Chapter 332 It couldn't be better!
Tao Wanyin also looked over, and a look of panic immediately appeared on her face.
This man in gray clothes looks exactly like Emperor Wusu, who is still unconscious in the palace after suffering serious injuries.
But she quickly understood what had happened, and Tao Wanyin bowed and said, "This concubine greets Your Majesty."
"Get up."
Only after receiving those two brief words did Tao Wanyin dare to raise her head.
Standing beside Emperor Wusu was a young woman, dressed in white, who appeared to be a maid in the palace.
The two were being intimately close to each other, their bodies touching in a way that went beyond normal physical contact.
The maid smiled playfully at Tao Wanyin, who immediately turned her head away, unwilling to meet her gaze.
Emperors are fickle; they can favor others in just a few days. Indeed, all men are equally wicked.
Princess Yong turned to look at Prince Yong again and thought of the group of beautiful women in the backyard of the Prince's mansion.
For the first time, Tao Wanyin felt a raw sense of jealousy. She bit her lower lip and lowered her eyes.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Zhao Minghong held her hand and asked in a low voice.
Tao Wanyin pushed his hand away and said calmly, "I'm fine. If Your Highness has anything else to attend to, I'll head back to my residence first."
Seeing that Prince Yong was alright, she felt relieved.
But her little emotions kept popping up like bamboo shoots after the rain, making her heart ache.
"This concubine will take her leave now."
Tao Wanyin bowed to Emperor Wusu, and Zhao Mingyan naturally had no objection, nodding slightly.
Princess Yong left the room with her head down.
Seeing that she had left, Prince Yong said urgently, "Your Majesty, there's probably no need for me here—"
Emperor Wusu, however, said, "You stay here for now."
Zhao Minghong could only stare blankly as Tao Wanyin walked away from him.
He reasonably suspected that his elder brother couldn't bear to see the couple return home together and was deliberately trying to separate them.
Prince Yong pressed, "Brother, what exactly happened?"
Zhao Mingyan said, "After dawn today, the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Court of Judicial Review will jointly investigate the case of Su Fengyue."
"But I think we should assign someone to be in charge of the whole case."
Prince Yong's eyes lit up instantly, and he said loudly, "Your subject is willing to take on this case, handle it impartially, and show absolutely no favoritism!"
When Zhao Mingyan heard him say that he would never show favoritism, he smiled faintly.
He gave his bottom line, saying, "Minghong, spare his breath."
Upon hearing this, Prince Yong understood that Emperor Wusu also wanted to teach Prime Minister Su a lesson he had never experienced before.
As soon as Zhao Minghong got the job, he immediately slipped away.
After leaving the Prime Minister's residence, no carriages from the Prince's residence were in sight.
As Duan Mingfeng was leading a group of people past, Zhao Minghong stepped forward and stopped him, saying, "Lord Duan, have you seen the Princess?"
Duan Mingfeng coldly replied to Prince Yong, "I didn't see it." Then he turned to continue walking.
Zhao Minghong said impatiently, "She should have just left not long ago. You've been guarding the door the whole time, didn't you see her? Are your eyes useless?"
Duan Mingfeng said coldly, "What does it have to do with me if the princess is unwilling to wait for the prince?" He looked Yong Wang up and down, staring directly at him and said, "Your eyes are not for nothing, prince, you can't even keep your own princess."
Prince Yong had little contact with this Imperial City Envoy, and only knew that he had a gloomy personality, but he did not expect him to be so sharp-tongued.
But Emperor Wusu was still inside. Not wanting to cause any more trouble, he simply intercepted one of the Black-Clad Guards' horses and rode away.
After leaving the Su residence, Tao Wanyin quickly returned to the carriage and urged the driver to hurry back to the Prince's residence.
She leaned against the carriage wall, recalling the scene at the Prime Minister's residence.
The Emperor's appearance clearly indicates that Prince Yong has important business to attend to, and his reckless departure is truly impetuous.
But she felt more at ease. Because of the emperor's serious injury, not only the people in the palace, but also the common people on the streets were living in constant fear.
Only now has Tao Wanyin truly seen what kind of person Prince Yong is.
She originally thought that he married her in order to use the Tao family's influence to solidify his position in the imperial court.
Emperor Wusu suffered a serious arrow wound while offering sacrifices to his ancestors. The allure of the supreme position of the emperor was so great that few people could resist it.
The Empress Dowager pushed him into the eye of the storm, but Prince Yong never wavered and had no ambition for the throne.
What Prince Yong had said to her before...
It's true.
The sound of hooves approached, gradually slowing down and eventually syncing with the carriage.
In the dead of night, with only their carriage, Tao Wanyin quietly lifted a corner of the curtain.
There wasn't a soul around the moving carriage.
A chill ran through her. She scanned the area again and finally spotted a large, pure black horse left on the side of the street, its tail swaying.
Tao Wanyin's face immediately lost all color. The horse was nearby, proving that she hadn't misheard. But where was the horseman?
Almost simultaneously, the curtain of the carriage was lifted.
When Tao Wanyin saw Zhao Minghong appear before her, she glared at him, furious but unable to express it.
Let me say something first, what would happen if I called her name?
Tao Wanyin huddled in a corner of the carriage, not offering the usual polite greetings, but simply staying there quietly.
Observing her expression, Zhao Minghong dared not make any rash moves and sat down directly, still carrying the chill of the night.
There was even enough room for two more people to sit between them. In this silence, the carriage smoothly drove to the Prince's Mansion.
Zhao Minghong stepped down from the carriage first, and Tao Wanyin breathed a sigh of relief.
For some reason, being in the same cramped space with him made her palms sweat with nervousness.
This time, however, it wasn't cold sweat; it was heat.
Tao Wanyin stepped out of the carriage and bent down to step on the stirrups when suddenly the world spun around her and she was lifted off the carriage by the waist.
Her small gasp was quite noticeable in the quiet night.
"Your Highness, put me down."
Zhao Minghong took the opportunity to bounce slightly, not by much, but enough to frighten Tao Wanyin.
It's not that I'm afraid of falling, but that I'm afraid of being seen.
She said urgently, "Your Highness, please put me down."
Knowing her rigid and proper nature, Zhao Minghong said dismissively, "There's no one else here, what are you afraid of?"
Tao Wanyin buried her face in her hands.
Behind him stood a large, living person, a live horse, and two panting creatures, yet Prince Yong pretended not to see them.
Zhao Minghong then realized there was a third person and a fourth horse present, and said with displeasure, "Why are you still here?"
The coachman, who was still standing there, quickly drove the carriage back to the mansion through the back gate.
The main gate of the Prince's Mansion.
The shadows of the trees cast shadows, and the bright moonlight enveloped the two of them as Prince Yong carried her up the seven stone steps.
Tao Wanyin said softly, "That's not good."
Prince Yong said, “What’s wrong with it? This is my royal residence, and I’m holding my own queen. I think it couldn’t be better.”
It's so good it almost doesn't seem real.
Tao Wanyin didn't refuse anymore, and secretly rested her face against his chest. She could hear his heart pounding like a drum.
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