After thinking for a moment, Sheng Jingyu said, "I don't have much stuff, so there's no need to move. Tell the Princess that I don't have time to sleep tonight. I may have to meet with some ministers to discuss how to resolve this matter at tomorrow's morning court session."
Sheng Jingyu knew all about those things and didn't need to discuss them. He just wanted to stage a self-inflicted injury to make Su Wenyuan pity him.
Ye Shan relayed the message to Su Wenyuan as instructed.
When they came out again, Sheng Jingyu rushed up to her and asked, "What did she say?"
Before Ye Shan could reply, the candles in the room behind her went out, plunging the room into darkness.
"Your Highness, do I need to say it?" Ye Shan said helplessly.
Su Wenyuan's attitude couldn't be clearer. Whether she sleeps or not is none of her business.
Before taking action, Sheng Jingyu should have considered the trouble that would follow. How could he have come up with a solution on the spur of the moment?
Playing the victim won't work now; Su Wenyuan won't pity him at all.
The thought that Sheng Jingyu could see it made Su Wenyuan's vision go black.
Sheng Jingyu arrived at Hua Ling's place looking dejected. Before he could say anything, Hua Ling excitedly got up to greet him.
"Oh my! Who is this? What brings you here? Why aren't you with your understanding princess?" Hua Ling said gloatingly.
"Didn't you say you weren't angry? Why were you kicked out? Did I remember wrong? Weren't you very smug before?"
Sheng Jingyu gave him a cold look and asked, "Do you want to sleep on the streets tonight?"
"Hey, hey, hey, that's not right of you. You can't kick me out just because you got kicked out." Hua Ling suppressed a laugh, thinking to herself that his behavior before and after was really quite different.
Not long ago, she was showing off in front of him, but now look what happened, she's been kicked out.
Sheng Jingyu kept sighing, without explaining why.
Hua Ling asked curiously, "Aren't you going to tell me why? Her shout just now reached me. What happened?"
Sheng Jingyu was speechless for a moment; this was indeed a bit difficult to talk about.
What happens behind closed doors is not something I can easily tell outsiders.
"Don't ask, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Just play with these herbs!" Sheng Jingyu got up and left, intending to go back and figure out a solution himself.
Hua Ling was completely confused, feeling that something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
On the other side of Wanlin Hunting Grounds, the Emperor finally gave the order to return to the palace.
It wasn't that he didn't want to go back, it was just that it was inconvenient for Prince Jin to move around.
But the Emperor can't stay here for several nights in a row! So he told them to stay and the rest of the people to go back.
Empress Yuan was unwilling and had strong objections.
He wanted to argue with the Emperor, implying that Sheng Jingyu had harmed Prince Jin and that he couldn't go back without resolving the issue.
The emperor had been reprimanded by him all day and was already quite impatient.
They stated frankly that they didn't want to go back and would stay here instead.
The incident began when Prince Jin attempted to assassinate Princess Chen. Prince Jin provoked the situation first, so the score needs to be settled from the beginning.
After saying this, the emperor immediately issued an edict to return to the palace.
Empress Yuan refused to listen and threatened that they would return to Qikong Kingdom immediately. Since Anchuan Kingdom had no intention of making peace, they would meet on the battlefield.
The Emperor almost got into a fight with him, but in the end, Princess He Yi stepped in to persuade Empress Yuan.
Princess Heyi's willingness to step forward was the result of Consort Wan's kind persuasion.
Although Empress Yuan agreed, she also made a series of demands, saying that she wanted a more stable carriage and that all the imperial physicians should be on duty.
Finally, Consort Wan gave up her palace carriage for them and chose to travel with the Empress, which resolved these troubles.
On the carriage, the emperor was so angry that he didn't want to say a word.
He was also curious about how Sheng Jingyu would handle the situation if he were here.
Empress Yuan is just an envoy, yet she threatens war at the drop of a hat. Is Qikong Kingdom deliberately trying to provoke a war this time?
All the useful spies are with Sheng Jingyu. If he keeps them hidden, it will be difficult for the Emperor to obtain useful information.
The Empress and Consort Wan were in the same carriage, and neither of them looked well.
The Empress, in particular, was terrified.
She kept recalling the scene of Jin Kouhe being hung in mid-air, his body riddled with arrows, blood dripping from his wounds, forming a small pool of crimson blood.
Sheng Jingyu is still as crazy as he was back then, and the emperor is still just as ruthless as he was back then, not daring to do anything about it.
Others could not see the emperor's fear, but the empress, who had been with him for many years, could see it at a glance.
At that time, Sheng Jingyu only brought a dozen or so guards, and the hunting grounds were full of palace guards and soldiers. With a single order from the emperor, he could command them to stop the incident.
But the emperor was timid and hesitant.
He wasn't afraid of not being able to stop it at the time; he was afraid that after stopping it, he wouldn't be able to bear the trouble that Sheng Jingyu would bring him.
When the Empress saw that Sheng Jingyu had this ability, she wasn't exactly happy, but she wasn't afraid either.
This time I'm really scared.
At first, Sheng Jingyu was disobedient, but the Empress didn't think the consequences would be too serious; at most, she would just lose a sharp weapon.
Now that she has witnessed Sheng Jingyu's madness, the Empress is particularly worried that Sheng Jingyu will discover the things she has done.
Even the Emperor dared not stop Sheng Jingyu. If the truth were to come out one day, who would save her?
Consort Wan was also in a state of confusion, wondering what she could do to help Princess Heyi.
She shouldn't have interfered in the conflict between Sheng Jingyu and Jin Kouhe; it was a matter of national importance, concerning peace between the two countries.
But she had promised Princess Heyi that she would help her.
"Your Majesty the Empress..." Consort Wan began cautiously.
The Empress was still in a daze, and it took Consort Wan calling her several times before she came to her senses.
"What's wrong?" the Empress asked absentmindedly.
Consort Wan said, "You have painstakingly raised Prince Chen for many years, and now you see him being bewitched and blinded by lust. Don't you have anything to say?"
The Empress glanced at her and said, "What kind of talk is that? There isn't even a concubine in Prince Chen's residence. Who could possibly bewitch him?"
The Empress knew perfectly well who Consort Wan was referring to, but she was unwilling to agree with her.
“It is precisely because there are no concubines in the manor that the Princess Consort of Chen has become so unrestrained. She was disrespectful to you before, provoked the Crown Prince, and now she has also offended Prince Jin.” Consort Wan preemptively struck.
In the assassination attempt by Jin Kouhe, Sheng Jingyu went mad. In terms of who suffered the most in the whole affair, Jin Kouhe was more seriously injured and also dragged Princess Heyi into it.
Su Wenyuan only had a shallow wound.
But if we're talking about the cause of the incident, we have to blame Jin Kouhe. Consort Wan is now trying to shift the blame, saying that Su Wenyuan provoked first, and that's why Jin Kouhe took action.
If this problem can be solved, they will be able to speak with much more confidence.
The Empress was unmoved and sneered, "Princess Consort Chen has not disrespected me, nor has she provoked the Crown Prince. If she had been wrong about what happened before, she would have been punished long ago."
"Since you weren't present for this, don't make any wild guesses. I called you here so you could persuade Princess Heyi. Princess Heyi is quite different from before when she came back."
Consort Wan didn't understand the Empress's implied meaning and was only thinking about how to help.
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