Chapter 15: Xie Yan, how could it be you?
Noticing Zhishu's worried look, Ruan Yunsheng said softly, "It's okay."
Concubine Hui just wanted to give her a warning.
But she wasn't so useless that she didn't even dare to walk on the bridge after falling into the lake!
She is a princess, and no matter how much Concubine Hui forces her, she dare not attack her openly. The most she can do is use her power to coerce her, or even more despicable means such as drugging her.
But she was not afraid. At worst, she could just fight against the enemy with her own army and block the water with earth.
But at this time, Concubine Hui was not at Liuxia Waterside Pavilion.
Prince Duan sat in the warm room of Liuxia Water Pavilion, watching Nanny Gui put a red pill into the azure-glazed teapot on the table.
Nanny Gui said respectfully, "Your Highness, later on, as long as you can find a way to get the princess to drink this tea, no matter how chaste and virtuous she is, she will have to do whatever you want!"
"When the Imperial Concubine arrives with a few concubines, they'll only see that the Princess shamelessly seduced the Prince. By then, the matter will be settled, and whether she likes it or not, she'll have no choice but to accept her fate."
Prince Duan shook the Ru kiln azure glaze string pattern teapot in his hand and raised the corner of his lips, "Don't worry, after this is done, I will not treat you unfairly."
He stood up and glanced out the window. Across the vast imperial garden, he vaguely saw the eunuch leading Ruan Yunsheng towards the Liuxia Waterside Pavilion!
He waved his hands impatiently, "Okay, you guys can leave first, and don't come in to disturb us later."
Nanny Gui smiled and quickly took the palace maids to leave.
Prince Duan straightened his clothes, sat back in his original seat with his back to the door, and picked up the teapot and shook it.
Thinking of Ruan Yunsheng's bright and beautiful appearance, I felt dry mouth.
Although drugging her was wrong, he would treat her well in the future.
At this time, he heard footsteps behind him, and Prince Duan thought that the palace maid had returned.
Without even turning his head, he said, "Didn't I tell you not to come in and disturb me again..."
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At this time, Ruan Yunsheng had already arrived near the water pavilion.
From afar, the Liuxia Water Pavilion looks like a jade palace, and the thin ice on the lake looks like a glass mirror inlaid with jade.
Although he said he was not afraid, seeing the White Jade Bridge so close before him, Ruan Yunsheng was still a little nervous, and his fingertips dug deeply into his palms.
Zhishu quickly held Ruan Yunsheng's arm, trying to help her cross the bridge.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch suddenly said, "The Imperial Concubine didn't sleep well last night and is taking a nap in the warm room of the waterside pavilion. I only summoned the princess to come in for a chat. Miss Zhishu, please stay."
Zhishu frowned and said, "Then I will help the princess cross the bridge and wait outside the pavilion instead of entering it."
The eunuch smiled but shook his head: "The Imperial Concubine said that she wants to see the princess alone. Not only Miss Zhishu, but even our family is not allowed to go near the waterside pavilion at this time."
He made a gesture of invitation, "Princess, please come in. Don't keep the Queen waiting anxiously."
Zhishu was still worried, but Ruan Yunsheng smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter. It is a blessing for this princess to be able to chat with the imperial concubine alone."
There was a gleam in the eunuch's eyes, and he knew that Princess Mingyi could not refuse the imperial concubine's invitation.
Unexpectedly, Ruan Yunsheng changed the subject, "Zhishu, when I entered the palace just now, I happened to meet Princess An. She was on her way to Kunning Palace to pay her respects to the Empress. Go to the gate of Kunning Palace and tell the eunuch or aunt on duty that I, the princess, will be arriving shortly and have come to pay my respects to the Empress."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Zhishu hurriedly took her leave.
The eunuch's face changed when he heard this!
Before things are done, the fewer people who know about it, the better. What if the Queen sends someone to pick up Princess Mingyi later? Wouldn't that cause unnecessary trouble?
