the truth
Your Highness... Help!
What does he mean by that?
Jiang Yan, filled with suspicion, slowly climbed out of Zhang Qin's arms: "Your Highness, what... happened just now?"
Having revealed his identity, Zhang Qin decided to stop pretending and, feeling apprehensive and at a loss, looked at Shangguan Zeyu: "Your Highness."
Your Highness?
Who is he calling?
Following his anxious gaze, Jiang Yan saw "Zhang Qin" who was looking at them with a strange smile.
He called him... Your Highness?
Is he dizzy?
Jiang Yan looked at Zhang Qin in confusion, and seeing that he was becoming more and more nervous and anxious, she then looked uneasily at Shangguan Zeyu opposite her.
he?
Could it be... His Highness?
Really?
Isn't he Zhang Qin? How did he become a prince?
Jiang Yan felt a lingering fear in her heart, but she still looked at the person she thought was Shangguan Zeyu and smiled awkwardly.
"Your Highness, what's wrong? Is it too stuffy indoors? Let me help you go out for some fresh air."
Pretend not to look at his deathly expression.
Seeing that Zhang Qin was sweating profusely and his cheeks were flushed, as if he would faint if he didn't speak up soon, Shangguan Zeyu finally said, "Wait."
Jiang Yan was still deceiving herself, pulling hard on Zhang Qin, trying to drag him out.
Shangguan Zeyu: "My beloved concubine, do you really like Zhang Qin that much?"
Zhang Qin turned pale with fright and hurriedly clasped his hands together, saying, "Your Highness, please understand! I have absolutely no designs on the Consort!" But his struggle was in vain.
Jiang Yan really felt like dying!
How could she be so unlucky?
How could they have mistaken their benefactors for their own?
Recalling her mindless ramblings and the insults and abuse she had inflicted on him before, he was terrified, his face paling and his body going limp.
How will Shangguan Zeyu treat her?
Would he immediately order someone to kill her to vent his anger?
Jiang Yan's feet seemed to be glued to the ground. She was facing the doorway with her back to Shangguan Zeyu, and dared not move an inch.
Seeing Shangguan Zeyu walking towards them with a smile, Zhang Qin, in a moment of panic, disregarded the fact that he was a subordinate and Jiang Yan was a master. He used all his strength to pry Jiang Yan off and jumped three meters away.
Jiang Yan had no choice but to bite the bullet and force a smile as she turned to look at the real Shangguan Zeyu.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Shangguan Zeyu's expression of watching the spectacle intensified.
He deliberately lowered his voice and said slowly in a seductive tone, "My beloved concubine, why do you address me like that again?"
Jiang Yan hurriedly smiled apologetically, "Your Highness, I was blind and failed to recognize your greatness. Please forgive my rudeness. Hehehe..."
“But I am not some adult, am I?” Shangguan Zeyu stared intently at her with deep eyes, as if trying to bore a hole through her.
"Your Highness, you jest. You are the renowned Prince Duan of Zhou. Who hasn't heard of you?"
"But... my beloved concubine, you don't seem to have heard of this?" Shangguan Zeyu used his right index finger to slowly wrap a strand of hair hanging down from Jiang Yan's left ear around his hand.
Jiang Yan was startled and secretly glanced over.
He wrapped it up and then loosened it, then wrapped it up again, repeating this over and over without any intention of stopping.
Fearing he might suddenly become angry and rip out her hair, Jiang Yan fawned, saying, "Your Highness, you exude an aura of nobility and wealth. You are also handsome and dashing... I must have been blind to not recognize you. Your Highness, your heart is as vast as the ocean and as expansive as the sky. Please don't hold it against a lowly person like me." She smiled obsequiously, trying to pull her poor, painfully pulled hair from his clutches.
Shangguan Zeyu smiled as he watched her comical appearance, and cooperated by letting go of her hand so that she could retrieve that strand of hair and tuck it behind her ear.
Jiang Yan didn't know what to say, and just stared at him with a silly smile.
Shangguan Zeyu looked into her eyes and smiled even more mysteriously.
He slowly brought his head close to her right ear.
When Jiang Yan realized what he was doing, her face turned pale instantly, and she became so nervous that her whole body stiffened, and she didn't even dare to blink.
He pressed his warm lips almost against the base of her neck, and spoke slowly in an intimate voice that only the two of them could hear.
"My beloved concubine, would you like to serve me tonight?"
Jiang Yan's eyes widened in shock, as if they were about to jump out of their sockets.
