"Why, do I have to explain all my personal affairs to the prince? Or has the prince given up his long-term plan and plans to follow Eunuch Yu and become the chief steward of the palace? It's such a pity for the prince's handsome appearance. I wonder if the concubine will be sad when she knows about this?" Through the flash of the door, Chu Feiyang gently put Yun Qianmeng down and motioned her to go back to Mengxin Cottage first. He turned around and sneered at Prince Chen who was chasing to the door. The sarcasm in his mouth immediately made Jiang Muchen's face change, but he chose to endure it for fear that Yun Qianmeng would hear it!
"Huh? Why isn't Your Highness talking? You're not really ashamed that I've hit the nail on the head and don't know how to start talking! But it's getting late tonight, and I have to attend court early tomorrow, so I won't stay with Your Highness in a daze again!" Chu Feiyang said as he turned around and walked through the side door to leave!
"Chu Feiyang, do you really have to go against me?" A low growl of gritted teeth came from his throat. If King Chen had not been afraid of disturbing Yun Qianmeng, he would have yelled at Chu Feiyang long ago. How could he suppress his emotions like this!
But despite this, Jiang Muchen's pair of fiery eagle eyes had already revealed his current mood. Looking at Chu Feiyang who was smiling smugly in front of him, he wanted to punch him again!
The movement of turning around stopped because of Prince Chen's words. The faint smile on Chu Feiyang's face disappeared, and his black eyes, which were filled with cold light, were even colder and more icy than the moonlight. Looking at the now furious Prince Chen, he did not feel the slightest sympathy in his heart. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and Chu Feiyang sneered, "What do you mean, Your Highness? Is this because I am going out for a walk to oppose Your Highness? Your Highness is too nosy!"
"Chu Feiyang!" A low roar instantly sounded in the silent night sky. King Chen stared at the smooth-talking Chu Feiyang with angry eyes. The veins in his hands hidden under his sleeves had already bulged out, and he wished he could swing at Chu Feiyang's face that deserved a beating!
Although Chu Feiyang seemed to be smiling, there was no smile in his eyes. A strong cold air emanated from his pupils. When he met Jiang Muchen's fiery eyes, the two men, who were equally angry, vented their suppressed anger to each other in different ways!
"Your Highness, I am not so confused that I don't know my own name, so there is no need for you to remind me again and again!" Chu Feiyang spoke casually, with a nonchalant smile always on his face. It was precisely this expression that made Jiang Muchen hate him to the core!
"It's the dead of night, and the King of Chu is in such a good mood, actually going out for a walk, even into the mountains! Chu Feiyang, who are you trying to fool?" His sharp gaze swept through the crack of the side door, and he realized that Yun Qianmeng had already left. Jiang Muchen felt a pang of regret, but he no longer cared about it and directly questioned him! He wanted to see what else Chu Feiyang could say!
Hearing the sharpness in Prince Chen's words, Chu Feiyang still had a calm smile on his face. He leaned against the side door, blocking Prince Chen from forcing his way into Prime Minister Chu's residence and letting him know whose territory this was. He spoke with a hint of casualness, "Do I have to report to His Majesty how many ounces of rice I ate today and how many times I went to the toilet? I used my own carriage and brought my own princess. I didn't steal Prince Chen's carriage or bring other women. Why does Your Majesty have to ask such questions? I haven't asked Your Majesty why you followed me and my wife in the middle of the night. Does Your Majesty have a habit of following people, or did You just sleepwalk to Prime Minister Chu's residence?"
"Hmph, Chu Feiyang, stop talking nonsense! I am responsible for the defense of the capital. You are not staying in Prime Minister Chu's residence in the middle of the night. It is obvious that you have something to hide!" When Jiang Muchen heard Chu Feiyang say that he would take his princess with him, his heart was filled with anger again. However, this was a fact that could not be changed, so Jiang Muchen could only swallow the resentment stuck in his throat!
"No one has stipulated that we can't travel in the middle of the night! Why bother with this, Your Highness?" Chu Feiyang turned around after saying this...
But Jiang Muchen quickly attacked, and his powerful fist hit Chu Feiyang's shoulder...
With a quick turn, Chu Feiyang closed the side door and avoided the sudden attack from King Chen!
