Chapter 133 Pei Yuan knew the truth: he really slept with Shen Chu!
Shen Chu forced herself to remain calm, "How would Your Highness like to change the way we talk?"
Pei Yuan leaned back lazily in his chair. "The aphrodisiac I was given was very potent, so I can't quite remember what happened that night."
"Let's talk about it from the beginning today. Can you help me recall what happened that night?"
He stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping towards the door of the darkroom. "Hmm, let's start with the medicine you took. When were you given the medicine? When did you enter this darkroom?"
Shen Chu unconsciously clasped her hands together under the table, instantly guessing Pei Yuan's intention.
No lie can withstand scrutiny of details. Pei Yuan wanted to find loopholes in his words to show that he was only suspicious, but did not know that the person he had been intimate with that night was himself.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went over the matter in her mind.
"The time I took the medicine was around 9 PM. At that time, my stepmother wanted me to be thrown into the room of General Li's concubine's daughter."
In the ensuing chaos, I hid in the dark room, only to discover that there were other people inside.
Pei Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Oh? So you're saying I entered the darkroom first, and then you barged in?"
Shen Chu nodded. "Mm."
Adhering to the principle of speaking more and making more decisions, speaking less and making fewer mistakes, and not saying anything and making no mistakes, she tries to be as concise as possible in her language.
Pei Yuan frowned slightly. "I remember someone pushed me into the darkroom. When I came in, there were already people in the darkroom."
That night, he came to Jingguo Temple to light an everlasting lamp for his mother and to copy scriptures. The despicable Third Prince took the opportunity to tamper with the sandalwood incense in his room.
When he discovered he had been poisoned, the Third Prince's men had already blocked the door. He forced his limp body to jump out of the window.
Because he couldn't see at night and was unfamiliar with the layout of Jingguo Temple, he groped his way towards a secluded place.
As his consciousness began to fade, he seemed to hear a woman's soft moan, and then he was pushed into a darkroom.
Shen Chu felt inexplicably guilty upon hearing this, and without a doubt, it was Aunt Qiao who pushed Pei Yuan.
Seeing that the drug was taking effect, Aunt Qiao thought of going out to find a male prostitute so that she could keep quiet about it afterward.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Qiao ran into Pei Yuan, who was under the influence of the drug, as soon as she went out, so she pushed him in, mistaking him for a male prostitute.
She couldn't tell Pei Yuan these things, so she had to bite the bullet and keep making things up: "Your Highness and that young lady, I don't know who came in first."
When I came in, I heard... well, some inappropriate noises.
Your Highness was recognized only by your voice. As you know, I was also under the influence of an aphrodisiac at the time, and hearing that voice again...
Anyway, I acted impulsively and couldn't control myself, so I reached out and touched Your Highness. Fortunately, I realized my mistake in time and managed to leave.
That's the gist of it. Is Your Highness satisfied with this discussion?
Pei Yuan rested his forehead on one hand and suddenly laughed.
Shen Chu was puzzled by his laughter. "What is Your Highness laughing at?"
"Chen Chu, do you know that your words are full of holes?"
"Oh? Where does Your Highness see a loophole?" Although his hands under the table were almost twisted into a pretzel, Shen Chu remained calm and composed.
Pei Yuan scoffed, "If what you say is true, I was in the middle of a romantic encounter with a girl when a third person suddenly appeared and touched me. With my vigilance, I would never let that person leave alive."
"His Highness was under the influence of the aphrodisiac at the time, so how could his alertness be the same as usual?"
"Heh, even in the most pleasurable moment, this prince's vigilance will not diminish."
Shen Chu's face was hot and burning, as if all the blood in her body had rushed to her face.
This man... he just talks like that, what does "the most satisfying moment" even mean?
The image of their passionate entanglement that night instantly flashed into her mind, making her blush from her ears to her neck.
She didn't even dare to look up at the bed opposite her, afraid that it would bring back more memories.
Pei Yuan continued, "Even with my skills, I couldn't resist the aphrodisiac. How could you withstand its torment and run out of the dark room to find your maid?"
Chen Chu's heart pounded wildly. "So what exactly does Your Highness want to say?"
Pei Yuan suddenly sat up straight. "If you touched me and got away unscathed, there's only one possibility."
