Chapter 99 He Knows
Looking at the entrance of Fengyi Palace, the emperor suddenly remembered what Guangling Hou said to other ministers after the palace banquet.
At that time, the Marquis of Guangling was protecting his wife with a smile on his face, and he boasted to a minister next to him: "Look, look, my wife is pregnant, and it's twins. Hahaha, it must be my two children who have returned~"
"If you ask me, the original couple is still the best. After going through all the ups and downs, isn't it your wife who is buried with you in the end?"
"You, you are so stupid. You are so nice to a concubine, but you can't be buried together with her after you die. Tsk tsk, be careful of retribution~"
Somehow, after discussing with the crown prince and several ministers, the emperor remembered the queen, so he brought eunuch Li to Fengyi Palace.
"Tell them not to pass on the message. I want to give the Queen a surprise. From now on... I will treat the Queen well."
Caifeng, the queen's personal maid, was changing her master's clothes and preparing for a rest when her eyes suddenly caught sight of a bright yellow figure beside her.
“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”
Caifeng hurriedly put back on the queen's half-taken undergarment, but this did not affect the fact that the emperor had already seen something he should not have seen.
Seeing the emperor standing there in a daze, the queen felt a flash of panic in her heart. She knew too well what was wrong with her.
"Your Majesty, why are you here? Aren't you here to discuss something with the Crown Prince and the ministers?"
"I see you haven't eaten anything tonight. Caifeng, go ask the kitchen to make some food so I can accompany His Majesty."
The emperor calmly followed the queen to sit on the chair. Although he saw something just now, it was too dark in the room and he couldn't be sure. In other words, he didn't want to be sure.
In his eyes, the queen could really be called a good queen over the years. She cared about him, was filial to the empress dowager, handled palace affairs properly, and never became jealous even when he favored other concubines.
But he didn't expect that her not being jealous was not because she was generous, but because she didn't care at all.
"Your Majesty...why are you looking at me like this today?"
The emperor took the queen's hand and said, "I was deeply moved by what Guangling Hou said today. The queen is my first wife. I neglected you before. I will treat you well in the future."
The Queen was startled and didn't know how to respond, but at this moment, the Emperor dismissed the palace servants and pulled the Queen towards the phoenix bed...
"Your Majesty, I am a little tired after today's palace banquet..."
The emperor looked at the queen who was trying to refuse, his eyes turned cold, and then he pulled down the queen's collar.
"Queen! You are indeed tired, and you must be tired from committing adultery with your adulterer."
The queen was slapped to the ground and didn't dare to get up for a long time: "Your Majesty, I...I didn't do that. You misunderstood me."
"Misunderstanding?" The emperor felt dizzy. "Well, Queen, please explain to me how the red mark on your neck came about."
"If my guess is correct, the Queen still has many such marks on her body. I haven't stayed in Fengyi Palace for several months. Don't blame me."
"If you can explain clearly today, I can let you go for now. If you can't explain clearly, then the Queen of the Great Zhou should be replaced."
The Queen looked at the Emperor hesitantly, unable to utter a single word for a long time. The wound on her neck could be explained, but what about the wound on her body...
"Queen, you are truly my good queen. I am so sorry that I still want to treat you better. I am so redundant."
"Don't worry, I won't let you die so easily before I find out who the adulterer is."
"I will let you witness with your own eyes how I will tear him apart and scatter his bones and ashes. Don't worry, after he is gone, it will be you. I will grant you both your wish and let you two live happily ever after."
"Someone come!"
Eunuch Li and Caifeng rushed in upon hearing the noise and were shocked to see the queen lying on the ground with her face covered.
"Oh my God, what's wrong? Why are you so angry? You've just gotten better, please don't get angry again."
"The Queen is the mother of a country. Even if there is something wrong, you can just say a few words to me. Why did you resort to violence?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down, calm down~"
The Emperor looked at Eunuch Li and waved his hand: "No need to persuade me any further. Pass on my decree. From today on, the Empress is confined to Fengyi Palace. All expenses will be treated as those of a palace maid. No one is allowed to see her, and no one is allowed to plead for mercy."
Watching the emperor leave angrily, the queen's face was dead silent: "It's over, he knows, he knows, with his temper, he will never let me live."
At this point, she suddenly grasped Caifeng's hand tightly, a glimmer of hope in her eyes, and whispered in her ear, a voice only the two of them could hear: "Hurry up and find someone to tell the Crown Prince to find a way to take the throne as soon as possible. Also, go find that person and ask him to find a way to save me and my son. Go quickly, go now!"
"If the Emperor finds out that the prince is not his son, he will die."
Caifeng nodded and ran out with gritted teeth, because she knew that if the Queen's affair was discovered, not only the Queen and the Prince would die, but she would also die.
It was now night, and Cai Feng came to the Guantian Palace panting. For some reason, none of the guards who were usually outside were there today, and even the people who usually served her were nowhere to be seen.
"Tianshi? Master Tianshi, are you here? I'm from the Empress' palace. The Empress wants me to tell you something."
Caifeng bravely walked in and called out softly, but even after she reached the back hall, no one responded.
Just as she was about to leave and was thinking of finding another opportunity to come again tomorrow night, she suddenly heard a sound coming from not far away.
"Master? Master, are you in there?"
Caifeng reached out and pushed open the door in front of her, and saw a man soaking in the bathtub with his back to her. When he turned around, Caifeng was so scared that she fell to the ground and forgot to even scream.
Although only the man's head was exposed outside the bathtub, his face kept changing. In just a few breaths, he turned from a teenager to an old man, and then back to a teenager again.
Caifeng quickly covered her mouth with her hands, fearing that she would be silenced if she screamed out, and sat on the ground, not daring to move.
After an unknown amount of time, the man's face finally froze and stopped changing.
"Bring me the robes of this Heavenly Master."
Caifeng moved her stiff limbs, crawled up from the ground and handed over the robe beside her. She kept her head down the whole time, afraid of seeing something she shouldn't see.
"Master...Master Tianshi, please don't worry. I didn't see anything. Master Tianshi...Master Tianshi was just practicing. It was I who didn't know the rules and accidentally barged in. That's why Master Tianshi almost went crazy."
"Please... please, Master, spare my life."
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