That night, the Emperor went to Yuquan Palace, but showed no intention of retiring. Instead, he played chess with Jiang Shuhua's sister. Because Jiang Shuhua had won Qi Jingxuan's favor at the palace banquet, his visit to Yuquan Palace today was not for the sake of the banquet.
Jiang Shuyuan yawned boredly to the side.
"I see that Consort Shuyuan is tired. Sister, why don't we play chess another day? Let's rest for tonight."
Jiang Shuhua pretended not to hear and continued to stare intently at the chessboard, as if she loved playing chess.
In fact, Qi Jingxuan had known all along that this young woman's chess skills were truly terrible. If he hadn't been letting her win all the time, how could things have gone so smoothly?
Seeing Jiang Shuyuan next to him, he immediately perked up.
The Emperor was even more certain that this was something the two sisters had done to prevent Consort Jiang from serving him in bed.
There was an early morning court session the next day, and the Emperor was so exhausted that he went to the Empress's palace and went straight to sleep.
The Empress was overjoyed. Upon seeing the Emperor arrive, she hurriedly got up to bathe and change, and even asked Natsume to prepare a light feather robe for her.
I never expected that after all that effort, I would be able to hear the Emperor snoring by the time I finished.
Tsai Shu-chi had no choice but to go to sleep next to her.
The next day, the emperor specially arranged to invite the prince from the Western Regions and Consort Jiang to go boating on Mirror Lake, but he only invited the two of them, while he hid in a pavilion on the mountain to keep an eye on the situation.
As expected, Jiang Shuyuan turned to leave as soon as she saw that only the Western Region prince was there.
"Shuyuan, it's just the two of us here, don't leave!"
“Prince, I received a letter from the palace saying that someone important wants to see me. I thought it was my father who sent someone to meet me, but I never expected it to be you! Prince, the two of us cannot meet alone.”
The prince from the Western Regions, feeling extremely sad, grabbed Jiang Shuyuan's arm, signaling her not to leave.
"I didn't want to come and marry the princess of Qi, but I really had no choice. It's only early winter, and most of the cattle and sheep of my two tribes have frozen to death. What are we going to do next year? Shuyuan, it's my fault for not coming to see you these past few years!"
With tears welling up in her eyes, Jiang Shuyuan said, "Prince, we've already missed our chance. It's best if we never see each other again. This one doesn't belong to me!"
Jiang Shuyuan is gone! She left behind the jade pendant with a qilin design that the prince once gave her!
Absolutely resolute!
The prince of the Western Regions collapsed to his knees and wept bitterly, not because he didn't want to go to her, but because his father was getting old and he was already overwhelmed with the work of maintaining stability in the various tribes.
"Shuyuan! I'm so sorry!"
"Shuyuan!"
"Eunuch Wu, look at this couple, they're quite amusing!" Qi Jingxuan sneered.
When Eunuch Wu saw that the Emperor had discovered his concubine's infidelity, he was afraid that the Emperor would take his anger out on him, so he immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, Consort Jiang is ungrateful and deserves no good. Please punish her immediately!"
Qi Jingxuan took a sip of tea and said, "Then execute him!"
Eunuch Wu wasn't surprised at all; after all, not punishing the entire family was already a lenient approach.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Qi Jingxuan immediately felt that the matter was a done deal.
"No need. Have Jiang Shuyuan dress up tonight and send her directly to my Qianqing Palace. Remember, wrap her in a blanket and send her completely naked!"
"Huh??" The eunuch looked at Qi Jingxuan in surprise, wondering what he was going to do.
In the afternoon, he arranged to meet the prince of the Western Regions at the Qianqing Palace for a secret meeting to discuss the relationship between the two countries and revise the treaty of peace and war.
Dozens of ministers took turns getting the prince from the Western Regions completely drunk.
Qi Jingxuan raised his hand to signal the ministers that it was time, and everyone dispersed.
"Xiao Shunzi, take the Western Regions prince to the west wing. Eunuch Wu, has Consort Jiang been brought over?"
"Your Majesty, it's here." Eunuch Wu finally understood what the Emperor was planning. Indeed, you can never guess what those in power are thinking.
"Lock the west wing. We'll come back tomorrow. Hahahaha!!!"
The prince from the Western Regions felt that he hadn't drunk much, yet today his mouth was unusually dry.
"Water!" He staggered over from the doorway.
Jiang Shuyuan, who was on the bed, had no intention of serving the emperor. Although she was completely naked, she had hidden a hairpin in her hair, preparing for a mutually destructive outcome if necessary.
Hearing that voice gave her goosebumps all over.
"How could it be him!"
Seeing that she had no clothes left, Jiang Shuyuan was extremely embarrassed. "Help! Help!"
He shouted loudly, but not a single servant came.
"Shuyuan? Shuyuan, I love you, Shuyuan!"
The prince from the Western Regions turned around when he heard the call and saw Jiang Shuyuan. He walked in and saw that she was wrapped in a quilt, so he immediately ripped it off.
"Aa ...
Jiang Shuyuan was laid bare before him, and he immediately screamed in fright.
The prince from the Western Regions sobered up considerably and struggled to control himself. "Shuyuan, quickly cover it up! I'm sorry! I! I didn't know..."
"Prince, what am I to do now? Today's events must have been orchestrated by someone with ulterior motives. How am I supposed to survive in this harem? I never dreamed of marrying into a powerful family; I just wanted to spend the rest of my life in the palace. Why are you always haunting me?"
Jiang Shuyuan thought of her younger sister and her parents, and not knowing how to save face for her family, she burst into tears.
"Shuyuan, don't cry! I'll marry you, I don't want to be a princess anymore! You've always been the only person I wanted to marry."
The prince of the Western Regions felt an overwhelming surge of primal power within him, and now that his beloved woman was lying there naked, he had long since lost control.
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