When Ning Feng, who was behind Prince Chen, saw Fei Yang's figure clearly, he was already standing on the top of the wall, looking down at them coldly. The cold light was filled with cold-blooded murderous intent, which made Ning Feng's heart tremble. In the blink of an eye, Prince Chen followed closely and flew onto the top of the wall. Two equally tall figures stood on the wall of the side door of Prime Minister Chu's Mansion, leaving only the cold moonlight casting a silver-gray glow on them!
"What does Prince Chen mean? You want to attack me just because of a few disagreements?" A sneer overflowed from his lips, and Chu Feiyang was wrapped in a chill. His eyes stared coldly at Jiang Muchen who was not far away. After noticing that his first action after flying over the wall was to scan the courtyard of Chu Xiangfu for Yun Qianmeng's figure, the light in Chu Feiyang's eyes had already solidified into ice, and a faint chill appeared in his eyes!
Jiang Muchen's face was also icy. He had long been dissatisfied with Chu Feiyang's perfunctory attitude. Adding to the conflict between them, Yun Qianmeng was the fuse, which made him dislike Chu Feiyang even more. With a cold laugh, Jiang Muchen said with a frost-covered look, "The King of Chu has repeatedly avoided my questions. Is this the King of Chu's attitude towards things?"
"My two princes, the night is long. If you can't sleep, there is no need to sit here on the wall admiring the moon and chatting! My two princes are both pillars of the court and role models for the people. If you set an example like this and the people rush to imitate you, wouldn't it be a laughing stock?" Just as the two were arguing with each other, a cold voice was heard from the dark corridor in the courtyard of Prime Minister Chu's mansion!
The two men who glared at each other and disliked each other immediately looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Yun Qianmeng in a plain dress standing under the silver-gray moonlight, her fair face emitting a soft light, but because Yun Qianmeng's expression was cold at this time, there was a hint of coldness!
Seeing Yun Qianmeng, Chu Feiyang's originally calm brows frowned slightly, and then he quickly looked at Jiang Muchen, and sure enough, he saw that he was staring at Yun Qianmeng greedily!
"Did I wake you up? It's all Prince Chen's fault. He couldn't sleep but still dragged me to chat with him! However, I believe that once Prince Chen gets married, this kind of phenomenon will no longer occur! After all, who would be willing to leave his beloved wife at home and climb over someone else's wall in the middle of the night? Right, Prince?" Chu Feiyang's black eyes flashed slightly, and he spoke one speech after another, pushing all the responsibilities onto Jiang Muchen, while he smiled at Yun Qianmeng very gently!
"Did I disturb you?" Hearing Chu Feiyang's deliberate frame-up, Jiang Muchen shot a cold gleam at him, but then quickly withdrew his gaze. He was reluctant to waste this extremely rare opportunity to see Yun Qianmeng. The words he spoke out were less cold than when he faced Chu Feiyang, and a trace of tenderness and care was revealed in front of Chu Feiyang!
Yun Qianmeng secretly glared at Chu Feiyang, then turned her gaze to Jiang Muchen, smiled flatteringly, and said generously, "Thank you, Prince Chen, for your concern! However, could you please let my prince go back and rest? After all, he has to attend the court tomorrow morning!"
"Meng'er is right! Prince Chen was about to leave! Your Highness, please go back. If you really can't sleep, then accept the Queen Mother's kindness. There are so many ladies in the capital for you to choose from! If these still don't catch your eye, then there are all over Xichu. There will always be someone who can suit your taste!" As he spoke, Chu Feiyang gracefully landed from the top of the wall. At the same time, he stretched out his long arms and hugged Yun Qianmeng possessively in his arms. He said with a slightly reproachful tone, "It's frosty and dewy outside. Why don't you put on a cloak? Be careful not to catch a cold!"
Yun Qianmeng smiled gently, raised her eyes to look at him, a hint of affection in her eyes, and said in a very low voice, "If I don't come out, I'm afraid you will cause a commotion on the roof of the Chu Mansion for three hundred rounds. Who knows what kind of rumors will spread throughout the capital! Do you think others will miss such a good opportunity?"
As she spoke, Yun Qianmeng quietly raised her left hand and twisted it at Chu Feiyang's waist...
Chu Feiyang immediately smiled brightly, his hearty laughter reaching the sky. He then turned to look at Jiang Muchen, whose face was gloomy, and said proudly, "It's still the princess who cares about me! Prince Chen, seeing how lonely you are, you should get married quickly. Only when you have your own princess will you stop thinking about me!"
