Shunxi swallowed hard, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the east wing right now, and the Saintess of Xiyue is also in the room."
"We, the servants, dare not disturb His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's interest. Please give your instructions, Your Majesty."
Shunxi's words shocked everyone present.
These two sentences and a few key words are enough to make people imagine.
Everyone has a sexy drama in their mind.
Emperor Xuande frowned so hard that a fly could be pinched to death. "What do you mean? Explain your meaning to me clearly."
Shunxi could only bite the bullet and say, "When the servants found the east wing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was consummating his marriage with the Saintess of Xiyue. We didn't dare to disturb them, so we withdrew."
What this means is that they have already gone in and seen clearly the people inside.
Someone exclaimed, "Are the two Saint Ladies of Xiyue in there?"
After he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong and quickly covered his mouth.
Song Zan ignored all that and asked Shunxi directly, "Did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince consummate his marriage with the two Saint Ladies of Xiyue?"
He also deliberately emphasized the word "two".
Shunxi nodded, kneeling on the ground with his head bowed. This kind of job was the most difficult; if anything went wrong, the emperor would vent his anger.
Song Zan snorted, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is truly filial. While offering sacrifices to the late Queen, he dared to favor the Saintess of Xiyue in the Fengxian Palace."
"What kind of place is Fengxian Hall? How can we allow him to do what he wants? Where did he put our ancestors, and where did he put the late empress?"
"What is the identity of the Saintess of Xiyue? Your Highness, do you really think of yourself as the monarch of the Great Zhou?"
Song Zan's few words intensified Emperor Xuande's already surging anger. Originally, it wasn't a big deal for the Crown Prince to favor someone, but today, the time, place, and the person he favored all violated Emperor Xuande's taboos.
"Come here, call the prince over to me."
Upon hearing this, the people below immediately went downstairs to ask for help.
Song Wanwan stood beside the Marquis of Loyalty Song Zan and suddenly looked at Li Chaoyun.
"I remember in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it was the princess who said she wanted to discuss music with the Saintess of Xiyue. Why is the Saintess of Xiyue coming to the Fengxian Hall? Does the princess know what's going on?"
This was Song Wanwan's way of returning the favor and doing Su Qingyu a favor.
After all, Li Chaoyun is the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, so Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu are both reluctant to speak up.
But Li Chaoyun was using the Saintess of Xiyue to plot against Shen Zhixiu today, so Shen Zhixiu and his wife would definitely not give up. Song Wanwan brought up the issue, not letting Li Chaoyun get away with it.
Li Chaoyun was momentarily embarrassed. If it had been Shen Zhixiu and the Saint of Xiyue who were caught today, she would have had something to say. She simply considered the commemoration of the late empress important, so she asked the Saint of Xiyue to wait for her in the side room. She hadn't expected that Lord Shen, attracted by her beauty, would have defiled the Saint of Xiyue.
But now that the person inside is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it is not easy to say that.
Li Chaoyun knelt down and apologized, saying that it was her negligence that temporarily placed the Saint of Xiyue there. However, she had no idea what happened afterwards.
Emperor Xuande signaled Li Chaoyun to withdraw first. This matter could not be blamed on her. How she came here was not important. What mattered was that she was slept with by the prince.
The virtuous concubine, however, looked at Li Chaoyun with a cold gaze, clearly blaming her. The anger that had been simmering in her chest had finally found an outlet.
Li Chaoyun's heart sank, but it was difficult to explain at this time. He could only wait until this matter was over and then go to apologize to Concubine Xian and the Prince.
Song Wanwan looked at Su Qingyu proudly, as if asking how this trick of sowing discord worked.
Soon, the prince came over in panic.
Because she was in a hurry to see the emperor, she had tied her clothes incorrectly, her hair was not as neatly combed as usual, and the brocade belt around her waist was a little loose.
It is truly inappropriate for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to appear in this manner in front of court officials and ladies.
Emperor Xuande's anger was eight points, but it increased to ten points because of the prince's image.
"Zhou Jianyuan, you are so brave, kneel down before me."
The prince knelt in front of Emperor Xuande, and the court officials who were standing close to Emperor Xuande scattered instantly.
"Father, please forgive me. I am innocent."
Emperor Xuande snorted, "You are wronged? Well, then tell me, how did you wrongly accuse me?"
"Did someone knock you out and send you to consummate your marriage with the Saint of Xiyue?"
The prince wanted to say that his father was wise, but he hesitated when the words came to his lips.
He didn't know who sent her there, but it was definitely related to Song Wanwan. When he came over just now, he saw Song Wanwan standing in the crowd in a very decent manner.
But he didn't dare to tell Song Wanwan. As long as he mentioned it, he would no longer be able to hide what he had done to Song Wanwan before.
Compared to sleeping with the Saint of Xiyue, attempting to frame the eldest daughter of the Song family would be a greater crime.
His marriage to the Song family was an act that crossed his father's bottom line. If he and Song Wanwan were in love, it would be understandable.
But if he had planned this intentionally, then in the eyes of my father, his move was an attempt to usurp the throne.
The prince weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally made up his mind. He knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I know I am guilty. I was confused for a moment. Please forgive me, Father."
"The Saintess of Xiyue burned aphrodisiac incense in the house, and I was bewitched because I was not paying attention."
"In a trance, I heard the sisters say that their father, the emperor, is so powerful that they really dare not serve him."
The implication is that today's events were all planned by the Saint of Xiyue.
Emperor Xuande became even angrier when he saw that he was still shirking responsibility and trying to distance himself from the matter.
He said in a deep voice: "You might as well say that you were just attracted by my beauty. I still respect you as a man."
"Yet you told me that you were plotted against. As the crown prince, you were plotted against and lost your innocence. Do you still think it's an honor?"
"As the crown prince, if you can't even handle these women's tricks, how can I still expect you to protect the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
In Emperor Xuande's view, it didn't matter why the Crown Prince slept with the Saintess of Xiyue. Even if he was really plotting against her, it was simply the Crown Prince's incompetence.
Whether it is immorality or incompetence, it is a taboo for a crown prince.
Chen Zheng, the cabinet's chief minister, had been quietly observing Emperor Xuande's expression. He saw that the emperor was full of disappointment in the crown prince, and even had the faintest intention of deposing him. Chen Zheng was startled, and his lowered eyes were filled with worry.
Shen Zhixiu naturally noticed it as well, but he still stood there with his hands hanging down, expressionless.
Rong Fei, who had been feeling uneasy before, now had a gloating smile on her lips.
In an instant, her face turned sad again, and she wiped the corners of her eyes with the silk handkerchief in her hand, "Your Majesty, I want to ask for mercy for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"When the Crown Prince was born, the late Queen had already passed away. Naturally, I don't know how kind-hearted she was back then, and how well she treated the six concubines."
"Although Sister Xianfei and the late Queen occasionally disagreed in the past, I believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would never deliberately do such a thing on the late Queen's death anniversary because of this."
After she finished speaking, she pretended to understand something and looked at Concubine Xian.
"Did my sister say something to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"He was so disrespectful to the late queen."
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