According to the original plan of the Imperial Concubine and Prince Duan, they were going to wait until the matter was settled, and then the Imperial Concubine would bring a few friendly concubines to the waterside pavilion to catch them red-handed!
But now, I'm afraid we can't wait that long, we have to ask the imperial concubine to bring people over earlier.
However, as long as he saw that Princess Mingyi's clothes were disheveled, nothing should go wrong.
Thinking of this, the eunuch calmed down and said, "Princess, please come in. The Queen is still waiting for you."
Ruan Yunsheng took a deep breath, lifted her skirt and walked onto the white jade bridge.
A white marble bridge spans the lake. When you step across the bridge, the remaining snow in the cracks between the stones makes a rustling sound.
She tried hard to overcome her fear of falling into the lake, straightened her back, and walked towards the pavilion step by step.
Before entering the warm room, you can vaguely see the people inside sitting at the table through three layers of gauze curtains.
Although it was only his back, he could tell it was a man!
Could it be Prince Duan?
Ruan Yunsheng frowned, and his right hand quietly stroked the silver bracelet inlaid with rubies and butterfly on his left wrist.
This bracelet was a gift from her second brother. It looked like an ordinary silver bracelet, but it actually contained a hidden mechanism!
By turning the butterfly's wings, it can shoot out poisonous needles that are hard to guard against!
In his early years, her father used his military achievements to buy her a royal decree. As long as it was not a heinous crime like treason or regicide, the emperor would spare her life no matter what crime she committed.
If Prince Duan dared to force himself on her, she would not have to pay with her life even if she "accidentally" killed him today!
What's more, her second brother is still fighting for the country on the battlefield. It is not reasonable for Concubine Hui to do anything to her openly.
Otherwise, once the news gets out, the royal family will lose all their face!
But she didn't want to go that far unless it was absolutely necessary.
She hoped that everyone in the Marquis' Mansion would be safe and sound.
Thinking of this, Ruan Yunsheng stopped in front of the gauze curtain, took a deep breath, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I will request an audience with you tomorrow."
If the "concubine" inside doesn't speak, or if the person speaking is someone else, she will turn around and leave!
Unexpectedly, a few light coughs were heard through the gauze curtain.
A familiar clear voice sounded: "Is this Princess Mingyi? The Imperial Concubine is not here."
Ruan Yunsheng pushed aside the veil and walked in, saying in disbelief, "Xie Yan, how could it be you?"
In the warm room of the pavilion, ambergris was smoked with a gilded animal stove. The green smoke wrapped around the carved lattice fans, contrasting with the cinnabar plum blossoms blooming in the cold outside the window.
Xie Yan was wearing a moon-white wide-sleeved brocade robe and sitting in front of a rosewood table, coughing lightly with his fist to his lips.
After stopping his cough, he looked at Ruan Yunsheng and said, "My second brother asked me to come."
Xie Yan always addressed Ruan Yunsheng as "Princess" in a respectful yet distant manner, but he never called himself "This King" in front of her.
Ruan Yunsheng didn't think there was anything wrong.
Because in the past, Prince Duan never boasted about his status in front of her.
Ruan Yunsheng walked around the warm room and asked doubtfully, "You're the only one here. Is there no one else?"
strangeness.
She could understand that Concubine Hui was not here, but why was Xie Yan the one sitting here?
What does today’s incident have to do with Xie Yan?
Xie Yan said, "My second brother invited me over to drink tea and enjoy the snow, but when I arrived, I couldn't find him."
"But the palace servants have already gone to look for my second brother, so I will sit here and wait for him."
Ruan Yunsheng didn't know when Xie Yan and Prince Duan became so close, but she wasn't interested.
"Then you continue to wait, I'm leaving first."
Just as she was about to leave, she heard the teacup in Xie Yan's hand fall to the ground and he groaned in pain.
Ruan Yunsheng turned around and looked at Xie Yan, his expression suddenly changed!
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