Who would have thought that Princess Lingyang was so brave, not only taking the top position but also "bullying" the Seventh Prince, leaving his arms covered in red marks of varying depths.
Looking at the items scattered all over the house, one can imagine the intensity of what had just happened.
How much more unbearable must the Seventh Prince have been to ask the Emperor for help?
Yes, the person with Princess Lingyang is the Seventh Prince.
When the curtain was lifted and the Seventh Prince's hand was extended, Empress Shen could clearly see the face of the person inside.
It was actually the Seventh Prince and Princess Lingyang!
Empress Shen froze, unable to react for a long time.
After his initial rage, the emperor was also shocked, his aged eyes staring blankly into space.
"Your Highness," the nanny called out in a low voice.
Empress Shen suddenly came to her senses and was about to pull the curtains shut to block the two people inside, and then order that no one should spread the word about this! There would still be room for maneuver!
However, Yun Zhuo's voice came from outside at this moment: "Father, has something important happened here?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than he and Ye Qingxue appeared together.
When Empress Shen saw the two of them enter from outside, she tensed up even more. If it weren't for the presence of the Emperor, she would have been furious.
Before the curtains could be drawn, the seventh prince's pleading arm was still stubbornly outstretched.
"The person on the bed is Seventh Brother. What happened to Seventh Brother?" Yun Zhuo didn't wait for anyone to react and quickly stepped forward, wanting to pull the curtains open further, but Empress Shen stopped him.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ye Qingxue stepped forward and blocked Empress Shen, saying, "Your Majesty, please have Prince Jing go and check the situation. Don't frighten you."
The curtains were thus pulled back wide.
Princess Lingyang had already gotten off the Seventh Prince and wrapped herself in a blanket, but anyone who saw the scene would still know what had happened.
The Seventh Prince grabbed Yun Zhuo's wrist as if it were his last lifeline: "Brother Jing, save me!"
Yun Zhuo frowned, his voice deep, "What happened? Why... Seventh Brother, were you defiled by Princess Lingyang?"
The emperor coughed twice, turned slightly to the side to avoid looking at the mess on the bed, but he still used the cough to remind Yun Zhuo to watch his words.
—Only men defile women, how can a woman defile a man? Aren't you afraid of embarrassing Seventh Prince if word gets out? Seventh Prince is the key figure in this marriage alliance, and he was just appointed Prince Xuan!
Yun Zhuo picked up the Seventh Prince's clothes from the ground and beside the bed, looked at them, and said, "His clothes are all torn. I'll have to ask someone to get him a clean set of clothes."
Yun Zhuo's words reiterated the fact that the Seventh Prince had been defiled!
Although the guards and palace servants did not speak, they heard everything clearly.
Yun Zhuo said, "Someone, go and get some clothes for the Seventh Prince, and also invite Princess Lingyang's people over to help Princess Lingyang change her clothes!"
To reiterate for the third time, the people inside are the Seventh Prince and Princess Lingyang, and the Seventh Prince's clothes have been torn to shreds by the princess and are no longer wearable!
Yun Zhuo turned around and said to the emperor, "Father, this place is in a mess. Please sit in another side hall first, and wait for them to get dressed before we find out what happened!"
The emperor grunted in acknowledgment. These were two key figures involved in the marriage alliance between the two countries, and the matter certainly needed to be clarified!
The emperor lifted his foot to leave.
Empress Shen then launched an attack: "This is the inner palace. How could His Highness Prince Jing and Miss Ye suddenly appear here? And how could they stumble upon Princess Lingyang and the Seventh Prince's affair? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
This is an attempt to shift the blame for their own situation onto Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue.
To frame someone, one must seize the right time, place, and people. Empress Shen might find out a different story if she were to learn about the matter from a different location, which would be very disadvantageous for her.
Yun Zhuo and Ye Qingxue exchanged a glance.
Yun Zhuo said, "Your subject is not a good drinker and went to change clothes on the way. I heard that Her Majesty the Empress invited Miss Ye away and also invited another imperial physician to take her pulse. Your subject was also concerned about Miss Ye's injuries, so I came to find her to understand the situation, which can be regarded as expressing my gratitude for her saving my life."
"Of course, I dare not trespass into the inner palace. I only came here because I heard from Miss Ye that something might have happened here. As you can see from Father and Empress, this is the situation as soon as I arrived."
The reason he and Ye Qingxue appeared here at the same time was perfectly legitimate.
They arrived even later than the Emperor and Empress, so it's impossible that they were the ones who plotted against the Seventh Prince and Princess Lingyang.
Yun Zhuo's words were so impeccable that Empress Shen's attack was like a punch hitting cotton, having no effect whatsoever.
Empress Shen's gums ached from biting so hard, but she couldn't lash out in front of the Emperor. All she could do was glare fiercely at Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo—was it really true?
Ye Qingxue sneered inwardly; the truth, of course, was not like that.
Because they suspected that Princess Lingyang's marriage was part of a huge conspiracy, she and Yunzhuo had already made preparations.
Before entering the palace, she obtained the Wan Du Dan (a type of poison) and sleeping pills from Xiang Si Zi (another type of poison) in case of emergency.
When Empress Shen "invited" her to the side hall, she had a bad feeling. After the imperial physician examined her pulse, she guessed that she would be "forced to drink medicine", so she took the Wan Du Dan in advance.
The Wan Du Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine) can cure all poisons, and she woke up not long after drinking the soup.
Of course, the Wan Du Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine) would be ineffective against drugs like arsenic, which cause instant death. However, she is now the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong, who has performed three great feats.
Or someone whom the emperor ordered to "take care of".
Even if Empress Shen wanted to take her life, she would never dare to openly administer such poison.
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