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"You..." Prince Shuo looked at the Duke of England in shock, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.
The Duke of England linked these two events together in this way, and no matter who heard it, they would feel that there was some truth in it. How could Xu Qingyue, a concubine of the Duke's mansion, have the courage to murder the Duke of England? Even if she murdered the Duke of England, what good would it do her? Xu Qingyue dared to collude with outsiders to murder the Duke of England, so there was only one reason, that she was instructed by someone. But who instructed her?
At this time, she was found to have an affair with Prince Shuo, so this conjecture is self-evident. Regardless of whether there was solid evidence before to prove that Li Ji was his person, the current situation made people feel that it was Prince Shuo who did it.
"What do you want from talking nonsense here?" Prince Shuo was almost mad with anger. After taking a few deep breaths, he roared in frustration.
After the Duke of Ying and Pei Jingchuan exchanged a glance, the Duke of Ying looked at Prince Shuo unhappily and sneered, "You are a prince, and we are just a Duke's Mansion. Naturally, we dare not do anything to the prince. Since the prince has set his eyes on my son's concubine, then I will give her to the prince! Although this matter has brought shame to our Duke's Mansion, she is just a concubine anyway, how dare we offend the prince? Please accept Xu Qingyue, and don't try to take advantage of the women of our Duke's Mansion in the future!"
After saying that, without waiting for Prince Shuo to refuse, Duke Ying flicked his sleeves and left. Pei Jingchuan and the others also left quickly behind him, leaving Xu Qingyue and Prince Shuo alone to be pointed at and criticized.
They had no direct evidence to prove that Li Ji was Prince Shuo's person, but if they investigated the matter in detail, there would be no result. It would be better to just let it go and let people speculate, thus ruining Prince Shuo's reputation. Prince Shuo had colluded with the concubine of the Duke's mansion, and the concubine had also had contact with the person who murdered the Duke. Such a connection was enough to make people imagine.
Over the years, Prince Shuo has not attended court and has not been involved in government affairs, giving people the impression that he has no ambitions, and even the superiors are not afraid of him. But now, once this matter is exposed, I am afraid that the superiors will definitely be suspicious. Why would a prince have contact with the concubine of the Duke's Mansion? And this concubine is related to the person who murdered the Duke? What exactly do they want to do?
After Prince Shuo's rage, he gradually calmed down and naturally thought of these things, but he could only feel helpless and angry.
Only Xu Qingyue was extremely panicked. She was kicked out of the Duke's Mansion in such a shameful way. If Prince Shuo no longer wanted her, wouldn't she be drowned in other people's spit?
Now, her mother was also abandoned by her father. Her father had a new lover and a new son, and he no longer cared about them. The Xu family was also unreliable. The only one she could rely on was Prince Shuo. She had to find a way to get Prince Shuo to take her in.
So, she thought quickly, and hurriedly hugged Prince Shuo's thigh, saying: "Prince, you can't drive me away. Now everyone knows about us. If you drive me out now, they will definitely think that you are using me to deal with the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion. Only if you take me into the palace and let everyone know that you really like me, then people may think that you are just lustful and don't want to do anything to the Duke of Yingguo! As for the matter of the concubine, you can blame me and say that I did it to get rid of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion!"
At this time, Prince Shuo was about to have someone drive Xu Qingyue away. He didn't want to see Xu Qingyue again, a person who was always causing trouble but could not do anything good. But after hearing what she said, he calmed down. Indeed, what Xu Qingyue said made some sense.
If he kicked Xu Qingyue out now, he would not be able to save his reputation, and people would even suspect that he was just killing her. In particular, the emperor would think that he had used Xu Qingyue and then kicked her out. The only way was to take Xu Qingyue into the mansion and pamper her, so that people would mistakenly think that he loved her. This way, he would not be called shameless, and it would only be a matter of style and morality. As long as he did not involve political conspiracies and the emperor did not guard against him, he would still be the honorable Prince Shuo.
So, he changed his attitude, pretended to gently help Xu Qingyue up from the ground, and deliberately looked at Xu Qingyue affectionately in front of the people and said: "I'm sorry for making you suffer! Now that they have found out, I will treat you well. You leave the Duke's Mansion, and we can finally be together. Even if others scold you, you will be my concubine in the future, and no one will dare to bully you!"
After saying this, Prince Shuo also shouted to the people around him: "From now on, she is no longer the concubine of the Duke's Mansion, but my Prince Shuo's concubine. If you dare to bully her, you are bullying me!"
The people who were watching the excitement all changed their expressions in an instant. Although they looked down on the couple in their hearts, they were princes after all. They only dared to talk about them behind their backs but could not say anything to their faces.
Xu Qingyue was overjoyed. She had finally saved herself and even got the status of Prince Shuo's concubine.
But after the people dispersed, Prince Shuo brought her into the palace. As soon as the door was closed, she was greeted with a heavy slap from Prince Shuo.
"Waste! This time, you have caused me so much harm!" Prince Shuo looked at Xu Qingyue with uncontrollable anger. He was full of rage and now he finally vented it all on Xu Qingyue.
The corners of Xu Qingyue's mouth were bleeding, but she could only lower her eyes to hide the hatred in her eyes, kneeling down to admit her fault and said, "It's all my fault. I was too careless and was framed by Xu Qingyan and the others. I don't know when they knew about the relationship between me and the prince."
They are really good at acting! They knew that she had come out secretly and that she had contact with Li Ji, but they could still bear not to attack her in the Duke's Mansion, but waited until this moment to give her this.
"Now that you've been kicked out, what use are you to? Don't think that I'm really taking you in to be a concubine! You're so stupid, you don't deserve it!" Prince Shuo scolded mercilessly.
Xu Qingyue was filled with hatred. She not only hated Xu Qingyan and the others, but also Prince Shuo. She hated that they were so high up and didn't treat her as a human being. But after she was sad and angry, she also understood that she had to show her value and survive. Otherwise, Prince Shuo would probably throw her to Prince Shuo's mansion and torture her.
This Prince Shuo is an absolute pervert. His first two princesses were tortured to death by him! None of his concubines in the backyard are not afraid of him. The reason why she was able to arouse his interest before was nothing more than that she thought she was stubborn and fun, and he wanted to take advantage of her after knowing her identity. Now, she has to show her value!
So, she knelt down in front of Prince Shuo excitedly and said, "Your Highness, please don't give up on me! Although I have been driven out of the Duke's Mansion, I can still help you with your plans and cover for you in front of the Emperor. As long as I am here, they will only think you are ridiculous, not ambitious. Moreover, I know how to deal with the Duke of Ying and the King of Qin now!"
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