"How dare you! What are you doing?"
Li Yuanche was stunned and turned around to see the figure of Emperor Longwu.
"Father? Why are you here?"
Li Yuanche panicked for a moment and immediately let go of Shen Wangshu's arm.
Shen Wangshu calmly tidied his clothes.
"I ask you, what are you doing?"
The old emperor walked over angrily with a very ugly expression on his face.
He was accompanied by the Queen, Concubine Yi and a group of people, and his eyes, watching the show, moved back and forth between the two of them.
Li Yuanche's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I was just discussing something with Concubine Shen. I hope Your Majesty will understand."
He explained with courage, but his eyes flickered unconsciously while he spoke.
"Talk about things?"
Before the old emperor could say anything, Concubine Yi laughed beside him. "Haha, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really knows how to pick the time and place. He chose to come to this secluded place in the middle of the night to discuss things. If the Emperor hadn't suddenly felt like passing by here tonight, I'm afraid he wouldn't have met you two."
Hearing this, Li Yuanche frowned subconsciously and immediately tried to distance himself from the matter, "What the Concubine Yi said..."
However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the Queen, "Shu Guifei, why are your clothes torn?"
As she spoke, she was about to pull Shen Wangshu's wrist intimately to take a closer look, but Shen Wangshu did not let her succeed. She took a step back and shook her head, her expression a little indescribable.
At this moment, Li Yuanche really wanted to slap this old woman to death.
She really brought up things that were not relevant to the topic, as if she was afraid that his father might not see it.
When the old emperor saw Shen Wangshu like this, a nameless anger suddenly surged in his heart.
His face was as gloomy as when a rainstorm was coming. His chest rose and fell for a moment, then he suddenly stomped his feet and shouted loudly.
"You bastard!"
However, this scolding was directed at the prince, not Shen Wangshu.
The old emperor was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he staggered back a few steps as he spoke.
"You're such a rebellious son! How dare you...how dare you..."
He pointed at Li Yuanche and remained speechless for a long time, becoming increasingly angry.
The queen on the side took the opportunity to wink at Concubine Yi, who immediately understood and hurried forward to support him.
"Your Majesty, please don't be so anxious. Don't let your health be damaged by anger. Perhaps there is some misunderstanding."
Concubine Yi looked at the old emperor with a worried look on her face. While comforting him, she stroked his chest to help him breathe smoothly.
The old emperor turned his head and glanced at the people beside him, pursed his lips and said nothing, but his frown relaxed slightly.
Li Yuanche knelt on the ground and said anxiously, "Father, please calm down. Things are not as you see them."
"Calm down?" The old emperor snorted. "How dare you, a wicked creature, ask me to calm down?"
Li Yuanche felt even more depressed after hearing this. He took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
Now, no matter what he said, his father would not believe it. It seemed that he could only give up Shen Wangshu as a chess piece and save himself first.
Thinking of this, Li Yuanche's heart suddenly calmed down.
He raised his head, staring intently into Shen Wangshu's eyes, and said in a serious tone, "Please understand, Father. I have always been conscientious in my duties and have never done anything presumptuous to Concubine Shu. It was Concubine Shu who took the initiative to invite me here to meet you tonight!"
He added, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can summon Concubine Shu's maid, Lianzhi, for questioning. Everyone in Lingbo Garden can testify that it was that maid who came to deliver Concubine Shu's message."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Shu Guifei's maid went to the prince's residence in person to deliver a message, and also asked the other party to meet in such a remote place in the middle of the night. Who would believe that they had no private affair?
Moreover, when Concubine Shu first entered the palace, she was trying to commit suicide every other day, and she had even been married to the prince before.
Now, is it because the emperor has a new favorite recently, and he has turned around and hooked up with the prince...
Everyone had different thoughts, and for a moment, the atmosphere became a little subtle.
"Haha, it seems my sister really does cherish the past. After so much time has passed, she's still thinking about the prince..."
"Queen! That's enough!" The old emperor suddenly spoke, interrupting the queen.
Everyone fell silent.
"Do you think I'm dead?"
The old emperor's voice was low and hoarse, with a tone that did not allow for questioning.
Hearing this, a flash of embarrassment crossed the Queen's face, but she quickly returned to normal and said gently, "It was I who spoke too much."
Although the queen kept her mouth shut, the old emperor took her words to heart, and his rage grew even stronger, and even his breathing became heavier.
Then, he took a deep breath, his eyes slowly fell on Shen Wangshu's face, and he said word by word: "Noble Concubine Shu, how do you explain what the prince just said?"
Just when everyone was curious about what Shen Wangshu would say, she bit her lip with a hurt look on her face. "Your Majesty, do you really not trust me?"
After saying that, she laughed self-deprecatingly, "Well, Your Majesty has never truly trusted me. Now, based on a few casual words from the Crown Prince, you've concluded that it was my fault."
"I did ask Lianzhi to go to the Crown Prince's residence, but I was just going to return something. However, His Royal Highness did not take the item back, and asked me to return it in person at midnight tonight! Moreover, the Crown Prince was very disrespectful to me just now..."
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