Chapter 135: Illness Must Be Treated
The housekeeper who was helping to put out the fire saw the Crown Prince coming and quickly handed the bucket to the servant next to him: "Your Highness, you are finally here..."
Before Xiao Jingrui could say anything, he heard Bu Ruo beside him suddenly scream, and then covered his mouth as if he was frightened.
"Your Highness, look over there, isn't that the Crown Princess? How could she lie with someone else? If outsiders saw this, how would the Crown Prince feel ashamed?"
"Butler, how can you do things like that? How can you let the Crown Princess lie on the floor with another man? If she wants to lie down, she should lie down in the room."
Mo Bao, who was watching the excitement among the fire-fighting crowd, laughed secretly. It turned out that only his master could say such a thing as letting the Crown Princess lie down in the room with another man.
The housekeeper didn't know why Prince Zhan and Princess Zhan were here, so he could only lower his head and say, "Princess, it's not that I'm not letting the Crown Princess go to her room and lie down. You can see that the whole backyard is on fire."
"If we move somewhere else... I don't know where the fire will spread. If we don't have time to rescue the people, what will happen if the Crown Princess is burned?"
Bu Ruo shook her head: "Even if you don't care about that man, you still have to put the Crown Princess's clothes on, right? She's just lying on the ground with her outer robe covering her. There are so many people putting out the fire, and they're all men. The Crown Princess has been seen naked."
The housekeeper wished he could die right there. "It's... not that I don't want to clean up after the Crown Princess. The fire was really intense and huge, and most of the maids didn't know martial arts and couldn't run fast enough. They were all choked by the thick smoke and passed out. Their clothes were also burned, and the guards didn't dare touch the Crown Princess, so they could only... could only..."
What he didn't say was that the guards came to report that when the fire broke out, the Crown Princess was in the room making love with another man and was oblivious to the world. She didn't even know they had entered.
In the end, the guards saw the fire coming in and immediately knocked the two men unconscious and dragged them out.
At this moment, a gust of wind blew and blew away the rag covering the man's head...
Bu Ruo glanced at Mo Bao in the distance and gave him an admiring look, then exclaimed loudly...
"Isn't this... isn't this the driver who drove the Crown Princess before she got married? Your Highness has seen him before. It was during the Spring Search, when the Heavenly Master's tent was on fire. Someone saw the Crown Princess having a secret meeting with a man, and that man was this driver."
"I didn't expect he was still alive. Tsk, tsk, tsk, His Royal Highness is really generous."
Xiao Jingrui was already so driven by Bu Ruoya that he wanted to kill people: "Housekeeper, why don't you quickly have someone carry these two people to my study? Are you leaving them here for others to see me make a fool of myself?"
Bu Ruo: Go ahead and raise it. It’s already been quite some time now and everyone has seen everything they need to see. Add to that Mo Bao’s publicity and the whole of Kyoto will know that the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou has been cheated on again before dawn.
"I see that the fire is under control. Why don't you, my uncle and aunt, go back and rest first?"
Seeing that he had let out his anger and seen enough excitement, Bu Ruo took Xiao Yulan's arm and said, "Your Highness, since the Crown Prince is alright, let's go first."
After saying that, she didn't forget to look back at Xiao Jingrui: "I'm not saying this to you, Aunt Huang, you must do a good job of fire prevention. Look... half of the Prince's Mansion is gone in an instant."
"And the Crown Princess... Hey, we must be careful about fire prevention, fire prevention!"
Xiao Jingrui clenched his fists as he watched the couple leave. Even though they had walked far away, he could still hear their voices.
"Ah, the Crown Prince's nephew is really miserable. Two Crown Princesses have been looking for men outside. Hey? Your Highness, do you think the Crown Prince is not good in that aspect? Otherwise, Your Highness, please find a chance to ask him privately?"
"Although Jin Congcong may seem silly sometimes, he is quite right in saying that if you are sick, you must treat it and you cannot hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor."
"Well, I understand. I will ask when I have the chance."
"Alas, I don't know if the Crown Prince can withstand such a heavy blow. The incident with the Crown Princess happened not long ago. Where will the Crown Prince put his face? Your Highness must comfort him when he returns."
"I will."
Just when Xiao Jingrui was trying his best to endure, a minister who was helping to put out the fire ran over with a black face and an empty bucket in his hand. It was obvious from his hard work that he was a member of the prince's party.
"Your Highness, the fire has been put out. Don't worry. Go back and take care of your household chores first."
"Don't worry, I will make sure they keep their mouths shut about what happened today when I return. Not a single word about the Crown Princess will be leaked from my residence."
After the minister finished speaking, he led the other officials and servants who came to put out the fire away, leaving behind a group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.
Xiao Jingrui took a deep breath, and kept taking deep breaths. He tried hard to calm his emotions and then forced a smile.
"Thank you all for coming to help put out the fire at the Prince's Mansion today. As a thank you to the people who put out the fire, each of you will receive five taels of silver. The steward will send someone to distribute it to you later."
After saying that, Xiao Jingrui tried to maintain his composure and left without looking back.
In the study, Xiao Jingrui looked at the two people lying on the ground. He couldn't hold back his anger any longer and kicked over a chair, but even such a loud noise couldn't wake the two people up.
Xiao Jingrui was furious and smashed the teacup on the table directly onto Lin Rou's head.
"Ah! Who hits me? I'm the Crown Princess, who dares to hit me!"
Lin Rou stood up with her head covered, and when she saw Xiao Jingrui, she didn't react for a moment.
"Your Highness, why are you in my room? Shouldn't you be bringing Su Yiling..."
It would be fine if he didn't mention it, but as soon as Xiao Jingrui mentioned it, he even wanted to kill someone.
Just now, Fang Nian reported that Su Yiling was missing and all the guards who were guarding her died in the fire.
According to the investigation, the cause of the fire was that a little maid in the backyard accidentally knocked over a candlestick after falling asleep, which caused the fire.
Xiao Jingrui certainly didn't believe that the little maid had knocked over the candlestick, but so what.
Even if he found out that Princess Zhan was the one who started the fire, could he still go to the palace to file a complaint? If that happened, everyone would know that Su Yiling was kidnapped by him, and his reputation as the crown prince would be completely ruined.
So... he could only swallow this loss with his eyes wide open.
"Lin Rou! Open your eyes and see clearly where you are! And take a good look at the man next to you!"
"I must have been blind to believe you and kidnap Su Yiling. No, I wasn't blinded by kidnapping her. I was blind to agree to marry you in the first place!"
Lin Rou only felt a headache at the moment, and it took her a long time to find where she was. She was even more frightened when she saw her situation and the man lying on the ground next to her.
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