"What are you thinking about? Eh? Isn't this Prince Chen? Why are you standing on the wall of my Prime Minister Chu's residence in the middle of the night? Are you tired of being a prince and turned into a flower thief?" At this moment, a cynical voice came from far away. The voice was so loud that even Xi Lin and Ning Feng who were guarding outside could hear it clearly. However, compared to Xi Lin's indifferent expression, Ning Feng was so worried that he even frowned!
Prince Chen also felt a chill run down his spine because of Chu Nanshan's words. The tenderness on his face instantly vanished. He stared coldly at Chu Nanshan, who had come to him and was standing on the wall with him, and said in a cold voice, "I didn't expect His Majesty to still be awake at this late hour!"
Chu Nanshan was all smiles, not taking Prince Chen's indifference seriously. He just turned his stiff neck, stretched his legs, and moved around in the moonlight before speaking, "There's nothing I can do. Since I'm their grandfather, I have to protect Prime Minister Chu's residence. If a thief sneaks into the residence, wouldn't it be my fault? But..."
As he spoke, Chu Nanshan stared at Jiang Muchen with a mischievous smile in his eyes, and spoke with ill intentions, "However, I didn't expect that you, Prince Chen, would like this. Even with so many pictures of beauties presented by the Concubine Dowager, they couldn't move your heart! So you like the way of dying under the peony flowers? Come on, since you are full of energy, why not have a fight with the old man! As people get older, it's hard to fall asleep, and moving around helps with sleep!"
After saying that, Chu Nanshan's palm wind was already approaching Jiang Muchen's face...
The powerful internal force immediately shook Jiang Muchen away, and he was driven out of Prime Minister Chu's residence by Chu Nanshan!
"I didn't expect the prince to be so sharp. If that's the case, then how do you explain his previous weakness before the emperor?" Jiang Muchen's eyes were blazing with fire, and his whole body was emitting a chill. How could he not be annoyed by being ridiculed by this grandfather and grandson? But even so, he still calmly pointed out Chu Nanshan's omissions!
"You have been taking good care of yourself recently, so your body is naturally much stronger! I say, Prince Chen, even though you only have a mother left and you don't need to respect the elderly, you can't curse me, an old man!" Chu Nanshan stood on the wall, with his hands on his hips, looking at Jiang Muchen below with a smug look, not happy at all!
"Hmph! I hope that His Majesty can justify himself in this way when he appears in front of the Emperor!" Jiang Muchen was furious and turned away with a flick of his sleeves!
"Huh? You're leaving just like that? Your Majesty, come again next time!" The long shout reached Jiang Muchen's ears, causing him to whip his horse's back violently, and he instantly disappeared from Chu Nanshan's sight!
"Tsk tsk tsk! This kid has such a weird temper, he can't even take a joke, he's not fun!" Chu Nanshan muttered to himself as he shook his head and looked away. But when he turned around and looked inside the wall, he almost couldn't catch his breath. There was no sign of Chu Feiyang here, this brat!
"What happened at Puguo Temple?" Back to Chen Wang Mansion,
Entering the room, Jiang Muchen waited for Ning Feng's report! Although he was stopped at the foot of the mountain, it didn't mean that his men would be foolish enough to sit still!
"Your Highness! The Emperor was bitten by a poisonous snake! The Emperor insisted on leaving the city this time because of Concubine Rong! Also, our people seemed to have seen the figure of the Crown Prince of Northern Qi outside the city just now!" Ning Feng told all the information he had gathered tonight in one breath, and then stood aside and said no more!
"Oh? Have you seen Qi Jingyuan? Didn't he marry Hai Tian? Why did he come to Xichu again? Investigate when he sneaked into the capital and who he came into contact with!" His eyes were suddenly filled with shrewdness, and the hatred for Chu Nanshan and Chu Feiyang in his heart was hidden. Prince Chen had regained his usual composure!
"Yes!" Ning Feng responded and was about to turn around and go out to take care of this matter, but was stopped by King Chen!
"Wait!" Jiang Muchen was sitting behind the table, tapping his fingers lightly on the surface. After a long while, he spoke again, "Order someone to pay attention to every move of the Sea Prince's Palace, especially the relationship between the Sea Prince's Palace and Qi Jingyuan! Have all the generals and counselors in the palace go to the front hall. After a cup of tea, I will go there to discuss the matter!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" This time Ning Feng did not leave in a hurry. He waited for a while, and when he saw that Prince Chen had nothing else to do, he turned around and left the room!
