"...I have a headache, dizziness, and I feel like I'm getting a fever."
He lifted Zhizhi's wrists, pressed them to both sides of his forehead, and instructed,
"Rub it for me."
The veins on his forehead were slightly protruding, making him look a little ferocious.
The hot breath sprayed on her head. Zhizhi looked up at He Xuan helplessly, like a small animal that had sensed danger and was extremely alert. Her body was stiff, and she bit her lower lip tightly, not daring to shake her head or nod.
"The eldest lady will be worried."
When Li was mentioned, He Xuan remained unmoved. Not only was his breathing hot, but his body also gradually became hot.
Helpless, Zhizhi had to bite the bullet and massage his temples, but their posture was really inconvenient, and her hands felt sore after a few breaths.
Zhizhi looked at the chair next to her and motioned He Xuan to sit down first.
A moment.
He sat down.
But he was sitting on a bed.
He Xuan held Zhizhi's white jade wrist and didn't let her move away.
"Keep going, don't stop."
The slightly cool and comfortable touch calmed his restless heart a lot, but a strange heat suddenly surged up and went straight to his lower body.
He Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head away in embarrassment, and his breathing became more and more obvious after a while.
He knew then that he had been tricked.
This level of enthusiasm is certainly not what strong liquor would produce, but the only ones who could achieve this level of enthusiasm at the annual banquet and benefit from it are probably his political enemies.
He Xuan's mind was full of thoughts, and a series of dirty tricks in the court flashed through his mind.
But in the end, he still moved his gaze to Zhizhi's fair face.
There was no trace of shyness or embarrassment on her delicate, pure and beautiful face. Instead, she was terrified, her face pale and her lips were ashen.
"Master, may I bring you a bowl of hangover soup?"
The young and naive maids thought that their prince was still drunk, but they didn't know that the hunter had already set his sights on the weak prey!
He Xuan let go of her hand and let her escape.
The next second after Zhizhi touched the door, the bolt was suddenly pulled by someone behind her.
He Xuan gently covered her mouth with his big hand and warned her with a snort of laughter.
"Don't be afraid, your hands are delicate. What if the hangover soup burns them?"
“…”
The palace maid in the yard was very sensible. When she saw the door was locked, she lowered her head and hurried out. Some things should not be listened to easily.
The way to survive in the palace is to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
…
The New Year's banquet is almost over.
Li looked anxiously at He Xuan's empty seat, "Why hasn't the prince returned yet?"
She called a palace maid and sent her to see if the prince had fainted because the wine was too strong.
She looked anxious, and the wife of the Minister of Personnel not far away also had an unpleasant expression. She scolded the servant who was reporting quietly.
"What are you doing here? You can even let a sick woman go!?"
It would have been fine if Chen Qin was simply drunk, but she actually had the strength to escape from the clutches of several servants.
Not to mention that her troublemaking maid was taken to the Ministry of Punishment.
The Shangshu's wife felt dizzy before her eyes. She dared not think about what would happen to their Shangshu Mansion if Chen Qin offended some noble in the palace.
She was furious and cursed Chen Qin many times in her heart, but she also held her breath to clean up the mess for her. She quickly called her personal nanny to go and look for her.
"Send her back home immediately when you see her. Don't delay."
She didn't dare to stay in the Shangshu Mansion anymore. She was really afraid that one day she would be so angry that she would leave her body and ascend to heaven!
As for Chen Qin's destination, she already had a plan in mind.
The singing and dancing were still going on at the banquet. The Shangshu's wife used the excuse of going to the toilet and walked to the side of the Rongguo Marquis's Mansion and ordered someone to call Li away.
After a while.
The wives of the two families went to remote corners one after the other, and sent servants to watch over them carefully to avoid disturbing them.
The Shangshu's wife did not look very kind to Li, whose status was more noble than hers. She even held back her disgust and handed her the jewelry and banknotes she had found in Chen Qinyuan. She said in a very bad tone,
"Madam, please meet me. I'll let you know."
Li frowned the moment the Shangshu's wife took out the jewelry. She weighed the stack of banknotes and the jewelry from Cuiyu Pavilion and knew that they were worth tens of thousands of taels.
She became more and more confused and was about to ask, but the next words from the Shangshu's wife were like a bucket of cold water poured over her head, and her heart instantly turned cold.
"This is a precious gift from your prince to my widowed daughter-in-law! Please take a closer look. If you intend to take her back to the Rongguo Marquisate, the Shangshu Mansion will definitely agree. I just want to ask you, when will you come to pick her up?"
Li's face turned pale.
Then the hands holding the banknote began to tremble.
What do you mean by intending to take Chen Qin back home? Isn't that a hint that she wants to take Chen Qin as a concubine?
When will you pick me up?
Li's expression became increasingly embarrassed. She fumbled to avoid the Shangshu's wife's sarcastic gaze, her chest heaving violently, gnashing her teeth and shouting for Dian Cui.
"Where is the prince?!"
The Shangshu's wife was also in a depressed mood. She waved her sleeves and sneered when she heard this.
"What a coincidence! The Crown Prince wasn't at the table, and my daughter-in-law left early, so she's nowhere to be found. The Rongguo Marquis's Mansion is quite calculating, choosing this very moment to stir up trouble. How can this bring shame to our Shangshu Mansion!"
This accusation completely humiliated Li and the Rongguo Marquisate. Li's face turned pale and blue, but she suppressed her anger and negotiated with the Shangshu's wife.
"Madam, please rest assured. We will definitely give an explanation to the Shangshu Mansion."
“No need!”
The Shangshu's wife could not bear it any longer. She thought that she was too blinded by greed to tolerate Chen Qin again and again. She hurriedly called the nanny to take out the divorce letter.
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