She boarded the Crown Prince's carriage, looking distraught, and told the coachman to drive her back to the mansion.
Sitting in the carriage, she couldn't help but laugh mockingly.
Her own son, yet she had no say in his affairs.
It seems that power and status in the palace are more important than anything else.
At this point, her desire to gain a foothold in the Crown Prince's residence became even stronger.
When she returned to the Crown Prince's residence, Leng Chuchen had not yet returned. It was said that he had gone to the military camp that day and had sent word that he would not be back that night.
They're probably making preparations in advance because people from the Southern Kingdom are arriving in the capital tomorrow.
She had originally planned to have him visit Yiming in the palace after he returned, but now she realized that she had been too naive.
If Leng Chuchen goes to the Empress Dowager's palace to find Yiming late at night, the Empress Dowager will inevitably think that she has returned to complain, and then the Empress Dowager will cause trouble for her again.
Anyway, Yiming won't suffer any grievances with the Empress Dowager, so if he doesn't want to come back, he doesn't have to!
She kept trying to comfort herself, but she couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room with worry.
That night, she barely slept a wink. She thought about many things: her future, Yiming's future, and her relationship with Leng Chuchen.
She admitted to herself that she had feelings for Leng Chuchen, and even liked her a little.
However, as someone with a modern soul, she could never accept sharing a husband with another person. Therefore, her desire to fight for him was solely because she wanted to protect Yiming.
When she couldn't sleep, she did many things that no one else knew about...
As she was thinking about these things, there was a rapid knocking at the door. She frowned, and just as she was about to get up, she heard Tiger's voice calling from outside.
"Miss Luo, please wake up! Something has happened."
Something happened?
Upon hearing those three words, Yiming was the first person she thought of.
Could it be that something happened to Yiming?
She rolled out of bed in one swift motion, not even bothering to straighten her clothes, and went straight to open the door.
The moment the door opened, she froze on the spot.
The people standing at the door were actually Rouge and some palace guards.
When Rouge saw her, she frowned slightly and waved to the guards behind her.
"Go in and search."
What are you trying to do?
She immediately blocked the doorway.
"Why are you searching my room?"
"Why should I? Because you've been dishonest with your hands and feet."
"Nonsense, how did I do anything dishonest? Did you come here so early in the morning just to frame me?"
Before she could finish speaking, a guard shouted.
"Miss Rouge, we've found her."
Hearing this, she turned around in astonishment and saw a guard holding a delicate little box. Rouge stepped forward, snatched the box from him, and questioned him coldly.
"Where was it found?"
"Right under her bed."
Under the bed?
She glanced under the bed, then looked at Rouge with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
"I've never seen this before, how did it end up under my bed?"
"The question is now yours. This is a luminous pearl from the South China Sea, priceless. It was a return gift that the Emperor intended to give to the envoys of the Southern Yuan Kingdom. Unexpectedly, you took it. Now come with me to the palace for trial!"
Rouge spoke arrogantly, and a dark, mocking look appeared in her eyes.
She had never seen this before, so how could it have appeared under her bed?
There's only one possibility now: she wasn't in the manor yesterday because someone was deliberately framing her.
Yesterday, she was only thinking about guarding against Empress Qi, never expecting that someone would tamper with her room.
This is truly impossible to guard against.
However, she secretly thought to herself that this matter was now definitely related to Empress Qi. Otherwise, why would Empress Qi have summoned her to the palace yesterday? How could things from her palace have mysteriously ended up under her bed? And how could people from her palace have come to search her room so quickly and accurately after only one night?
Even if they wanted to frame someone, they should have done it flawlessly and not left so many clues!
Thinking of this, she simply let out a soft hum.
“I have never seen this box before. Don’t try to frame me with this.”
"Hmph, whether or not you're being framed isn't up to you to decide. Take him away."
Clearly, Rouge had no interest in talking to her and directly ordered her men to take Luo Zhiwan away.
As they were leaving, Xiaohu and Chun'er anxiously asked,
"Miss Luo, what's wrong? His Highness isn't in the manor, what should we do?"
Seeing the two new girls sweating profusely with anxiety, she shook her head and chuckled.
"Don't worry about me, white can't be turned black, and black can't be turned white."
Leaving those words behind, she walked forward with a carefree air, escorted by two guards.
She was unusually calm at this moment; it wasn't that she wasn't afraid, but that she dared not be afraid.
If she wanted to survive under the noses of the royal family, she had to be prepared to lose her head at any moment.
She was taken directly to the Qianqing Palace, where not only the Emperor was present, but also Empress Qi and several court officials.
She never expected that, in order to frame her, they would go so far as to invite the Emperor out and have court officials come to watch.
She knelt before the Emperor, but before she could speak, Leng Chuchen, who had just received the news, rushed over.
He didn't have time to bow; upon entering the room, he asked directly:
'Father, what's going on?'
An angry glint appeared in the Emperor's eyes, followed by a cold snort.
"You should ask her what happened."
Leng Chuchen rushed to her side and anxiously asked,
"What's going on? What happened?"
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