His sharp gaze was fixed on her as he said, word by word, "Unless it's just the two of us in the room, there's no such thing as a third person."
After saying these words, his breathing paused, and a barely perceptible hint of tension flashed in his eyes.
I had never thought about it in this way before, so I did not delve into what Shen Chu had said.
Upon closer examination, however, it is now clear that there are indeed loopholes.
Could it really be Shen Chu?
Pei Yuan's gaze was intense. "Chen Chu, swear to God, was there really a third person in the room? Did you really see the girl I was intimate with?"
Shen Chu's pupils contracted sharply, and a chill seeped from her clenched palms.
Pei Yuan's sharp gaze made her heart pound, and her legs went weak, almost causing her to slide off the chair.
She pinched her palm hard, forcing herself to look Pei Yuan in the eye, but deliberately showed a strange smile on her face.
"Does Your Highness mean you suspect that there was no one else in the dark room that night, only you and me? Tsk tsk, Your Highness, do you really want me to be the one you slept with?"
She clutched her chest, utterly shocked. "Isn't Your Highness the one who despises homosexuality the most? You so desperately want it to be me, are you really captivated by my charm?"
Pei Yuan's face stiffened. "Nonsense! Who has taken a fancy to you? This prince is only pursuing the truth!"
Don't try to evade the question; this prince wants to hear the truth from you.
Shen Chu pursed her lips and sighed heavily, "Now that things have come to this, I dare not hide anything from Your Highness any longer."
The truth is that Your Highness did indeed touch me, and Your Highness was indeed alerted and attempted to kill me.
I managed to escape by sheer luck, but I was surprised to find that Your Highness did not recognize me.
That's how I discovered His Highness's secret that he can't see at night. I was terrified, worried that His Majesty would silence me, so I gritted my teeth and ran out of the dark room.
That's the whole truth. If Your Highness doesn't believe me, there's nothing I can do.
She spread her hands, looking utterly helpless.
Pei Yuan's body trembled, and his brows furrowed.
Did Shen Chu discover his night blindness symptoms in this way?
Could it be that he was wrong in his suspicions?
Seeing that Pei Yuan didn't say anything more, Shen Chu rubbed her fingers together, realizing that the problem was indeed night blindness.
It seems she knew about Pei Yuan's night blindness, and that Pei Yuan discovered it, which is why he suspected that she was the one that night.
I wonder if her words just now were enough to dispel Pei Yuan's suspicions?
Just as he was worrying, he heard Pei Yuan chuckle, "Is that so? Since you were able to discover my secret of being night-blind, I suppose the darkroom wasn't completely pitch black that night."
He pointed to the portrait on the small table with his chin. "Why don't you try to recall it again and draw the woman's appearance that night, even if it's just some of her features?"
Shen Chu's tense shoulders drooped slightly. As for the portrait, it was just a random combination of two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
"Alright, Your Highness, please wait a moment while I think about it."
Pei Yuan glanced at her, got up and went out, only to see Jinbao and Hongxiu talking in a pavilion not far away.
Jinbao picked up a piece of pastry and handed it over, saying, "The Ruyi Cake from Jingguo Temple is soft and delicious. Miss Hongxiu, please have a taste."
After finishing a pastry, Hongxiu beamed with joy, "This is the first time I've ever eaten pastries from Jingguo Temple. They're so sweet, soft, and delicious!"
Jinbao asked, puzzled, "The first time? When Lord Shen came to Jingguo Temple before, didn't the temple provide him with Ruyi Cake?"
Hongxiu, who was engrossed in eating cake, waved her hand, having completely forgotten Chen Chu's instructions.
"Oh, don't even mention it. Last time, the Empress Dowager brought so many women with her, chattering away. It gave me a headache just listening to them."
I ran back to town before the auspicious cake even arrived. If I had known the temple's pastries were better, I wouldn't have gone.
Pei Yuan, who was passing by, suddenly stopped, feeling as if a thunderbolt had struck him.
Shen Chu's maid was not at Jingguo Temple that night at all!
Therefore, it was not the maid Hongxiu who prepared the antidote for Shen Chu.
Based on previous suspicions and deductions, Shen Chu's repeated lies and deceptions had only one purpose: to cover up the real truth!
The truth is, he really did sleep with Shen Chu!
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