In the middle of the night, seeing Wang Qingluo shivering in her sleep, the prince couldn't bear it anymore and fired another signal flare. Soon, a row of royal guards came in and opened the door for the two of them.
The fat guy on the opposite side saw it and immediately sat up and looked across.
"Your Highness, the carriage is ready and waiting for you outside—"
The Grand Historian's only son was anxious, "Who are you? Why are you trying to escape from prison? Take me with you! The Prime Minister is my uncle!"
"Your Highness—" The royal guard looked at the prince hesitantly.
"Investigate this person's identity carefully. If he uses the prime minister's name to do evil things, let the prime minister handle it."
"yes."
——
Two months later, the weather turned cold again. It was already late autumn. The wedding of the prince and Wang Qingluo was arranged after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Perhaps because of her trip, Wang Qingluo now looked much more mature and no longer thought about going out. Every day, she stayed at home with the embroiderer hired by the Prime Minister's Mansion to sew her dowry.
Soon it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the day before their wedding.
Gu Yanran looked at the palace decorated with lights and couldn't help biting her red lips, "Are you all ready?"
The maid was a little nervous, "Miss, do you really want to do this? Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and tomorrow is the big day of the prince's wedding. Everyone is busy. What if someone finds out——"
"It's because the prince is getting married that we won't be discovered!" Gu Yanran scolded lightly, "Go quickly, there will be no such good opportunity after today." If it weren't for the prince's marriage and the chaos in the East Palace, how could she have the opportunity to do what she wanted. Seeing Wang Qingluo's insistence, the maid had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival and the East Palace was already busy. Plus, the Crown Prince was getting married the next day and he had to try on new clothes and go through the wedding procedures again. The maidservant easily sneaked in.
She walked in with her head down, holding a cup of hot ginseng tea, and said to the prince who was trying on new clothes, "Your Highness, this is the ginseng tea given to you by the Empress. Drink it before you go to Kunning Palace to pay your respects to the Empress."
The collar of the wedding dress was probably a little tight, and the prince had some difficulty lowering his head, so he looked at the maid and said, "I know." Then he let her go. The maid stared at the ginseng tea that the prince had placed aside, and remembered what Gu Yanran had told her. She gritted her teeth and reminded him, "Your Highness, the Queen asked you to drink it while it's hot."
Gu Tang frowned slightly, and after a moment he raised the ginseng tea and drank it all.
"I've drunk it, you can go now."
The maid was relieved to see this, and then she took the tray and left. Soon, the prince had almost finished trying on his wedding dress, so she waved her hand and asked everyone around to leave. She went into the house to change into her casual clothes, and then prepared to go to Queen Pei.
Gu Yanran watched the maid come back and heard her say that everything went well, so she quickly tidied her hair, then lifted her skirt and went to wait for the prince. Sure enough, after a while, the prince, who was dressed in a casual outfit, came over. The medicine was effective at this time. Gu Yanran, who was hiding beside the tree, quickly came over, and the prince suddenly stumbled and his steps became unstable.
Seeing this, Gu Yanran hurried forward, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Her tone was full of concern.
The prince covered his forehead and was about to push her away after he stood still, but when he opened his eyes, he saw his future crown princess, Wang Qingluo. Her face was slightly red, and her dark eyes were looking at him without blinking. "Your Highness, can I help you to rest aside? How are you?"
She had never been so gentle and considerate to him before. The prince suddenly felt his whole body dry and his mind became more and more confused. He only said one sentence, "Lolo--" and let her support him and walk.
——
"Look carefully." Shen Qingqiu was standing on tiptoe, sipping tea.
"Mr. Shen, I saw it for real. Not long after the Crown Prince left the house, he was kidnapped by that woman!" The person who spoke was a maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion. She knew that Mr. Shen and her daughter had a good relationship. Everyone in the palace was a noble lady. She didn't know who had kidnapped the Crown Prince just now, so she could only ask Mr. Shen for help? Moreover, they were going to get married tomorrow, but she came to seduce the Crown Prince today. This was too disrespectful to the Prime Minister's Mansion!
Shen Qingqiu immediately raised his head and drank the tea, then stood up from the chair and walked forward without looking back.
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, where are you going?"
She didn't even look back, and just said, "Get your young lady's husband back."
Shen Qingqiu didn't even need to think about it. The only woman in the palace who was forced into a desperate situation and had ideas about the prince was Gu Yanran. And today, even if she wasn't doing it for Wang Qingluo, she couldn't let Gu Yanran succeed for the sake of the Marquis's Mansion. If there was really a girl from the Gu family who was willing to be a concubine, how would the other women in the Gu family deal with themselves in the future? She walked quickly to the courtyard where Gu Yanran lived, and regardless of the people outside trying to stop her, Shen Qingqiu kicked the door open.
"Mr. Shen, my young lady is ill and is sleeping now—"
Shen Qingqiu raised his lips slightly, "Sleeping alone or with others?" The maid never expected that Shen Qingqiu, a young girl, would speak so freely. She was immediately frozen in place, and did not bother to stop him, as Shen Qingqiu directly broke into the inner room.
