Chapter 273 Dilemma
The room was silent, not even a sound could be heard.
Only the sound of breathing remained in the room. After a long time, Xiao Yu looked back at Chen Fu: "Do you know something?"
Chen Fu's heart beat slightly at the sound of His Majesty's voice.
I have to admire that His Majesty is indeed very sharp.
She raised her eyelids and then immediately looked up. With an innocent look on his face, he pretended not to understand.
"What is your Majesty saying?" Shen Fu grabbed your Majesty's sleeve and shrank into his arms pretending to be innocent.
Shen Fu wanted His Majesty to find out, but these words really could not come out of her mouth.
She had to let His Majesty guess it himself. Chen Fu blinked her eyes and crawled into the arms of Your Majesty innocently: "Your Majesty, please don't scare me."
Seeing Shen Fu being so timid, all the thoughts in Xiao Yu's mind disappeared.
He hurriedly hugged Shen Fu and gently reached out his hand to pat her on the back.
"It's my fault." His Majesty raised his hand and patted Chen Fu on the back, even his peripheral vision was gentle.
He comforted Shen Fu with his palm: "I was just worried that you would be frightened that day, and you might really get sick from the shock."
Chen Fu has been in the palace for such a long time, and she has never been the type to use her illness to curry favor. The more this happened, the more Chen Fu leaned timidly and tenderly in his arms.
The more worried Xiao Yu became.
"Where is the imperial physician? Why hasn't the imperial physician come yet?" Xiao Yu hugged Chen Fu's shoulders and shouted outside.
Chen Fu stretched out her hand and hugged Your Majesty tightly: "No. I don't want to see the imperial physician."
She held the Emperor's hand tightly, not letting him go.
"I just want Your Majesty to be by my side."
Seeing Chen Fu's clinginess, Xiao Yu's heart, no matter how hard it was, melted at this moment.
"I won't leave." His Majesty walked back and sat beside Shen Fu.
He was afraid that Shen Fu would be scared, so he hugged Shen Fu and brought her into his arms: "But Fu'er, you have to tell me, what happened that made you so scared?"
When Chen Fu heard what His Majesty said, she knew in her heart that His Majesty had taken the bait.
She lowered her head, a smile appeared on the corner of her lips, but she quickly covered it up: "I just found the dance costume that Wang Xuanshi wore before she died to be familiar..."
She spoke timidly, not daring to speak too loudly. When he looked up at His Majesty, there was even a hint of confusion in his eyes.
Xiao Yu looked at Chen Fu's expression, and the hand on her shoulder tightened involuntarily: "I remember that you were wearing that dress when you performed a dance at Lingyun Mountain before?"
Xiao Yu didn't want to recall even a single word of what happened on New Year's Eve.
What happened that night is ultimately a stain on the emperor. After all, it was a huge shame for an emperor to be fooled by a woman.
Even if Xiao Yu knew that there was something wrong with the dance costume that night, he would not take the initiative to bring it up unless Chen Fu said anything.
As soon as Shen Fu said this, His Majesty finally started to ask.
There was a slight pain in her shoulder, but Shen Fu didn't dare to show it at all, and nodded to His Majesty.
"This is what I wore before. Your Majesty, do you still remember it?" Chen Fu bit her lip and said to Your Majesty:
"It's just that the dance dress was clearly given to me by Concubine Zhou. I don't know why it ended up on Concubine Wang's body."
"Lady Zhou?" His Majesty really hadn't forgotten Lady Zhou. He frowned and immediately figured out who Chen Fu was talking about: "Are you talking about Zhou Shuyun?"
"Yes." Chen Fu was ignorant and nodded to His Majesty.
"The dance dress at Lingyun Mountain was presented to me by Lady Zhou. I was extremely grateful to her at that time." Chen Fu lowered her eyes, her curled eyelashes fluttering lightly, like a butterfly spreading its wings and flying high:
"It was just a few days before the New Year that Lady Zhou suddenly came to me and asked for the dance costume back."
"You said that Concubine Zhou asked you to take back the dance costume?" Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Are you sure it's Miss Zhou?"
His Majesty really didn't believe it.
Chen Fu nodded to His Majesty: "Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wang are both clearly distinguished from concubines."
"Besides, Lady Zhou came just a few days ago, and the servants in Hehuan Palace saw it. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, just go and ask."
"How could I not believe you?"
Xiao Yu pressed Chen Fu's shoulders, and used a little force with his fingertips: "It's just that I haven't figured this out yet."
He pressed his fingertips between his eyebrows and felt a dull pain in his forehead.
"Is it Lady Zhou who took the dance costume?"
To be honest, Xiao Yu actually had a good impression of Lady Zhou.
Although they had only met a few times, every time Lady Zhou appeared, she was like a gust of wind. Be gentle and calm, and don't fight or compete.
Xiao Yu had met Lady Zhou several times and actually had a good impression of her.
Now that Chen Fu said that the dance costume belonged to Concubine Zhou, Xiao Yu found it hard to believe.
"I……"
Seeing His Majesty's expression, Chen Fu knew what His Majesty was thinking.
She is not in a hurry either.
In such matters, urging will have no effect.
The more Chen Fu urged, the more His Majesty would doubt the authenticity of the matter.
Maybe he would even start to doubt her. Wouldn't that be counterproductive?
As long as it was Concubine Zhou who did it, Chen Fu would not be afraid of not being able to expose it.
How can there be anything foolproof? As long as it is done, there will be traces.
