, "What exactly does your Huo family want to do?"
"My husband is dead. I just don't want to be with Huo Yunting! I just don't want to be drugged by him for no reason and then end up in someone else's bed!"
"I've already left the Huo family and severed all ties with you! Why won't you let me go? Are you trying to force me to my death?"
Chu Jichen spoke up at the opportune moment: "Miss Shen is a third-rank imperial consort personally appointed by His Majesty."
"You really do have no respect for imperial authority!"
Huo Yunting's lips trembled slightly, and he only managed an awkward laugh: "What Your Highness says is..."
"We just... we just didn't want our younger brother and sister-in-law to leave the Marquis's mansion."
"The Shen family is gone, and Yun Zhan has passed away. It's so dangerous for her, a woman, to live alone outside. Look at her living in this dilapidated little courtyard; it's nowhere near as nice as the Marquis's mansion."
"Aren't we all doing this for her own good?"
Chu Jichen lowered his eyes, stroking the jade thumb ring without saying a word. Yuanbao, who was pushing his wheelchair, sneered: "For Miss Shen's sake? For her sake, is it to condone your wife pushing her down the steps and causing her to miscarry?"
"Are you still so eager to take her as your concubine? Your brother's body is barely cold, and you can't wait any longer. It's a good thing you're no longer alive, otherwise..."
"No, I misspoke. Even if you're impotent, you're still not being honest. You still want to drug her and send her to the palace. You're doing all this for her own good?"
Huo Yunzhan gritted his teeth, already regretting that he shouldn't have come today!
No, he should come himself, leaving the fake Huo Yunting at home, and make up an excuse that he was too busy to come.
How could he have predicted that things would turn out this way?
Where did it begin to slip out of his control?
Huo Yunzhan gritted his teeth. That's right, it was the water Wan Qing splashed! The fake Huo Yunting's disguise was provided by someone hired by Prime Minister Liu, and he had checked it; it was very secure. How could it suddenly crack and fall off?
There's definitely something wrong with that basin of water!
It's Shen Qingci!
Huo Yunzhan's heart was in turmoil, but he still forced himself to deal with the questioning from Chu Jichen's servant.
"We're all doing this for her own good."
"My sister-in-law was deeply devoted to Yun Zhan, and because of Yun Zhan's death, she attempted suicide several times."
"We just wanted to distract her, thinking that once she found a new love, she wouldn't be so suicidal."
“I look exactly like Yun Zhan. I’m willing to let her use me as a substitute, to make her see me as Yun Zhan. Isn’t that a good thing?”
“She rejected me, so I didn’t keep bothering her. I wanted her to enter the palace, which was for her own good.”
"Women will get married sooner or later. Yun Zhan passed away, she became a widow, and she lost her child. She will definitely remarry sooner or later."
Huo Yunzhan felt more and more that what he said made sense, and his voice couldn't help but get louder: "The Shen family is gone. It won't be easy for her, a widow who has been married, pregnant, and miscarried, to marry into a good family."
"It is her good fortune that His Majesty has taken a liking to her. If she can enter the palace and marry His Majesty, even if she is a concubine or a mistress, it would be better than marrying someone else."
"This is probably the best person she can marry. She's still grieving over Yun Zhan's death and doesn't want to enter the palace right now. But she'll definitely regret it once she comes to her senses."
"I did that so that she wouldn't regret it when she was too old and her beauty had faded, and she wouldn't have such a good opportunity again."
"I went to great lengths to plead with His Majesty for her to obtain the rank of imperial concubine! That's a palace concubine!"
Surprisingly, some people in the crowd thought Huo Yunzhan's words made a lot of sense: "The Marquis of Yongning's considerations don't seem to have any problems."
"Given her current state, if she wants to remarry, entering the palace is indeed the best option."
"Marquis Yongning is indeed thinking of her best interests and doing what's best for her!"
Shen Qingci was so angry she laughed. Huo Yunzhan's ability to distort the truth was truly amazing, incredibly amazing. She was amazed!
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