At this time, Gu Yanran was about to take off the prince's outermost robe.
The prince was in a daze, apparently somewhat unconscious. He looked up and saw the door being pushed open, "Mr. Shen--"
Shen Qingqiu had seen a lot of people from all walks of life, so he naturally knew what her situation was. He took a glass of cold water from the table and poured it on his face, "Your Highness, you are getting married tomorrow, so you'd better sober up." Before the prince could react, someone poured a basin of cold water on his head.
He was now much more conscious, and he remembered what happened in the garden. He wiped the tea off his face and his eyes fell on Gu Yanran again. No matter how romantic and affectionate he was, he was still a ruthless emperor. Being plotted against like this, his eyes were inevitably a little more vicious. Gu Yanran had never seen such a prince before, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared.
After a moment, the prince looked away, looked at Shen Qingqiu, and said, "Mr. Shen, since this is your family affair, you can handle it. I will return to the East Palace first."
Shen Qingqiu knew that the prince was giving him face, so he didn't plan to pursue Gu Yanran. Otherwise, if he drugged the prince of a country, even the Marquis' Mansion would have to suffer the consequences with Gu Yanran.
"Don't worry, Prince. I will tell the old lady about what happened today."
Everyone present knew what kind of person Old Madam Xu was. The prince nodded with satisfaction and then left.
Gu Yanran wanted to chase after him, but was pulled back by Shen Qingqiu, "What else do you want to do? Isn't it enough that you are willing to be a lowly person?"
Gu Yanran looked at Shen Qingqiu in disbelief, "I'm willing to be lowly? Shen Qingqiu, you actually have the nerve to say that I'm willing to be lowly. If it weren't for you, how could I be kicked out of the Marquis' Mansion by the old lady? If it weren't for you, how could a girl like me plan a marriage for myself! I'll be fifteen after the New Year. What should I do if I don't find a way for myself?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "So your idea is to knock the prince unconscious before the marriage, and use your body as a bet to enter the East Palace?"
Gu Yanran bit her lip and said nothing.
"I'm telling you, the Eastern Palace is not a place you want to enter." Shen Qingqiu said. She didn't intend to tell her about the affairs of the court. Anyway, this idiot would definitely not understand. "Listen, the old lady is not such a heartless person. For the sake of the old lady, I won't care about what happened to you before. As long as you behave yourself, you will live a happy life even if you don't have wealth and glory in the second half of your life."
After saying this, she left quickly. Since she had promised the prince to tell the old lady about this matter, she naturally had to pass on the order.
Old Lady Xu acted decisively. When she learned that Gu Yanran had done such a thing, she immediately sent two maids to arrest her from the palace. The excuse she gave was that she was seriously ill and needed Gu Yanran to take care of her. Even the queen had to show some respect to Old Lady Xu.
Of course, there was nothing to say in the face of her reason. Besides, the crown prince would be the queen tomorrow, and Queen Pei had no time to care about this today.
But who knew that when he arrived at Gu Yanran's room, he saw a pair of big men's boots.
Then the two maids smelled the rotten smell of sex. Then they saw the seventh prince Gu Cheng coming out from Gu Yanran's bed. He rubbed his head and looked at the maids in front of him in surprise.
——
Gu Yanran was still brought back to the Hou Mansion, but the difference was that she was now the Seventh Prince's woman. Especially when the two maids went to get her, many palace servants saw it in public.
The old lady was unwilling to see her great-granddaughter now. She only banned her from walking and did not see her normally. The seventh prince also sent her birth date and horoscope very quickly. Under such circumstances, he could not marry Gu Yanran as his principal wife, but he could not give the daughter of the Marquisate a concubine either.
The Seventh Prince has already requested to take Gu Yanran as his concubine, and the ceremony will be held after the Crown Prince's wedding.
With a "bang", the maid who came in was so scared that she put her feet down.
But it was Gu Yanran with disheveled hair who smashed the vase down, "Bitch, bitch, all of them are bitches! Shen Qingqiu, that bitch! Wang Qingluo, that bitch!" She sobbed and threw herself on the table. If she hadn't reminded her, Wang Qingluo would have died long ago. She would have been the queen for sure, but why didn't she leave any place for herself!
Gu Yanran knelt on the ground, crying bitterly. If Shen Qingqiu hadn't forced her into a desperate situation, how could she have resorted to such a despicable strategy? Even though the Seventh Prince was noble, he was not the one she loved! "Your Highness, I love you so much, but how can you treat me so cruelly! How can I be inferior to Wang Qingluo!"
The maidservant at the side saw that she actually said the prince's name and couldn't help but advise her: "Fourth Miss, you are going to marry the Seventh Prince as a concubine soon. If you are still thinking about the prince, you are afraid that the Seventh Prince will be angry when he knows it?" Unexpectedly, as soon as she said that, Gu Yanran looked at her viciously.
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