Upon seeing so many people outside, Dai Yiqiu immediately broke down: "Ah—don't look! Get out! All of you, get out!"
She clutched her clothes, desperately trying to cover her body, but the torn garments could not conceal her form.
She could only arch her back and scream in despair, "Get out of here! Don't look! Don't look! Get out!"
This scandalous scene of springtime incest prompted the dozens of palace maids traveling with them to whisper amongst themselves, "Heavens, it's actually Miss Dai!"
"I never imagined she would be such a dissolute person. The prince ignored her, and she actually..."
"She still says every day that the prince has feelings for her, she's shameless! Seeing her like this now is truly gratifying..."
"Exactly, and she always looks down on us. I would never be like her, acting like a prostitute."
"Pfft! Who says otherwise?"
The harsh laughter relentlessly pierced Dai Yiqiu's ears, turning her face deathly pale. Her eyes, almost manic and bloodshot, glared at them fiercely: "It was you! You're the ones who framed me! It must have been your conspiracy! It's all your fault!"
With a sharp "smack," Tanaka slapped her across the face without hesitation, frowning. "Shut up! The Prince and the Empress are here; no more noise and commotion!"
Already annoyed, this added noise and commotion. Tanaka's eyes flashed with anger. Really... how was he going to explain this scene, this task, to his wife?
"Your Highness! Your Highness!" Upon hearing that Yu Nanqing was there, Dai Yiqiu cried out as if grasping at a lifeline, "Your Highness! I've been framed! Your Highness! You must do justice for me!"
She crawled toward Yu Nanqing, clutching her body, but was kicked away by Tanaka: "Don't be rude!"
"Ah—" Dai Yiqiu didn't care about anything else, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly: "Your Highness! You must do justice for me! I was framed! It's all their fault!"
Su Wanyan's eyes were covered by Yu Nanqing. Su Wanyan reached out to pull them open, but Yu Nanqing didn't budge. Su Wanyan remained speechless.
Yu Nanqing's deep, calm voice rang out above them: "What exactly happened?"
"Your Highness! I...I was framed!" Dai Yiqiu cried out, her face streaked with tears. But she could only utter this one sentence over and over again.
Her original plan was to drug Yu Nanqing and wait for him to come and take a bath in this room, then take advantage of him.
As for Su Wanyan, she arranged for a few more drunkards.
Once Yu Nanqing regained consciousness, she consummated their relationship, while Su Wanyan lost her virtue as a woman. In comparison, Yu Nanqing would definitely abandon Su Wanyan.
She will then become the new Princess Consort Gong.
But I never expected... I never expected...
Where exactly did things go wrong?
Dai Yiqiu couldn't understand why he wanted Yu Nanqing to make the decision, but he was also afraid that Yu Nanqing would actually find out something was wrong, so he could only keep crying out that he was innocent.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up – that's it!
She suddenly looked up at the palace maids who had given her the aphrodisiac yesterday, as if she had found a glimmer of hope, and pointed her finger: "It was them! Your Highness! They were the ones who wanted to harm me!"
"Miss Dai, don't make baseless accusations here. You can't stand being alone, so you start making baseless accusations. Did I teach you how to sleep with men?"
"You! You all..."
Dai Yiqiu belatedly widened her eyes, speechless.
She was being used!
"Your Highness! We're innocent too!" the drunkards cried out. "We were all quite drunk last night. Someone said they'd take us to have some fun, so we went. We don't know what happened. When we woke up this morning... we found ourselves here..."
Upon realizing that Dai Yiqiu was one of Yu Nanqing's men, the drunkards couldn't help but panic. They immediately said, "Your Highness, we were originally going to a brothel for some fun. Otherwise, if someone hadn't caused trouble along the way, how would we have ended up here?"
He pointed at Dai Yiqiu: "Yes! She must have seduced us first, otherwise why would she be in the same room with us in the middle of the night?"
Upon hearing this, the drunkards seemed to grasp the key point instantly: "Yes! Why are you in the room? It's understandable that we're drunk and can't find our way around, but is this young lady also drunk?"
"Dai Yiqiu probably didn't want to seduce them, but the prince. But somehow, she tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead, and ended up getting herself involved. How ridiculous."
"She hooked up with four men at once; she must have had a very satisfying night."
A moment later, quiet murmurs arose again.
The vulgar language was used without any attempt to conceal it, and the restaurant owner stood aside with his hands clasped and head bowed, not daring to say a word.
"Your Highness," Tanaka said, frowning, "how should this matter be handled?"
Seeing that the farce had almost ended and everyone present had witnessed what had happened, Yu Nanqing turned to Dai Yiqiu and slowly said, "I will report this matter to the Empress Dowager in accordance with the truth. We will depart today. You do not need to come along. I will send someone to escort you back to the capital."
Upon hearing this, Dai Yiqiu's expression immediately crumbled. What?
To be sent back to the capital?
"No!" Dai Yiqiu cried out in a panic, not caring about her appearance, and crawled to Yu Nanqing's side, but was stopped by Tian Zhong: "No, Your Highness! I cannot return to the capital! I beg you, Your Highness! As long as I can follow you, I am willing to be your slave, without any hesitation!"
With wealth and glory within their grasp, how could they possibly give it up so easily!
If the Empress Dowager knew what happened today, if her parents knew what happened today, how could she possibly live with herself in the capital?!
Sending her back to Beijing is worse than letting her die!
Yu Nanqing lowered his gaze, looking down at her condescendingly: "You should know that even the lowest-ranking maid in the manor should be innocent and upright."
This means that Dai Yiqiu has been defiled and her reputation is ruined, so she is not qualified to serve him and Su Wanyan at all.
Not only are they not qualified to serve, they are not even qualified to enter the mansion.
Dai Yiqiu shook her head repeatedly, tears streaming down her face. "As long as I can stay by Your Highness and Her Highness's side, I'm willing to do anything. I don't want any title, just a job. Please, Your Highness, don't let me go back to the capital... I'll serve Your Highness faithfully. Please, Your Highness..."
"Shut up." A chilling voice rushed towards him, and Yu Nanqing frowned, finding it extremely annoying.
Dai Yiqiu's words were stuck in her throat.
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
Yu Nanqing's voice then slowly continued: "I am setting off for Fuzhou. My journey is urgent, and I have no intention of distinguishing right from wrong over such trivial matters. However, the fact remains that Miss Dai has lost her virginity, and she is unwilling to return to the capital..."
Yu Nanqing's pupils swept over the four drunkards: "Does any of you wish to marry Miss Dai?"
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