Chapter 39 Traitor
The incident of Lu Chenzhou and Chu Yinyin causing trouble in the princess's mansion today was not spread among the onlookers.
But somehow the news still leaked out.
Everyone said that Princess Zhaohua wanted to divorce her husband, but her husband was deeply in love with the princess and refused to divorce. He even brought Chu Yinyin to the princess's house to admit his mistake and ask for forgiveness.
However, the princess threatened the prince consort to kill Chu Yinyin before they would reconcile. Chu Yinyin sacrificed herself for love and was willing to commit suicide in front of the princess's mansion just to allow the prince consort to reconcile with Princess Zhaohua.
However, with the lessons learned from the last welcoming banquet, the young ladies from official families no longer dared to say anything wrong about the princess, for fear that the whole family would be wiped out if they were not careful. What's more, under the influence of the storybook, they did not think that the princess had done anything wrong, but rather that Master Lu and Chu Yinyin had gone too far.
But some people had no scruples in their words, thinking that the prince consort had deep feelings for Princess Zhaohua, but he was forced like this. He was cruel and forced lovers to kill each other. They had been husband and wife for so many years, and the princess was really going too far.
But the onlookers that day were all trembling with fear, fearing that they would be implicated and lose their heads.
Lin Zhaoyue picked up a piece of fine silk and said, "It seems that anything that happened between Chu Yinyin and me will soon become known to everyone."
Mu Ying frowned.
"Could it be that she has other abilities?"
Lin Zhaoyue curled her lips slightly.
Her other ability is probably the so-called halo of the heroine.
In the original plot, every time Chu Yinyin met with herself and other female supporting characters, there would always be a big fuss known to everyone.
Is a slap in the face still a slap in the face if no one knows about it?
[Bitch! My daughter will be repaid a hundredfold for the injustice she has suffered now!]
[This vicious woman! Why didn't she die outside when she left the capital?]
[Bai Yueguang deserves to die! Did she live to annoy the hero and heroine? ]
[Ahhh He Xi, this is your destined lover! If you do this, you will ruin the heroine's good impression of you!]
[He Xi, I've decided to kick you out of the heroine's harem! You'll regret it later!]
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Lin Zhaoyue ignored the subtitles that came to scold her.
From how harshly they cursed her, it was clear that Lu Chenzhou and Chu Yinyin were not having an easy time in the cell.
She wasn't worried about anything.
Because she knew that Xiao Tingye would not kill someone in this situation.
He is a smart man, and he must know what it would mean if something happened to Lu Chenzhou in Beijing.
But unexpectedly, He Xi was actually one of Chu Yinyin's admirers.
It seems that in the original plot, any good-looking man has some relationship with Chu Yinyin.
"This, and this. Use them to make two sets of clothes and send them to Xiaoqi." She ordered two pieces of cloth.
The tailor next to him nodded respectfully, "Yes."
After choosing the cloth, Feng Mian also came in carrying a maid.
He threw her in front of Lin Zhaoyue.
"Your Highness, it was her." Feng Mian said coldly, "She was the one who exaggerated the story of Prince Lu's visit and spread it!"
The old woman was so frightened that her legs went limp. She kowtowed repeatedly, unable to speak clearly. "Princess...Princess, I was wrong! Please have mercy on me, Your Highness!"
Lin Zhaoyue looked at the old woman lying on the ground and asked with cold eyes, "Why did you betray me?"
The old woman immediately spilled the beans, weeping as she spoke, "Old slave... I just felt sorry for Miss Chu... Miss Chu is kind and good-hearted. A few months ago, when I was out of town, someone stole my silver. I couldn't come up with the money to buy medicine, but luckily I met Miss Chu, who helped me pay for some of the medicine. So..."
"So you exaggerated what happened that day and spread it all over the streets and alleys. You wanted everyone to think that Chu Yinyin was so innocent and I was so cruel, right?" Lin Zhaoyue raised her fingertips nonchalantly and admired the newly made Dankou.
Most of the time her hands are hidden in her glove and cannot be exposed, but it is precisely because of this that she will make her nails more beautiful.
The old woman trembled and said, "Yes... yes... Princess, I was confused for a moment! Please spare my life!"
She kept kowtowing while crying.
[Here he goes again, betraying his master after receiving a little favor from the heroine]
[Too classic, a common method used by novels to betray]
[This kind of background NPC basically serves the heroine.]
Lin Zhaoyue said calmly, "I remember you have a bedridden son, right? That's why I have the government give you a little more than the average person every month, just so your son can have money for his medical treatment..."
The old woman suddenly seemed to realize something, and her expression became even uglier. Her old face flushed red, "Princess, I was wrong! I was wrong! I was confused!"
Lin Zhaoyue lowered her eyelids slightly and gave her a cold look. "Since you have been in the Princess's Mansion for many years, I will spare your life. Come, give you twenty lashes of the cane and expel you from the Princess's Mansion."
When she heard that she was going to be kicked out of the princess's house, she burst into tears and wailed.
"Princess, please calm down! Princess, please calm down! I was wrong. Please forgive me this time!"
Where could he find a place with such good monthly allowance if he left the princess's mansion? He would have no money left for his son's medical treatment!
And she didn't know if she could survive being beaten with twenty strokes of the cane!
[Now that I know I was wrong, what did you do when you betrayed the princess? ]
[I don't know what's going on in her head. Is this little favor from the heroine really comparable to the benefits the princess has brought her?]
Who says it's not true? The prince is still the same ungrateful bastard.
[So the princess is really miserable, she’s always being backstabbed...ah]
No matter how she cried and screamed, Feng Mian picked her up and took her out.
"This old woman, the princess treated her with such kindness that she dared to betray her for just a small favor! To do such a thing!" Mu Ying scolded.
Lin Zhaoyue looked ahead with a slightly narrowed gaze.
Is this the plot's preference for the heroine?
She had spies all over the capital, so naturally she could trace the source of these words as soon as they got out.
Those words were spread from the princess's mansion.
So, she asked Feng Mian to check.
Sure enough, the traitor in the princess's mansion was soon found out.
She thought of Mother Xu from Zuihualou. If she hadn't woken up in time, she would have almost embarked on the same path as her.
She tapped the edge of the table lightly with her fingertips, and the beautiful Dankou made a dull sound on the edge of the table.
"Pass the order down and keep a close eye on the ministers who come and go with Lu Chenzhou. Every move of anyone will be carefully monitored."
The subtitles indicate that Lu Chenzhou married her not only because of her, but also to let his father relax his vigilance.
After all, Lu Chenzhou is like a hostage in Beijing.
In addition to the marriage agreement at that time, Marquis Xuanping was allowed to stay completely within his fiefdom.
Although he holds a large number of troops, he poses no threat to the imperial court for the time being.
However, everyone overlooked the fact that Lu Chenzhou, by using the title of the son-in-law of the emperor, could actually more easily connect with the ministers in the court and develop his own power in the capital.
Lu Chenzhou didn't know about his own hidden power, but if he had a close relationship with him, he would naturally be able to obtain more information...
Is this what the subtitles mean by "bearing humiliation and carrying heavy burdens"?
If this is the case, it makes sense why Lu Chenzhou suddenly didn't want to divorce.
Of course, perhaps Lu Chenzhou really wanted to enjoy the best of both worlds.
Mu Ying accepted the order: "Yes!"
She added, "Also, send a letter to the Crown Prince, telling him that I'm hosting a banquet at Mo Lian Residence and inviting him to a chat."
"Yes, I will do it right away."
After giving the order, she suddenly heard a noise coming from next door. She slowly got up and walked into the yard.
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