Chapter 223 Ye Susu Detoxifies
“Does Your Highness still have any affection for me? Since you returned from the border, you have refused to touch me or even say a word to me. Why is that? Now I know, Your Highness finds me dirty.”
You believed Ye Susu's words, and no matter how I explained, you refused to believe I was innocent. So the prince no longer loves me. What about our vows of eternal love? Have you forgotten them all? Su Tingwan was unwilling to accept that he had changed his mind.
"I have already given you a chance. I will send you back to the Su family." Xie Shang originally thought that it wouldn't matter if Su Tingwan stayed in the palace. It would just be another woman to support, which he could afford. But if she made a fuss, he couldn't keep her.
"What do you mean? Are you trying to get rid of me again?" Su Tingwan had already given up. "Xie Shang, do you know that you will become the emperor in the future and that you will make me empress, while Jiang Fenghua will only be given the title of virtuous concubine? Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Su Tingwan practically ripped off his clothes and kissed him desperately. All she wanted now was the child; she didn't care about anything else, not even Xie Shang's love. "Your Highness, please take me. We'll have a lovely daughter, and then a son. I'm the one you love most; I'm your Empress!"
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Ye Susu rushed in. "Consort Su, what did you do to the Prince? Did you try to murder him?" She had seen Su Tingwan take Xie Shang away and then secretly followed her. She didn't expect that no one would stop her. She could hear the arguing inside from outside the door.
"I am the prince's concubine, his woman. What can we, husband and wife, do together?" Su Tingwan scolded Ye Susu as she entered, "Get out."
Ye Susu trembled with fear. Su Tingwan was clearly forcing Prince Heng to do those filthy things. What right did a woman who had lost her virginity have to be with Prince Heng? She had already been sold into a brothel and was no longer clean.
She said, "If you don't let go of the prince, I'll call for help. Then let's see how you'll still have any face left."
Su Tingwan wasn't afraid of her. She thought her older brother had arranged it all along, but she didn't expect that Ye Susu was actually deliberately let in by Su Xuan.
Xie Shang regained his composure, pushed Su Tingwan away, and walked out, but fell into Ye Susu's arms. "Quickly take me away from here."
Ye Susu said, "Okay."
Su Tingwan felt extremely ashamed. She picked up a piece of clothing, put it on, and chased after him. "Your Highness, you can't leave. You've been drugged with aphrodisiacs. You'll die if I don't help you get rid of them."
Xie Shang struggled to control himself, "Get out."
Just then, Jiang Fenghua arrived with her men. Seeing the group fighting, Jiang Fenghua immediately ordered, "Second sister-in-law, this matter must not be spread."
Luo Ziqiong nodded repeatedly in fright, "I know, don't worry, but I think Prince Heng is acting strangely. Has he been drugged? Prince Heng is a very upright and prudent person. There's something fishy about this. You need to stay calm and not disturb the pregnancy."
When Jiang Fenghua saw that Ye Susu was also present, she had already figured it out. She was afraid that Su Xuan wanted to see her make a fool of herself. Xie Shang was entangled with two women. Any woman would be furious!
She went to greet him, her eyes red, and said with concern, "Your Highness, why is your face so red and your hands so hot? You look so uncomfortable."
"Ruan Ruan, my body feels like it's about to explode from the heat," Xie Shang said again. "It's Su Tingwan. She gave me an aphrodisiac. I feel so awful, Ruan Ruan."
Su Xuan had calculated that Jiang Fenghua was pregnant and unable to detoxify him, so he summoned Ye Susu, clearly intending to force Jiang Fenghua to make a choice. What a treacherous villain, resorting to such despicable means.
Su Xuan thought she would be troubled by this, so what if Xie Shang and Su Tingwan slept together?
Jiang Fenghua naturally had to appear furious in front of Xie Shang, and she shouted angrily, "Su Tingwan, are you crazy?"
"Yes, I've gone mad. He's clearly my man. You stole him away. Now get out of here so I can help the prince detoxify. Otherwise, he'll just die from a blood explosion. Jiang Fenghua, you wouldn't want to harm the prince, would you?"
Jiang Fenghua was troubled and distressed. "Your Highness, perhaps..."
"I would rather die than touch her. Tell her to get out." Xie Shang wanted to strangle Su Tingwan. How could she be so vicious? He had really misjudged her. His body trembled uncontrollably. "Let's go, Ruan Ruan, let's go quickly."
Jiang Fenghua's tears streamed down her face. "Aoxue, do you have the antidote?"
Ao Xue said, "Although I am skilled in detoxification, this kind of aphrodisiac can only be cured by a man and a woman... I have no other way. The only way to relieve Your Highness's pain is to give Your Highness a woman."
“Your Highness, Su Su is willing to help the Prince detoxify.” Ye Su Su stepped forward.
Jiang Fenghua asked her in a deep voice, "You..."
"I love the prince. I would be willing to die for him."