"My beloved concubine disagrees?" Shangguan Zeyu did not immediately raise his head, but noticed her reaction and asked with a low laugh.
Serving in the Emperor's bedchamber. Serving in the Emperor's bedchamber.
Jiang Yan kept repeating those two words in her mind, but her mind was in a daze due to the shock and the unexpected event, and she couldn't think of anything.
Shangguan Zeyu was waiting for this reaction from her, so he couldn't help but chuckle as he watched.
Jiang Yan vaguely heard his laughter, and, still dazed, looked at him.
What is he laughing at?
That smile is so beautiful!!
Shangguan Zeyu turned his back and said, "My beloved concubine must be tired. Go and rest."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan didn't think too much about it. In fact, such a thing happened in the blink of an eye, and she really had no ability to think anymore. She obediently left Yunxiao Pavilion.
Huang Ying was still anxiously waiting for her outside the courtyard.
Seeing her ashen face, he was so frightened that he immediately ran up to her and grabbed her hands.
"My lord, my lord, what's wrong? Did the Prince... blame you?"
Jiang Yan glanced at her absentmindedly, then looked up at the sky, utterly helpless, and said, "Heaven is going to kill me!!!"
Jiang Yan told Huang Ying everything that happened at Yunxiao Pavilion.
Huang Ying was stunned for a long time after hearing this, much like Jiang Yan's reaction at the time.
Jiang Yan didn't know what to do next. She was afraid that Shangguan Zeyu would really make her serve him in bed that night. She lay on the bed like a corpse, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Huang Ying had never heard of anything so unbelievable in her life. She was completely at a loss and sat blankly on the soft couch under the window.
In this way, most of the day has passed.
News of Jiang Yan's departure from Yunxiao Pavilion spread like wildfire, and Xiao Yiqing, unsurprisingly, flew into a rage upon hearing it.
"You slut! What a slut!! You pretend to be so gentle and unassuming, but who would have thought you'd be so shameless behind my back!!!" After her outburst, she hurriedly asked Chunhua, "Were you at Yunxiao Pavilion last night?"
"Your Highness, no. Our people said that His Highness slept alone last night. He has been sleeping alone for the past few days."
"Did that bitch go to curry favor with someone early this morning?" Xiao Yiqing clenched her fists in anger and glared fiercely in a certain direction.
But soon, she relaxed and smiled.
"Good, good timing! Now I know what to do." She nestled lazily in the recliner, her eyes gleaming with calculating cunning.
Wang Qianqian and Wu Lanyu naturally found out as well.
Wang Qianqian didn't seem to care much and continued playing the zither leisurely.
However, Liu Ying was very worried and said this when she finished playing one piece and was preparing to play the next.
"Master, don't you mind?"
"What do you care about?"
"...Consort Liu went to see the Prince..."
Wang Qianqian gently touched the strings of the zither, but didn't make it produce a sound, saying, "What's there to care about? It's perfectly normal for Consort Liu to go to see the Prince!"
"But if that's the case, when will you be able to let the Prince..." She didn't dare to finish her sentence.
Wang Qianqian smiled coldly.
"Firefly, haven't you figured out the prince's intentions yet?"
The fireflies were puzzled.
Wang Qianqian scoffed, "We're nothing but pawns in the prince's game. He'll never truly care for us."
"......"
Wang Qianqian continued, "Putting aside the fact that our entry into the Prince's residence wasn't the Prince's intention, it's strange that the Prince has never favored us since we've been here for three or four years. Shen Qianqian's incident was merely because the Prince was being plotted against, and she happened to be there. I think Shen Qianqian's loss of her child might have been the Prince's intention in the first place. Perhaps the Princess Consort was acting on behalf of the Prince, or perhaps the Prince hadn't even started his plan yet, and the Princess Consort just happened to do what the Prince wanted to do."
Liu Ying looked terrified as she listened.
Wang Qianqian sneered and said, "The prince is using our jealousy and rivalry to deal with us one by one. Shen Qianqian is the first, and I, Wu Lanyu, or the princess, or Consort Liu, will be next."
"Master, are you perhaps overthinking things? I saw that everything was fine before, and the Prince treated you very well."
Wang Qianqian sneered: "Good? Teasing without taking responsibility, is that good? Perhaps the timing wasn't right before. Just you wait and see, in a few days, someone else will definitely be kicked out."
"Master, what should we do?"
Wang Qianqian gave a self-deprecating laugh: "We have no initiative, we'll just have to wait and see."
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