Chapter 69 This Outsider is Sister Xue’s Lover
"yes!"
Wang Defa received the order and turned around to direct the palace maids behind him to hold the lights.
Then, five or six little palace maids stood in a row beside the pavilion holding palace lanterns.
The light suddenly illuminated everything in the pavilion, and also clearly illuminated the faces of the man and woman in the pavilion.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Xue has a bad personal conduct and is extremely evil. Please,...Sister Lan?"
Before Lady Tan could finish her words, when she recognized the two people in the pavilion, her indignant expression suddenly froze on her face.
What's going on?
How could the woman in the pavilion be Shen Ruolan?
Xue Qingyao kept her head down until Miss Tan's voice stopped abruptly, then she realized something was wrong.
She raised her head suddenly and looked into the pavilion.
His eyes fell on the faces of the two people in the pavilion, and his pupils immediately trembled.
Why isn't the person in the pavilion Xue Youli?
impossible!
This is impossible!
Their defenses were broken one after another, and at this moment, a clear girl's voice suddenly rang out.
"Xue Youli, I just want to ask you, are you convinced? If you are not convinced, let's go to the lotus pond and continue the competition. Whoever can pick the biggest lotus in the pond will be the most powerful!"
"Okay, who's afraid of who?"
The two people spoke not loudly, but loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.
Wasn't it said that the person in the pavilion was Lady Xue?
Can anyone explain, since Mr. Xue is with Princess Qinghe, then who is the woman in the pavilion?
"Huh? There are so many people!"
Chu Xinyue and Xue Youli had been watching the excitement behind the rockery for so long that they could no longer hold back. Now it was their turn to perform. Chu Xinyue certainly wanted to have a good time. "Why is Yu Garden so lively tonight?"
Everyone was still shocked as to why the person in the pavilion was Shen Ruolan. How could they have the mind to answer her question?
Chu Xinyue didn't mind at all. While no one was paying attention, she had already slipped into the pavilion. "What are you doing kneeling outside? Come in and look at the lotus flowers... Oh my God! Isn't this Noble Lan? Why is she hugging and kissing another man?"
"What? Lady Lan kissed another man in front of so many people? That's impossible! Princess, please don't talk nonsense!" Xue Youli and Chu Xinyue sang the same tune and entered the pavilion.
Then her distressed voice came from the pavilion, "It's actually Sister Lan!"
Seeing Meng Xingzhi and Shen Ruolan hugging and biting each other, Xue Youli pretended to be shocked and then directed Wang Defa to go over and pull them away, "Eunuch Wang, please come over and help separate these two people!"
Wang Defa looked at Murong Che consciously, and after receiving a signal from the man's eyes, he swiftly led two young eunuchs over to arrest the people.
Chu Xinyue and Xue Youli stood by and watched, and found that Shen Ruolan and Meng Xingzhi's mouths were sucking tighter than an octopus's suction cup.
Tsk tsk tsk! It's really unbearable to watch!
The young eunuch took great pains to separate them.
Seeing the excitement, Chu Xinyue was not idle either.
While everyone's attention was on Meng Xingzhi and Shen Ruolan, she moved step by step to the stone table, hooked out the incense burner under the table, and threw it into the lotus pond in the chaos.
The powerful medicine in the incense burner was brought in from outside the palace by Xue Qingyao at Lian Xin's request, but Xue Qingyao did not handle it and gave the medicine directly to Shen Ruolan.
It was Chu Xinyue who lit the incense burner just now. If the incident is traced back to her, she won't be able to explain herself.
In order to clear herself of the connection, Chu Xinyue decided to go all out and simply destroy the body and all traces.
When Xue Youli saw Shen Ruolan and Meng Xingzhi being separated, she lowered her head and was about to kiss the little eunuch on the face. She directly picked up the bottle of cold water on the stone table and poured it on the two of them.
This medicine works quickly and wears off quickly.
After being splashed with water, Shen Ruolan and Meng Xingzhi regained their minds.