Jiang Fenghua made a quick decision: "Aoxue, Lianye, drag Consort Su out and tie her up."
"Jiang Fenghua, you can't do this to me! Do you know who I am? I am the Emperor..."
"Gag her," Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice.
Ao Xue didn't want to touch her, so she knocked her unconscious and dragged her out.
"Your Highness, saving her life is the priority. I will wait for you outside. Once the poison is cured, I will bring Physician Ye into the manor in grand style," Jiang Fenghua said to Xie Shang.
Xie Shang felt extremely uncomfortable, as if his whole body was about to explode. Jiang Fenghua endured the pain and pushed Xie Shang to Ye Susu: "Serve the prince well, and this princess will not mistreat you."
The moment the door closed, tears welled up in her eyes. At the same time, Xie Shang's desire overcame all reason, and he pounced on Ye Susu without a second thought.
Jiang Fenghua knew what had happened in the room. This day was bound to come sooner or later. She hadn't felt anything when Xie Shang shared a room with Su Tingwan, and she felt nothing now with Ye Susu either. After all, the Empress had already selected several noblewomen for Xie Shang to enter the mansion, just waiting for the Emperor to announce his status as Crown Prince. There would be no shortage of women in the Eastern Palace.
Now she needs to control her emotions. She still has more than two months until she gives birth, and the most important thing now is to protect the baby in her womb.
"Fenghua, if you're sad, just cry!" Luo Ziqiong felt heartbroken watching this scene. Their relationship was so good, she must be very sad. Who wouldn't be sad when their husband is with another woman?
"It is quite sad, but who made us marry a prince of noble status? Wasn't this day bound to come sooner or later?" So what she wanted was not love, but power. She did not covet Xie Shang's gentleness and sweet words, and did not want to be sad and heartbroken again and again, because she would never love him.
Unaware of her thoughts, Luo Ziqiong took her hand and changed the subject, "I've decided to divorce Xie Yu."
"Have you figured it out?" Jiang Fenghua asked her.
“What is there to be confused about? My desire for the position of princess will only hurt me more. I am only twenty-two years old. Xie Yu beats and scolds me all the time. He has a large number of concubines in his mansion, and now two more have entered. I don’t know when this will end.” She slowly expressed her thoughts.
“These past few months, I’ve been busy with the affairs of Jishantang and the palace, which has given me renewed hope for life. I feel that even if I don’t become Princess Yu, I can still live a good life,” Luo Ziqiong said slowly.
The Luo family felt sorry for her after she was beaten by Xie Yu, but Xie Yu was a prince, and they couldn't afford to offend him. At least they could avoid him, so the Luo family also supported her divorce.
“The Emperor said he would reward me, but I don’t want any reward. I just want the Emperor to decide whether Xie Yu and I can divorce.” She smiled and said, “Do you know what this means? It means that I, Luo Ziqiong, don’t want Xie Yu anymore, instead of him divorcing me. My parents might be gossiped about, but if the Emperor decides on the divorce, who would dare to gossip?”
"You're really clever, but will the Emperor agree? After all, your proposal of divorce challenges the face of the royal family, so it's probably unlikely." She also felt that Luo Ziqiong had changed, becoming less sharp-tongued. She whispered, "Actually, I heard my master say that Prince Yu seems to have some hidden illness, and that you can't have children. Is it because of him? Has a doctor seen him?"
Luo Ziqiong was stunned. "I never thought about this question before. It's because Xie Yu's concubine has given birth. His hidden illness is that he took too many aphrodisiac drugs, which damaged his health. I won't lie to you. Actually, Xie Yu hasn't touched me for two years. We argue and fight every day. It's a mess. I'm exhausted."
"Fenghua, while you're still young, you must plan for your own future. I've seen through men long ago; not a single one of them is good." She sighed, "If I could do it all over again, I..."
"How are you?" Jiang Fenghua was also curious about Luo Ziqiong's thoughts.
She smiled bitterly, "There are no 'what ifs' in life. Only after experiencing it and suffering enough of life's hardships will you hope to start over. I've suffered enough in marriage, and I've long since given up on it."
"If you could really do it all over again, would you still marry Prince Yu? In other words, if you could do it all over again, and instead of marrying Xie Yu, you married another ordinary and unremarkable person, what do you think?"
"Who wouldn't yearn to marry into royalty and live a life of high status? I don't know what I would choose, but now I know what I want to do. I want to be myself and never rely on men for a living again."
Luo Ziqiong's eyes seemed to shine with a confident beauty. "Even if we marry an ordinary man with no status, do you think we women will be any better off? Don't be silly. Go look at those women. They are worse off than us. So don't rely on men. If possible, we should rely on ourselves to have confidence."
She then asked, "And you, if you could relive your life, what would you choose?"
Jiang Fenghua had asked herself this question countless times, and she only got one answer: she wanted to take back everything that belonged to her, and nothing and no one could shake her decision. She said, "There are no 'what ifs' in life, and we can't start over. We can only move forward bravely."
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