"What did you say?" For a moment, Concubine Li's mind went blank.
She stood up in panic, looking at the emperor beside her who was already showing suspicion. She knelt down without knowing why: "Your Majesty, I don't know..."
She really didn't know, and didn't even know Xue Panrou.
"Empress Li?" Huo Zhiyu was also confused: "Why would the Empress do this?"
Concubine Li just shook her head anxiously: She did something shameful, but Xue Panrou was really not ordered by her!
At this moment, the people of the Northern Di delegation looked at this farce as if they were watching a joke, and the emperor's face turned even darker.
A servant could be dealt with at will, but having his favorite concubine involved in such a scandal was a real disgrace to him.
Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly smiled and said, "Don't worry, my beloved concubine. How could I trust the slander of a lowly slave and doubt you? Please sit down."
Even so, Concubine Li saw a chilling coldness in the emperor's eyes.
It's not that he didn't care, but he didn't want to lose face in front of the Northern Di people. Just like how he treated Concubine Song that day, he didn't get angry on the spot, but secretly made people suffer more than death.
If Concubine Song had not died, she would have been separated from her child after giving birth, and it is even possible that she would have been sent to the cold palace for a reason.
They all knew how petty their emperor was.
Thinking of this, Concubine Li felt weak all over and slumped in the chair as if exhausted.
Upon hearing this result, Xue Panrou cried heartbreakingly, but was directly gagged and dragged away.
After Xue Panrou was dragged away, the emperor smiled to cover up the trouble and said to the Northern Di envoy, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself."
After that, he changed the subject: "Well, it's getting late, and I wonder if your Highness has sobered up yet."
He stood up, holding his round belly: "I'll go to the Liuhua Pavilion to take a look."
When Huo Zhiyu heard the words "Liuhuaxie", his eyes trembled noticeably.
Beside the emperor, Concubine Ge hurriedly supported him and served him diligently.
It's such a pity that I failed to kill Huo Zhiyu. There's nothing to see at Liuhuaxie now.
Thinking of this, she felt melancholy.
The emperor took the empress and several favored concubines to Liuhuaxie, and the Northern Di envoys followed them. Concubine Li took her leave on the grounds of feeling unwell, and the empress dowager also returned to Jianzhang Palace for a rest.
The remaining guests were then free to do as they pleased, either staying at the table to chat or walking around the imperial garden.
But Zhao Shen suddenly discovered that there was a piece of paper under the fruit plate in front of him.
He picked up the note, glanced at it, and quickly closed it, his eyes full of surprise.
He glanced around and made sure that Zhao Lian had gone out to stroll with the other ladies and no one was staring at him. Then he took out the note again and read it carefully.
"Your Highness is in trouble, Liuhuaxie comes to the rescue."
He muttered this to himself, feeling increasingly anxious and uneasy. He quickly stood up and ran towards the Liuhua Pavilion.
…
Xue Zhiyi did not go to see Huo Wuyou, but followed Huo Zhiyu and left the banquet.
When no one was around, she said, "The princess doesn't look well, but she hasn't recovered yet?"
Huo Zhiyu's eyelashes trembled. She lowered her voice, fear in her eyes. "Sister Zhiyi, I was walking around the Taiye Lake today. I don't know what I ate, but I felt dizzy. Then a palace maid told me to help me to the Liuhua Pavilion to rest... Just now, my uncle said that Helian You was also there?"
She spoke with a look of confusion on her face, "If Chuizhu hadn't been with me at the time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to explain myself now. Tell me, is Concubine Li trying to harm me? And why did she even want to slander you like that?"
Although Chuizhu looks silly, he is actually quite capable and is the person Huo Wuyou arranged to protect Huo Zhiyu in the palace today.
Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi only smiled: "Li Fei wanted to harm the princess, and besides that, there was another person who wanted to kill two birds with one stone, killing the princess and blaming me at the same time - Li Fei was used as a scapegoat."
Concubine Ge was well prepared. She used some unknown means to instigate Concubine Li to get involved and arranged everything in advance so that if the plan failed, there would be someone to take all the blame for her.
However, since you have done something evil, how can you remain unscathed?
At this time, the Liuhua Pavilion must be extremely lively.
…
Pomegranate flower pavilion.
Helian You entered the room alone, and the young eunuch who led the way left tactfully.
He lifted the curtain and saw a woman lying on the low couch inside, with her back to him. But for some reason, she looked much taller than Princess Anle and did not look like an immature young girl.
Confused, he walked forward and turned the woman's body over.
It was a strange but extremely stunning face, but unfortunately there was a slight flaw in it: there was a scar across her forehead.
While he was wondering, there was a sudden movement outside the door. He turned around and saw that the door was kicked open.
The man who kicked the door was nearly thirty years old, with a beard but a handsome appearance. At this moment, his face was full of fear.
Ge Jingyang always felt something was wrong today, especially since Ge Yuanhui had been missing. After learning that Xue Zhiyi returned to the banquet unharmed, he became even more anxious.
Thinking of something, he hurried all the way to Liuhuaxie and knocked out the Beidi guards outside the door. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, he saw that the person lying on the bed was Ge Yuanhui.
"Who are you?" Helian You asked him.
Ge Jingyang, however, was too busy to care about anything else. He hurried over to check on Ge Yuanhui, and after confirming that she was still breathing and her clothes were intact, he glared at Helian You and asked, "I wonder why His Highness Helian is here?"
Helian You came here with dirty thoughts, and he couldn't help feeling guilty at the moment. After all, he was in the enemy's palace. He just pretended to be calm: "I drank some wine and wanted to find a place to rest, so I accidentally walked into this place."
At this point, his plan to get involved with Princess Anle was bound to fail, and he just wanted to cover up the matter as quickly as possible.
But Ge Jingyang was thinking about something else.
He bowed respectfully to Helian You and said, "I am Ge Jingyang, the commander of the front department of Dayong Palace. His Majesty saw that His Highness Helian had not returned to the table for a long time and was worried. He ordered me to come and look for him. Now that His Highness is safe and sound, please return to the table as soon as possible."
Then he glanced at Ge Yuanhui again and said, "My sister is not feeling well and is taking a rest here. I don't want to disturb Your Highness. I will send someone to send her back home from the palace."
Helian You smiled and said, "So it's Miss Ge. I stumbled in by mistake. Fortunately, you arrived in time and no trouble happened. In that case, please have someone take me back."
The moment Helian You turned around, Ge Jingyang's eyes flashed with ferocity.
Besides killing Huo Zhiyu, there is another way to sabotage the marriage.
He drew his sword unexpectedly and stabbed Helian You in the waist and abdomen.
Blood splattered, Helian You turned back in disbelief, muttering: "You... dare!"
At this moment, Ge Jingyang's expression had completely changed. He sneered fiercely, "If your Highness's death can reignite the war between Dayong and Beidi, the entire Ge family will be grateful to your Highness!"
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