Si Jiangzhi's face didn't show any fear, but that was only on the surface. His heart had already begun to tremble violently, but he knew that at this moment, he couldn't panic. He had to calmly deal with Jiang He, who had suddenly appeared.
"No matter why you appear here, you can't stand outside the window. Hurry up and climb in through the window now." Si Jiangzhi grabbed Jiang He's sleeve without saying a word, and then pulled him into the inner room with force.
Jiang He was completely stunned. He let Si Jiangzhi drag him through the window and into the house. Then Si Jiangzhi slammed the window shut. He turned around and saw Doctor Wang still slumped on the ground. He couldn't help but get furious. "You useless thing, what are you doing sitting there? Why don't you stand up?"
Doctor Wang was brought back to her senses by these scoldings, and she staggered to her feet. After the extreme shock, she also became annoyed. "Wasn't your attendant Xia He guarding outside? How did Jiang He get to the window so quietly?"
As soon as Doctor Wang finished speaking, the door was pushed open from the outside. Xia He trotted in and knelt at Si Jiangzhi's feet with a plop. "It's all my fault. All of this is my fault. I didn't trust anyone to stay outside to keep watch at night, so I sent all the servants from Lianyun Palace away. Who would have known that when I went to the toilet, I would run into Mei Rongze... And who would have known that he would come in at that very moment..."
By the end of his speech, Xia He was so frustrated that he couldn't speak clearly. He raised his hands and slapped himself left and right on the face. The sound of "pa pa pa pa" was endless. His face soon swelled up like a pig's head and it was almost unrecognizable.
Si Jiangzhi squatted down and grabbed Xia He's wrist. "That's enough. Now is not the time to hold anyone responsible. Even if you beat yourself to death here, it won't save the situation. It will only make me more upset."
Xia He stopped obediently, but she didn't know what to do. She just looked at her master in a daze.
The next moment, Si Jiangzhi knelt at Jiang He's feet, tears streaming down his face. "Jiang He, my mother has been very kind to your whole family. You should remember this, right?"
Seeing Jiang He nodded woodenly.
Si Jiangzhi grabbed Jiang He's trouser legs with his hands, his eyes still glistening with tears, filled with pleading, "Jiang He, just consider it as me begging you, can you just pretend you didn't see anything that happened today? As long as you're willing to let Doctor Wang and me go, the favor you owe to the Duke of Liang's Mansion will be written off."
Jiang He pulled his trouser leg out of Si Jiangzhi's hand. His voice, like his lips, trembled continuously. "You are really crazy! Si Jiangzhi, you are really crazy! How dare you? How dare you do such a shameful thing with Doctor Wang in the palace? Si Jiangzhi, you are His Majesty's man, you are really throwing your life away!"
Si Jiangzhi's forehead hit the ground hard. His clothes were disheveled, and his face was no longer as noble and cold as before. He looked as miserable as he could be. "I know I did something wrong, but I was just confused for a moment. Now I have figured it out. I am your Majesty's servant, and I will never do anything to let your Majesty down. Jiang He, just pretend you didn't see what happened this time, okay? I promise there won't be a next time. I promise you!"
Jiang He shook his head and took several steps back. "I'm sorry, I can't pretend I didn't see anything. I must report today's events to His Majesty and Queen Lu. Si Jiangzhi, you need to pay the price for your actions today."
Hearing that Jiang He was determined to expose what happened today, Si Jiangzhi supported himself on the ground with his hands. He stood up with great difficulty and stared at Jiang He with great resentment. "You bitch, why are you repaying kindness with hatred? Why won't you let me go?"
Jiang He pointed at the furnishings inside the room, his eyes filled with incomprehension. "Si Jiangzhi, this courtyard you live in is truly made of gold and jade. You will live in such wealth and splendor for the rest of your life. What on earth are you still dissatisfied with? How could you actually do such a heinous act as betraying His Majesty?"
Si Jiangzhi's face showed no trace of remorse. He sneered, as if he had heard a huge joke. "What on earth am I dissatisfied with? Jiang He, you are deeply favored by His Majesty and have a lovely son. Of course, you don't know what I am dissatisfied with. To put it nicely, it's the Lotus Rhythm Palace, but His Majesty never sets foot here. This palace is deserted and lonely, almost like the cold palace.
I am a man with normal needs. I long for the grace and favor of my wife. Is there anything wrong with my thoughts? My wife refused to favor me, so I found Doctor Wang. Jiang He, tell me, what did I do wrong?
Jiang He was so angry that he couldn't even finish his words. "This is ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! Si Jiangzhi, even if you find a thousand excuses for yourself, it can't erase the mistakes you made. You are really full of fallacies..."
Si Jiangzhi simply didn't have the patience to listen to Jiang He finish her words. He sneered again, "Heretical theories? But what I said is clearly all the facts. I don't ask for Your Majesty to favor me too much, even if she comes to me once a month, once every two months, or even once every three months. But do you know how long it has been since she came to Lianyun Palace? From the first day she ascended the throne to now, she has never favored me once. Jiang He, honestly, if you were in my position, could you tolerate such emptiness?"
Si Jiangzhi's cheeks were now covered with tears. He practically shouted, "I was born in the Duke of Liang's mansion, a noble son raised pampered by my mother. Before I got married, I was so proud. I thought that with my talent as one of the four great talents in the imperial capital, I could live in harmony with my future wife."
But after marrying into the Eastern Palace, I realized how ridiculous I was. Her Majesty wouldn't even look at me, not even once! I was such a proud person, but after getting married, I was willing to break my bones just to fight for that empty favor.
As long as it pleases Her Majesty, I'm willing to try any trick, no matter how absurd. I've heard Her Majesty enjoys watching people dance on the ice, so like the humblest geisha, I donned the thinnest of costumes and danced gracefully on the winter's jade lake. But even when I was freezing, Her Majesty only glanced at me twice, and that night she retired to your room. She despised me completely, and even when I knelt on the ground and begged her for favor, she never took me seriously.
Jiang He, do you think I want to be like this? She forced me to do this!
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