Shen Fu pulled His Majesty's sleeve and pulled him back from his thoughts: "I just felt that this matter was strange, so I couldn't help but tell His Majesty."
"As for how that dance costume came to be worn by the king's concubine, I don't know either. I'm afraid only His Majesty can find out."
Every word of Shen Fu's words struck Xiao Yu's heart.
Xiao Yu felt a lot of thoughts in his mind.
Lady Zhou.
He was so drunk on New Year's Eve that he couldn't remember who that person was.
But when Shen Fu said that, he vaguely felt that some fragments seemed to fall into his eyes.
It was indeed a woman in a dancing costume, but he had no memory of who that woman was.
I only remember that she deliberately pinched her voice and pretended to be Shen Fu to deceive me. But later, he clearly recognized that the person that day was really the king's concubine.
I knew he was angry, so why did I come back early the next morning?
In the past few days, Xiao Yu did not take the initiative to think about this matter. But now when I think about it, I feel that there are doubts everywhere.
Chen Fu looked at His Majesty's expression and knew what he was thinking of.
She did not urge him, but just leaned tenderly in His Majesty's arms: "I have been dreaming about what happened that day. I just feel like I can't sleep or eat well."
"Wang Xuanshi looked really scary before he died." His Majesty is not a soft-hearted person, but he is certainly not a tyrant who kills people indiscriminately.
Chen Fu has known His Majesty for such a long time, and she has a good understanding of His Majesty's thoughts.
Let His Majesty know that he has killed someone by mistake. Even if he has no sympathy for the person who was wrongly killed, he will not sit idly by.
Now that His Majesty has become suspicious, there is nothing I can do next.
Shen Fu achieved her goal and was in a good mood.
Her porcelain-white hands fell on His Majesty's chest, and she spoke slowly: "I haven't had a good sleep these past few days, Your Majesty, please stay and accompany me."
"Why are you so clingy?" Xiao Yu chuckled as he looked at Chen Fu in his arms.
The large palm reached out and gently stroked Shen Fu's cheek.
"You want me to stay?"
He lowered his eyes, with a slight smile in his eyes.
Shen Fu met His Majesty's gaze, and her lively eyes fell deeply into His Majesty's deep eyes. She bit her lips lightly, and her face seemed to blush for a moment.
It's not that she wants His Majesty to stay, but some people might not want His Majesty to stay with her.
Based on Concubine Rong's behavior today, Chen Fu didn't believe that she could let His Majesty stay in Hehuan Palace tonight with peace of mind.
Given Concubine Rong's temper, she will probably try every means to get His Majesty to leave her room tonight.
Chen Fu knew Concubine Rong's temper too thoroughly. She said this just to see what choice His Majesty would make when the time comes.
As soon as she opens her mouth, the Emperor will definitely agree.
But if Concubine Rong is not tactful and comes to invite His Majesty seriously, then His Majesty will be in trouble.
Once His Majesty is in a dilemma, whether he chooses her or Concubine Rong, it will be a mistake.
For Shen Fu, it was just a matter of words. Whether His Majesty stayed or not, Shen Fu would not suffer any loss.
But if Concubine Rong doesn't want His Majesty to stay, she will try every possible means to get him to leave.
Then Concubine Rong would naturally become disliked.
I'm afraid Concubine Rong would never have thought that just sending a gift to warn Shen Fu would cause so much trouble.
When Shen Fu thought of this, her performance became more realistic. She threw herself into His Majesty's arms: "Of course I am thinking of His Majesty. Even if His Majesty doesn't miss me, I will still miss him."
Chen Fu rarely said sweet words, so when Xiao Yu said these, he naturally agreed wholeheartedly. How could he not agree?
He stretched out his hand and hugged Chen Fu: "I promise you, I will stay with you tonight and won't leave for a moment, okay?"
Chen Fu listened to His Majesty's promise and smiled more and more satisfied. She hooked her hands around His Majesty's neck and immediately offered her red lips: "Your Majesty is the best. I love You the most."
The woman's confession was so bold, there was no trace of anything else in her clear eyes except him.
When Xiao Yu heard this, his eyes darkened. He pinched Shen Fu's chin with one hand, lowered his head and kissed her immediately.
His Majesty held Shen Fu in his arms, hugged her and kissed her gently.
At this time, in Changchun Palace, the news that His Majesty had gone to Chen Fu was gradually reaching the ears of Concubine Rong.
It was difficult to get news from the Qianqing Palace, so Concubine Shu was sent back in a sedan chair and the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau was invited to come. Only then did the news spread.
"You said that Concubine Shu was so angry that she vomited blood?" When Concubine Rong heard this, she couldn't help but pause for a moment.
Even though His Majesty had been bewitched by Chen Fu, she had never expected that His Majesty would be so cruel to Concubine Shu.
How much he doted on me before, but now he refuses to even see me.
Even Concubine Rong, who was used to the ups and downs of the harem, felt chilled to the bone when she heard the news.
"Yes." The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty has arrived at the Hehuan Palace."
When Concubine Rong heard this, her expression changed drastically.
"What is Concubine Shen doing?" She knocked Shen Fu with the thing she had just delivered.
Chen Fu immediately sent someone to invite His Majesty over.
This is obviously using the Emperor's power to put pressure on himself.
When Concubine Rong thought of this, her expression turned grim: "Send someone to invite His Majesty."
"Just say that the Third Prince is not feeling well and ask His Majesty to come and see him."
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