Shen Ruolan looked at the disheveled Meng Xingzhi, then looked down at her own ripped collar, and screamed in panic.
Why is this happening?
She had planned everything well, so why did she become the one who had to compromise with Meng Xingzhi in the end?
It’s all Meng Xingzhi’s fault. If he hadn’t killed Xue Youli, how could I have been so distracted by the incense that I did such a thing with him?
Shen Ruolan became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She slapped Meng Xingzhi on the face a few times. "Who gave you the guts to be rude to me, you bastard? I'm going to kill you!"
After beating him, she still felt unsatisfied, so she simply started to strangle Meng Xingzhi's neck, "Go to hell! Go to hell!"
Meng Xingzhi was still in a daze, and he was having difficulty breathing because of the choking. He raised his hand to push Shen Ruolan, "Let go!"
Shen Ruolan was not willing to agree to this. She grabbed and pinched him, "Asshole! Give me back my innocence!"
Wang Defa looked at the chaotic scene and shouted, "Mr. Lan, the emperor is here, how can you be so presumptuous?"
His sharp rebuke brought Shen Ruolan back to her senses. She kicked Meng Xing and then turned around to discover a group of people gathered outside the pavilion.
Shen Ruolan's eyes fell on the figure wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. She was so frightened that her legs went limp and she fell to her knees on the ground with a thud, "Your Majesty! I was framed!"
Since she had set up this situation, she knew better than anyone that it was a capital crime for a concubine to have a secret meeting with a man outside her family!
At this time, she must not admit her problem, but put herself in the position of the victim.
Murong Che glared at her and said coldly, "You said someone framed you, do you have any evidence?"
Shen Ruolan raised her head and turned her gaze. When she saw Xue Youli sitting at the stone table, her expression changed again.
Wasn’t Xue Youli stabbed to death by Meng Xingzhi?
Why are you still standing in front of me?
Shen Ruolan's mind was extremely confused, and it took her a long time to realize that she had been deceived.
She gritted her teeth, pointed at Xue Youli angrily, and complained first, "It's her! It was Ms. Xue who teamed up with her lover to put me to death. I beg the emperor to make the decision for me!"
Xue Youli listened to Shen Ruolan's accusation and sneered, "Just now outside, I heard from a distance that the sisters kept saying that they wanted the emperor to kill me! How can you insist that the person in the pavilion is me when you haven't even opened the bamboo curtain of the pavilion?"
Ah this...
The concubines present were rendered speechless by her retort.
Seeing that they didn't dare to answer, Xue Youli walked out of the pavilion, passed the concubines kneeling in the front row, and finally stopped in front of Xue Qingyao, "Sister Xue, is that right?"
Xue Qingyao was called and had no choice but to raise his head.
She was kneeling and Xue Youli was standing.
The two people's eyes collided in mid-air and they stared at each other silently.
Xue Youli asked her this simply to force her to personally abandon Shen Ruolan as her ally.
Xue Qingyao knew very well that if she did this, Shen Ruolan might bite her back.
It would be troublesome if Shen Ruolan was pushed to the limit and gave her away.
Even if Shen Ruolan did not have any concrete evidence of her involvement in the matter, once she planted the seeds of suspicion in Murong Che's heart, it would be very disadvantageous to her in the future competition for favor.
She can't take the risk!
Xue Qingyao weighed the pros and cons in her heart, and raised her red lips, "Sister Xue, did you hear wrong? I didn't say that the person in the pavilion was you just now. I believe that Sister Xue would not do anything to let down the emperor. As for Lady Lan, she can't say that this outsider is Sister Xue's lover for no reason, so I wonder if there is another hidden story behind this?"
Her words sounded as if she hadn't offended either side, but they had insinuated that Xue Youli and Meng Xingzhi had a close relationship.
Lady Tan was awakened by her and quickly said to Shen Ruolan, "Sister Lan, what is going on between you and this lunatic? If you have been wronged, speak out bravely, and the emperor will definitely seek justice for you!"