"I remember going to Chaohui Hall with Bi Chun and Bi Dong, following that Palace Maid. Halfway there, Bi Chun distracted the maid, and I took the medicine, then I went to see Prince Chen." Qi Qiuxin’s beautiful face flushed with a rosy tint, her eyes and brows tinged with a spring-like allure: "Prince Chen is so valiant and vigorous, he makes me... I really like Prince Chen!"
Staring intently at Qi Qiuxin, it was obvious that she really didn’t know what had happened afterward. Qi Zonghao’s expression grew dark, and inwardly he cursed her for a fool.
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Qi Zonghao pressed his lips together, remaining silent.
"Also, Imperial Brother demanded that Prince Chen must demote Yang Mengchen to a Concubine. She’s a lowly farmer’s daughter, and I am the noble Princess of Xiliang. She should serve Prince Chen and me like a Maid."
Qi Qiuxin indulged in the satisfying dream of her wishes coming true, all the while planning to subject Yang Mengchen, that wretched woman, to various torments once she joined the Chen Prince Mansion. It took her a moment to realize that her Imperial Brother had not spoken, and when she looked up at his face, a bad premonition suddenly flooded her heart.
"Imperial Brother, what’s the matter?"
"Prince Chen will not be marrying you, nor will he demote Princess Chen to a Concubine!"
"Why? I belong to Prince Chen now. Why won’t he marry me? Why?" Panic seized Qi Qiuxin.
Qi Zonghao looked at Qi Qiuxin with deep, sympathetic eyes. His calm voice slowly spoke, but each word and sentence made Qi Qiuxin feel as if she were in an icy wasteland, trembling uncontrollably with panic and boundless despair rising in her heart.
"Prince Chen never touched you. Instead, it was you who burst out of the Imperial Palace and ran to ’Gong Le Yao’, where you killed two Xiao Guans and also injured the guard my men sent to find you, as well as others in the building."
"No! That’s not possible!" Qi Qiuxin staggered, then began to scream hysterically: "It was clearly Prince Chen who was delighting with me, how could it be some lowly commoner, some slave? It’s not true! Imperial Brother, you tell me it’s not true, right? You have to tell me!"
She was the most exalted princess of Xiliang Country; how dare those vile commoners and slaves defame her purity? They deserved to die!
And Prince Chen, who had consummated their union without acknowledging it and allowed others to slander her, how could she bear this?
Could it be that Prince Chen truly despised her that much?
Seeing the thoughts in Qi Qiuxin’s mind, a trace of disgust flashed in Qi Zonghao’s eyes: "You didn’t go to Chaohui Hall to see Prince Chen, and it was you who forced yourself on those two Xiao Guans and the guard. Many saw it with their own eyes, and now the people of the five nations all know about this affair. You are trying to blame Prince Chen, but it’s impossible."
Qi Qiuxin’s face turned as pale as snow, her expression blank, eyes filled with shock and despair.
Sighing inwardly, Qi Zonghao prompted, "Did you encounter a bird on your way to Chaohui Hall and touch its wings?"
It must have been Bi Chun and Bi Dong who told Imperial Brother, but why was he suddenly asking about that bird? Qi Qiuxin didn’t understand but still nodded.
"That’s when you were ensnared." Qi Zonghao spoke gravely, "The bird must have been smeared with drugs. Touching the bird naturally led you to be drugged, causing you to lose your senses, and that’s what led to your actions."
Upon hearing Qi Zonghao’s words, Qi Qiuxin gradually regained her senses from horror and despair, carefully thinking over the entire series of events: "It must have been that wretched woman Yang Mengchen behind it all!" Her voice grew shrill and twisted, filled with endless hatred.
She was certain that after taking the drug, she had gone to Chaohui Hall, and someone had surely meddled with the subsequent events—none other than that wretched Yang Mengchen.
"Imperial Younger Sister!" Qi Zonghao rebuked sharply.
Under normal circumstances, faced with Qi Zonghao’s tone, Qi Qiuxin would have immediately conceded and apologized, but now she was ensnared in madness, unresponsive to the outside world, her eyes blood-red as she cursed nonstop: "Wretch, wretch, you’ve robbed me of my innocence and prevented my marriage to Prince Chen. I will make you, wretch, wish you were dead!"
With a crisp ’slap,’ Qi Qiuxin fell onto the bed, her eyes dull as she looked up at Qi Zonghao, a clear imprint of five fingers on her pale left cheek, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
"If you dare to speak foul words and insult her again, this prince will not spare you!" Qi Zonghao turned and sat down by the table.
Princess Chen would sooner or later be his woman. His Imperial Younger Sister kept calling Princess Chen a wretch, which was as good as cursing him too. Of course, he couldn’t tolerate it.
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