Chapter 217 Rumors
"I heard that he was sick almost every day during this period.
Your Majesty is so busy with government affairs, yet he visits her every day. He truly holds her dear to his heart, which shows how much he dotes on her."
The palace maid who spoke this time was younger and seemed to have just entered the palace not long ago.
"pet?"
The older maid chuckled, "What's that?"
"Back then, when His Majesty first ascended the throne, he truly doted on the Empress.
I have been in the palace for many years, but I heard it from a maid above me."
"It is said that at that time, even if the Empress wanted the stars in the sky, our Majesty would have picked them for her."
"In the past, we had a very tall building here. I heard that His Majesty built it specifically for the Empress. Unfortunately..."
She sighed and said no more.
The young palace maid became interested when she heard this and immediately asked:
"What a pity! I've never seen that building before. Where did it go?
"My dear sister, please tell your sister more. You are just teasing her by not saying anything."
Seeing this, the older palace maid said, "Where else could he go? Of course he was pushed here by our current emperor."
"Ah, why did you push it down for no reason?"
"Why else?"
"If a man suddenly stops being nice to a woman, it's probably because he doesn't like her anymore, or maybe he's discovered that she's betrayed him."
The young palace maid was shocked when she heard this and immediately screamed.
“This… How is this possible!?”
The older maid snorted coldly.
"How could this be impossible? Everyone in our palace knows that our Empress was once the fiancée of the former Crown Prince, who was gentle, elegant, and known for his kindness."
“I heard that he and our queen were childhood sweethearts, growing up together and having a deep bond.
"The wedding was about to take place, but in the end, our Majesty rebelled, killed the former crown prince, ascended the throne, and took the former crown prince's fiancée as empress."
This statement contained a huge amount of information. The young palace maid pondered for a long time before muttering:
"But aren't these things already in the past? Since the Queen and His Majesty used to have a good relationship, why did it get so serious later that a tall building was torn down?"
When the older palace maid heard this, she couldn't help but move closer to the younger palace maid and spoke in a low voice.
"I heard about it too. Someone in the palace had been spreading it before.
It is said that our current Crown Prince is not the offspring of our Majesty, but the offspring of the previous Crown Prince..."
"ah……"
The palace maid screamed in surprise, as if she had not expected to hear such a secret, and she was so scared that her whole body was shaking.
"How did you know this?"
"Of course I know. The nanny above me used to have a good friend in the Imperial Household Department. It is said that on the day of the Emperor and Empress's wedding, there was no blood on their handkerchiefs."
The older palace maids felt sad when they talked about this.
"At the time, our Majesty did not publicize this matter. Instead, he ordered it to be kept secret and strictly prohibited anyone from spreading it. He even killed several palace maids for this purpose."
"It was thanks to her friend's cleverness that she didn't say anything, and because she was on duty that day, she was able to survive."
"Otherwise, why would Your Majesty dislike our current Crown Prince, who is so virtuous, talented, wise, and brilliant, and why is he so determined to support Prince Rui?"
After she finished speaking, she saw that the young palace maid beside her didn't move, so she couldn't help but reach out and poke her.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
As she spoke, she noticed that the young palace maid seemed to be shaking even more violently, and she kept looking forward.
She couldn't help but look forward, and saw that Emperor Rongcheng had stood in front of them at some point, staring at them hungrily.
And his face was no longer just dark.
Seeing this, the two men finally came to their senses and immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my life."
The two men knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Emperor Rongcheng's face was as cold as ice, and anger burst out of his eyes.
He looked at Dexi and threw down two words coldly.
"Cut it off."
At this moment, Dexi wished he could be buried in the ground.
God knows how shocked he was when he heard these words.
He was sweating profusely and looked at the two palace maids in disbelief, then at Emperor Rongcheng.
He wanted to comfort Emperor Rongcheng, but seeing the expression on Emperor Rongcheng's face, he did not dare to say anything more. He immediately ordered people to cover the mouths of the two palace maids and drag them away.
Emperor Rongcheng returned to Wanhe Hall with a face that was not much better.
He hadn't expected that there would be such rumors in the palace. Thinking that these words might spread in the palace, his face became even uglier.
"Go investigate. If there are any more rumors like this, kill them without mercy."
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Return to your house again.
Gu Jingchun looked at everything in the yard and felt a moment of strangeness.
Although he had not lived in the palace for a long time, Gu Jingchun felt as if he was in another world.
Although she was away during this period, everything in the courtyard was kept in order. It was obvious that Qi Xiaoer, the servant at the door, had not been lazy and had been taking care of everything diligently.
Soon, Lan Xin and Xiao Man packed up everything.
Gu Jingchun just wanted to take a break.
At this time, someone came to the door.
Gu Jingchun looked at Luo Ziqian and Princess Rongyang standing at the door and was surprised for a moment.
Gu Jingchun: "You... came here together?"
Luo Ziqian immediately shook his head.
"No, no, we just met at the door."
But Princess Rongyang nodded.
"Yeah, we came together."
The two spoke almost at the same time.
After saying this, they paused and then changed their words at the same time.
Luo Ziqian: "We came here together."
Princess Rongyang: "No, we met him on the way."
After saying that, the two of them paused again.
Luo Ziqian looked at Princess Rongyang and immediately closed his eyes. He felt so ashamed that he simply stopped talking.
However, Gu Jingchun raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but look at Princess Rongyang.
Princess Rongyang squinted her eyes and smiled.
"We did come here together, but he didn't let me say it."
Gu Jingchun didn't care whether they came together or not, he was just surprised.
She didn't expect that Princess Rongyang could capture Luo Ziqian so quickly. She really underestimated him.
Seeing Luo Ziqian's embarrassed expression, he finally asked, "Why are you here..."
Upon hearing this, Princess Rongyang immediately raised the thing in her hand from behind.
"Of course I came to accompany you!"
Luo Ziqian also nodded and silently raised the things in his hands.
What the two men were holding in their hands were nothing but all kinds of fine wine and delicious food.
"I heard that you were kicked out of the palace by the Crown Prince. We were worried that you might be in a bad mood, so of course we had to come and keep you company."
Princess Rongyang had an innocent look on her face, her eyes filled with worry.
He took a step forward, held Gu Jingchun in his arms and comforted him carefully.
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