Chapter 198 Bo Qiaohui 10
"Her Majesty, please spare me, Her Majesty, please spare me. This servant, this servant, was also threatened by Madam Shen, and had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure!"
The eunuch wanted to save his life, so he immediately told the whole story of how Madam Shen had approached him and how she had threatened him.
Although she had long guessed that it was Shen'er who did this, Dou Yifang still couldn't help feeling a chill in her heart.
Shen Er betrayed her time and time again, and she gave in time and time again. She even tolerated Shen Er sharing her husband and gave her the status and dignity she deserved, but why was she still like this, never satisfied?
"Did anyone see you along the way?"
"Except for the guards at the door, no one else noticed." Xue Yuan naturally knew that this matter was of great importance, so she took the two of them with her as soon as she entered the palace. Fortunately, her martial arts skills were not weak, so she was not discovered along the way.
Dou Yifang nodded and looked coldly at the two people kneeling on the ground: "Lock them up and don't allow them to eat or drink."
Then he looked at the people in the hall and said, "Watch your mouths! If anyone leaks even a little bit of information, I will investigate thoroughly and show no mercy!"
"promise."
"Don't worry, Xueyuan. I will definitely give you justice." Dou Yifang promised her, then asked worriedly, "But what about your marriage with Zhou Yafu? I'm afraid the auspicious time has almost passed."
Speak of the devil and he will appear. Before Xue Yuan could answer, Zhou Yafu, wearing his wedding gown and looking murderous, walked in.
As soon as he entered the Pepper Room, his eyes were drawn to Xue Yuan. She was also wearing her wedding gown, as beautiful as she had been that day, and it moved his heart so much that his anger paused for a moment.
"Xue Yuan..."
When he saw the Queen beside Xue Yuan, his gentle expression turned cold again: "What does the Queen mean? Don't you even care about the Emperor's will?"
"Zhou Yafu, what are you talking about?" Xue Yuan stood in front of the Queen, glaring at her beloved. "Are you trying to offend her superiors by speaking to her like this?"
"She treated you like this, and you still want to defend her?"
Zhou Yafu pointed at the Empress, his rage no longer suppressed. "I finally begged the Emperor to grant us a marriage, but she defied even the Emperor's will, simply to keep you by her side, to keep you at her mercy, and to keep me under her thumb. Is such a person worth your trouble to protect?"
"You don't need to speak of my mother like that!"
Suddenly, a figure ran out from behind the screen. Zhou Yafu felt a pain in his arm and was about to shake his arm off when he found that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, please let go!"
"Qi'er!"
Dou Yifang and Xue Yuan both tried to pull the child away, but Qi'er bit Zhou Yafu's arm so deeply that it turned purple even through his wedding gown.
"Qi'er, apologize quickly."
"I'm not, it's clearly his fault." Qi'er turned his head away, stiffening his neck and refusing to apologize. Seeing that his mother and Xue Yuan were about to reach out to grab him, he thought they were going to force him to apologize, so he hid behind Zhou Yafu again.
"Mother, you are unreasonable. I am standing up for you. How can you ask me to apologize to him? Even if Master did something wrong, he must be punished!"
He said to Zhou Yafu, "I heard everything just now. Mother didn't stop Sister Xueyuan at all. It was Madam Shen—"
"Qi'er!"
Dou Yifang suddenly raised her voice and scolded Liu Qi. But Zhou Yafu had already heard what the prince said.
Although he was a military commander and not good at these harem struggles, it did not mean that he was completely unaware of them. Thinking about Madam Shen's advice to him these days, Zhou Yafu vaguely understood something.
But, are the prince's words true or false? Could it be another conspiracy of Dou Yifang?
The prejudice had already been formed, and Zhou Yafu felt that the queen's every move was ill-intentioned.
The man was in a dilemma, but the fierce aura he had when he first arrived was gone. He stood there, not knowing what he was thinking, when he suddenly grabbed Xue Yuan's wrist and said, "I don't care what schemes you are playing. Since the emperor has betrothed Xue Yuan to me, I will take her away today."
"I won't go with you!"
Xue Yuan looked at his shocked eyes and turned her head away: "At least not now."
"Zhou Yafu, do you really have to make a scene in front of the children?"
The man glanced at the confused prince behind him, closed his eyes, shook off his hand and turned away.
Dou Yifang finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zhou Yafu leave the Pepper Room. She pulled Liu Qi to her side and said sternly, "Qi'er, tell me the truth. How much of the conversation between Aunt Xueyuan and I did you hear just now?"
Liu Qi lowered his head and glanced at her quietly, a little hesitant: "Well...I didn't hear much either."
"How much is it?"
"So... you should apologize to Aunt Xueyuan and tell her you're sorry, then she'll start listening."
Dou Yifang held her forehead and sighed, thinking that she had heard everything.
She had always avoided letting her children know about these secrets of the harem, fearing that it would change their temperament. Especially since Qi'er was the crown prince, if he learned these things, how would he be able to manage the country in the future?
"Qi'er," Dou Yifang squatted down and looked into her son's clear eyes seriously. "Whatever you heard, forget it. These things are not your business, and they are not worth your bother. Remember, you are the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, the future emperor. You only need to learn your skills from your master. Do you understand?"
Liu Qi tilted his head and looked at her: "If Master Zhou asks, how should I answer?"
"Just say you don't know and that you were just talking nonsense that day."
"I understand..."
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"My mother told me to tell you that I know nothing since you asked me. I wasn't hiding behind the screen to listen to their conversation that day. Everything I told you was just nonsense."
Liu Qi looked at Master Zhou, who had stopped him in the corridor, with a serious expression: "Master, do you understand?"
"I understand. Your Highness, please tell me about your nonsense. I am very interested."
Zhou Yafu also understood, and the two of them immediately found a secluded place. Liu Qi told Zhou Yafu everything he had seen and heard yesterday, and finally asked him angrily and puzzledly:
"Master Zhou, why do you think Mother is so kind to that evil woman? She snatched Father away and nearly injured Aunt Xue Yuan, yet Mother refused to hand those two thieves over to Father to let him deal with them."
Dou Yifang never explained these harem struggles to her children, causing Liu Qi to suffer greatly in these struggles without fully understanding them.
Zhou Yafu was actually not very good at this, but he was an adult after all, and had seen a lot over the years, so he was still much better than Liu Qi.
Although she was reluctant to think so, Dou Yifang's action was probably due to the fact that she still cared about her long-term relationship with Madam Shen and also for Xue Yuan's reputation.
He looked down at the prince who was still waiting for his answer and felt very confused.
He vaguely felt that a huge net was about to be set up for him, but he also felt that there were other things involved.
Madam Shen and the Queen, what secrets are they both hiding? And what roles do Xue Yuan and I play in these things?
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