Chapter 5: Prison Affair
Outside the Imperial Palace, Dali Temple.
The cell in the deepest corner was empty, and the sound of panting could be heard. After hearing the last sound, the jailer guarding outside blushed, clenched the sword in his hand, and looked down at his toes.
Through the slanted candlelight on the ground, you can see two figures, one big and one small, tightly entangled together, the spring scenery is in full swing.
Suddenly, there were some strange bird calls mixed in, short and long, irregular, and sparse and common on such a night.
"Oh no, Your Highness, Eunuch Gao is here." The jailer's panicked voice gradually approached. The volume was not loud, but it was scary enough.
Concubine Yu's originally infatuated eyes turned into fear, her rosy cheeks turned pale, her heart beat in her throat, and she was so anxious that she was covered in sweat.
She hurriedly got up from the man, picked up the clothes on the ground, quickly tidied her appearance and clothes, and whispered: "Quick... leave quickly!"
"We must not let him discover our relationship."
The man was none other than the eleventh prince, Xin Mingzhe. His face, which looked even more childish than the tyrant's, was now so dark that ink could drip out of it. This was the result of the unsatisfied desire after being disturbed and the panic of his affair being discovered.
He hurriedly picked up his clothes and hid in a dark room nearby in a disheveled state.
Concubine Yu's heart was pounding. She checked the ground to see if there were any clothes left there, then lay down on her side facing the wall and slowed her breathing.
As soon as she lay down, the eunuch's shrill voice came from behind her: "Empress Yu."
Gao Tang, with his ever-present smile and eagle-like eyes, secretly sized up Concubine Yu, who was lying in the cell with her back to him. He put down the food box he was holding and said, "You've suffered so much, but His Majesty still cares about you. He specially ordered this servant to bring you your favorite cakes."
Concubine Yu slowed down her breathing, sat up weakly from the bed, and coughed lightly. She felt a little secretly happy in her guilty heart, and a hint of pride appeared at the corners of her eyes, which were stained with spring.
His Majesty obviously treats her differently. Even though the person she loves is not him, she cannot resist His Majesty's love.
When Concubine Yu thought of the most noble man in the world, the emperor and the prince who were all in love with her, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
She coughed lightly to hide the curve of her lips and asked weakly, "Eunuch Gao, did His Majesty ask you to come and take me back to the palace?"
Gao Tang said indifferently, "No, the case has not been settled yet. Your Majesty, you will need to stay in the Dali Temple for a while longer."
He was an old man in the palace and was naturally familiar with the methods used in the palace. The strangeness that Concubine Yu had covered up and the slightest clues in the cell naturally did not escape his eyes.
There was a storm in his heart, and the fierceness under his smiling eyes could not be concealed. What a Concubine Yu, she actually...!
Gao Tang snorted coldly, feeling regretful. It was a pity that the adulterer had escaped and he couldn't catch him red-handed.
Concubine Yu hadn't expected Gao Tang to not come to take her back to the palace. She was worried: "Then His Majesty...did he say when he would let me out?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. His Majesty will investigate and preserve your virtue and reputation."
After a while, Gao Tang left in a hurry.
The bright moon was hanging high in the sky, with few clouds. Lights were lit up one after another in thousands of households in the imperial city, and in the bright halls of the imperial palace.
When Gao Tang reported to Xin Hongying, Shen Tingyu was sitting cross-legged on the futon, with his eyes open, pretending to practice quietly.
Beside her were piles of memorials and hanging brushes. Her palm-sized body was not even as big as a memorial, and was particularly conspicuous on the desk. Xin Hongying would look down at her from time to time while reviewing the memorials.
Gao Tang returned to the palace and told everything he had seen, without leaving out a single thing.
The hand holding the pen suddenly stopped. Xin Hongying sneered and threw the ink-soaked brush away, leaving a few ink marks on the ground. The brush rolled and finally stopped at Gao Tang's feet.
"Yu! Concubine!"
"She's truly a good daughter raised by her father. Not many people can place pawns in the impenetrable Dali Temple."
"Investigate! We must find out who that man is. I want to see who is harboring these evil ambitions."
"Concubine Yu, there is no need to return to the palace."
The tyrant finally realized that he was cuckolded. The tyrant in the novel did not know about Concubine Yu's affair until his death. Shen Tingyu, who was watching the show with great interest, heard a cold prompt sound.
[Ding! Plot correction degree is 5%, earn 50 points!]
[Xiao Qi congratulates the host on earning points and successfully opening a personal mall. There are many good things in the mall, the host can take a look~]
Shen Tingyu was only interested in one thing: “Can you help me change my body?”
[Hmm..., it seems not... The resurrected body is extremely precious. The host can only obtain it by completing quests. Xiaoqi really can't help! Please don't make things difficult for Xiaoqi~]
[However, Xiao Qi helped the host find a super useful prop]
[Transformation Pill - Allows you to temporarily transform into a human form. The only downside is that it has a seven-day cooldown period. The upside is that it only costs five points to redeem! Super affordable, isn't it?]
Shen Tingyu was overjoyed and clapped her hands violently. That was great. With the Transformation Pill, she could transform to protect herself when she encountered danger. At least she would no longer have to be so weak and threatened by others.
She noticed that Gao Tang, who was kneeling on the ground, actually looked at her with a look of shock in his eyes. She rubbed her smiling eyes, and a look of confusion appeared on her shrewd face.
Her existence could not be hidden from Xin Hongying's close servants. He was an emperor, and there must be many servants around him. Before, Shen Tingyu did not want people other than the tyrant to know that she was a living thing because she had no ability to protect herself.
Once she leaves the tyrant's sight, she will become a lamb to be slaughtered. It is better for her to maintain the illusion of a doll to protect herself.
But now Gao Tang can know her existence. She remembers her character, that is, a fairy who came to the mortal world to transcend tribulation.
She stood up gracefully from the futon, coughed lightly, cleared her throat and prepared to begin the performance.
Gao Tang's tall and thin body trembled, his pupils shrank into needles, his eyes looked like he had seen a ghost, his eyes that were usually narrowed into slits suddenly widened, and a shrill, terrified voice rang out.
"Monster... there's a monster, protect the emperor! Protect the emperor quickly!"
Although the doll had changed its clothes, he recognized that it was a voodoo doll that was found in Concubine Yu's palace, and it was an evil object.
It was unknown what he was thinking about, but Gao Tang's frightened expression had not faded, but he stood tremblingly between her and Xin Hongying, and bravely waved the whisk in his hand towards her.
The whisk cut through the air, and every white silk on the whisk brought a strong wind.
Shen Tingyu:???
Shen Tingyu:!!!
How come this development is different from what she expected!
Xin Hongying's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Stop!"
Unfortunately, he was still one step behind, as the whisk's attack speed was obviously faster.
Bang——!
The brush in front of her was broken in half by the whisk and splashed everywhere in the air. Shen Tingyu's heart trembled, her legs became weak, and she was knocked down by the memorial behind her and fell onto the cold table.
Even the hardwood brush was broken by the whisk. If she had been hit, the consequences would have been disastrous.
A faint white light flashed by.
In an instant, the tyrant appeared in front of her, and his broad back blocked the whisk carrying the strong wind.
Xin Hongying raised his eyes slightly, his cold eyes full of disbelief. His glassy pupils reflected the beautiful face of the woman in front of him, and he was filled with astonishment.
He groaned softly, and his lips murmured unconsciously: "You..."
Xin Hongying's sexy Adam's apple rolled up and down, and her gaze fell on the woman sitting at the table.
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