Inside the palace!
The dispatch of a large number of guards immediately disturbed the Queen Mother and the Empress. With so many things happening in one night, the two of them had already lost their sleep!
At daybreak, Xia Ji and Han Che were seen escorting the unconscious Emperor Yugan back to the palace. Also returning with them was the pale and disheveled Concubine Rong!
Upon hearing the news that Emperor Yugan was injured, the Queen Mother and the Empress hurried over from their respective palaces, only to find that all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital were guarding Emperor Yugan's dragon bed, carefully serving him!
"What happened?" Seeing Emperor Yugan with sweat on his forehead and pale face, the Queen Mother was furious. She pointed at everyone in the hall and shouted in a low voice. Her sharp eyes swept towards Xia Ji who was escorting Emperor Yugan out of the city. Her majesty had already frightened the imperial doctors to kneel down and kowtow, not daring to make a sound!
"Empress Dowager, calm down!" But Xia Ji insisted that Emperor Yugan was refusing to confess because of Concubine Rong's matter!
After all, the Emperor's refusal to allow anyone to enter Juemiao Palace clearly indicated that he didn't want anyone to know about Concubine Rong's affairs. Regardless of whether the matter was true or false, as a subject, he naturally had to be loyal to the emperor! Moreover, this matter involved the Emperor's reputation and Concubine Rong's good name. How could he make random assumptions based on only a partial view?
"Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down? The emperor left the palace in good health, but came back in such a state. If anything happens to you, even if I kill your entire clan, it will be useless! How can you expect me to calm down? Tell me the whole story one by one!" As she spoke, a strange light flashed in the Queen Mother's angry eyes!
"Queen Dowager, please calm down! The poison in the Emperor's body has been cleared, and he is fine now!" This was all Xia Ji could say. Could he tell the Queen Dowager that the Emperor was almost framed? If the Emperor knew about it, he would be dead. It would be better for him to keep silent!
"Xia Ji, as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, you said such words, which really chilled my heart! What do you mean that the poison in the emperor's body has been cleared and he is fine! If there is anything wrong with the emperor, you all don't have to come back! What I am asking now is who caused the emperor to be seriously injured. You should also understand your responsibilities! You are not an imperial physician, so don't talk to me about the emperor's condition. I only ask you about the course of events and the criminals!" The Queen Mother directed every word at Xia Ji, and reminded and warned Xia Ji to pay attention to his identity and not to do things that exceed his identity! The imperial physician had reported to her about Emperor Yugan's physical condition, and at this time she just wanted to know what had happened!
"Empress Dowager, please calm down! I don't know what happened! The Emperor only asked me to wait outside the palace!" Xia Ji was indifferent to the cold and harsh words, and would never say anything he was holding on to!
Upon hearing this, a murderous look flashed across the empress dowager's eyes. Humph, the people brought out by Lord Wu do have some backbone!
"Isn't Concubine Rong burning incense at Puguo Temple? Why did she come back with us?" At this time, the Queen stood up from the bed. Compared to the Queen Mother who was concerned about the reason why Emperor Yugan was injured, the Queen was more concerned about Concubine Rong who was kneeling outside the palace at this moment!
Finally, Rong Rong left the palace and went to Puguo Temple by herself, which made the queen feel a little relieved!
But just a few days later, she came back again, and the emperor left the palace at night just for her!
This made the queen feel sour in her heart, and her hands began to stir the silk unconsciously, and her slightly furrowed brows were stained with a little worry and jealousy!
"To answer the Queen, I don't know anything!" Xia Ji was asked again without knowing anything. He withstood the pressure from the two people in front of him and swore to never give in!
"Okay, okay, you are loyal to the emperor! Can I and the queen really harm the emperor? Come, take Xia Ji away to me. He cannot be released without my order!" The empress dowager was furious. She could glimpse Emperor Yugan's attitude from Xia Ji's attitude towards her!
But now that Emperor Yugan is unconscious and Lord Wu is protecting Concubine Rongxian at Puguo Temple, it would be unwise to remove Xia Ji at this time! But we can't just let him go like this. We need to punish him slightly and teach him a lesson, so that he knows that Emperor Yugan is not the only master in this palace!
Xia Ji was quickly taken away by two guards. The Queen Mother coldly ordered the imperial physician, "Take good care of the Emperor. If there's any misstep, you'll all be beheaded! Queen, come with me to see Concubine Rong!"
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