Chapter 38 They at least have a daughter, what do we have?
Qin Ye stared intently at Yun Si.
Her eyes, her voice, every movement, every word she uttered could stir Qin Ye's heart.
Qin Ye grasped her hand firmly: "It wouldn't hurt to go with you and take a look."
On the path in the Imperial Garden.
The noble ladies walked in twos and threes.
Consort Shu walked at the very front, her elegant steps revealing a hint of urgency.
"Your Highness, please slow down."
Several noble ladies enthusiastically followed and walked alongside Consort Shu.
Yun Si and Qin Ye walked at the back of the group.
Shen Yu and Lin Shuyan walked not far ahead of them.
"Strange, where did my brother go?"
A hint of worry flashed across Shen Yu's face as she looked around the whole way, trying to find Shen Qian's whereabouts.
"don’t worry."
Lin Shuyan comforted her, "Lord Shen is wise and capable; he must be off on some important business. He'll probably be back soon."
"But it's been so long..."
Shen Yu had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
My brother isn't the kind of person who doesn't explain his actions.
He's been gone for so long, he must have told her so she wouldn't worry.
Shen Yu glanced at a certain spot out of the corner of her eye, as if trying to get some information from someone.
However, the person she was looking at, who was in the group, never once glanced in her direction.
Yun Si and Qin Ye walked at the back of the group so that they could easily observe everyone's movements.
Unexpectedly, she actually noticed something amiss.
"The Prince of Jin has not returned for so long, but the Princess Consort of Jin does not seem worried at all. On the contrary, she seems relaxed and at ease."
"Outwardly united but inwardly divided."
Yun Si was very observant, but unexpectedly, Qin Ye seemed to have noticed quite a bit as well.
He used only four words to perfectly summarize the relationship between the couple.
yes.
It's clear that Princess Jin is being very perfunctory with Prince Jin.
How many royal couples truly have genuine feelings for each other?
"And what about us?"
Yun Si turned to look at Qin Ye and asked him expectantly, "What are we like?"
Qin Ye stared at her for a while, his eyes deep and unfathomable, before saying in a low voice, "We're not even as good as them."
How are we inferior to them?
Yun Si disagreed: "If you're talking about the past, I agree, but now and in the future, it will definitely be a hundred times better than them."
"At least they have a daughter, what do we have?"
Qin Ye's voice clearly carried a hint of accusation, and he whispered in her ear at the end, "We... haven't consummated our marriage yet."
"..."
Yun Si had no way to refute this point.
Well... in the two months since she returned to the Prince's Mansion, it's not that she was unwilling.
Yun Si suddenly felt a gaze. She turned her head sharply and saw that it was Prince Lin and Princess Lin following behind them.
Seeing Yun Si looking over, Princess Lin smiled and nodded at her: "Fourth sister-in-law, it's been a long time. How are you feeling?"
Of all the people she met today, Princess Lin was the first to inquire about her health.
Yun Si smiled gently and curtsied, saying, "Thank you for your concern, Second Sister-in-law. My health is just an old ailment, but it's usually fine."
After saying that, she looked up and subconsciously glanced at Prince Lin.
It is said that Prince Lin is out of favor and is weak and incompetent.
In her previous life, Yun Si could only stay by Qin Ye's side. She was deaf and had limited vision, so she didn't know much about the Prince of Lin.
Based on intuition...
She couldn't quite describe how she felt.
But every time she saw Prince Lin, he would lower his head, making it impossible to see his face or his expression.
He seemed timid and hesitant, as if he didn't dare to look up at others.
Is it possible that he doesn't want others to see his expression?
As Yun Si was pondering, she suddenly felt Qin Ye squeeze her palm.
She turned her head and saw a hint of displeasure flash in Qin Ye's eyes as he whispered, "Have you seen enough?"
“I didn’t look at him.”
Yun Si found it both funny and speechless.
How come I never noticed how domineering he was before?
Can't I even look at someone else?
However, she remembered that every time Shen Qian came to see her, Qin Ye would stare at her with a murderous look.
She was actually quite afraid of his gaze, so she would always use the harshest words to humiliate him.
No matter how angry Qin Ye was back then, he never expressed his anger to her, except for looking at her with that kind of gaze, and he never laid a hand on Shen Qian.
Qin Ye knew that no matter how angry or sad he was, Yun Si would never care, and would never even glance at him.
But if he dared to touch a single hair on Shen Qian's head, Yun Si would fight him to the death.
As Yun Si thought of this, Qin Ye probably also recalled these things, and his aura suddenly turned colder.
He then released Yun Si's hand.
But in the next instant, Yun Si immediately grabbed it again, holding it tightly.
"Your Highness."
Yun Si tilted her chin slightly, her voice soft but firm and domineering: "Don't let go of my hand. If you let go again and lose me, I won't come back..."
"Um?"
Qin Ye's eyes narrowed, and he looked at her with a dangerous gaze.
Yun Si silently changed her words: "I'll come back myself."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ye snorted coldly and said nothing more, but simply gripped her hand again.
This time, I held on very, very tightly.
It was as if they were genuinely worried about losing her.
Yun Si secretly raised her eyes and looked at his taut jawline, and her pink lips couldn't help but curl into a faint smile.
What an awkward man.
Unbeknownst to them, led by Consort Shu, they had arrived at the door of the room where Jiang Wanning had just been.
Meanwhile, the Queen's entourage was approaching from afar.
However, the room that should have been filled with some noise remained eerily quiet.
There was not a sound.
What's going on?
Seeing that everyone was getting restless, Consort Shu became increasingly anxious, but she couldn't force them to stay too long.
Meanwhile, the Empress's entourage stopped not far away. The head maid beside her, with sharp eyes, noticed that Qin Ye was following behind the flower-viewing group and was not at all in that room. Her expression changed several times.
"Your Majesty, the situation is dire."
The Empress noticed this as well, which is why she stopped and didn't continue forward.
"This young lady has truly been drugged. His Highness Prince Xiao isn't in that room right now, so... the person in that room... could it be..."
The empress was dressed in a simple palace gown, with only a white jade phoenix hairpin in her hair and a string of Buddhist prayer beads in her hand. From a distance, she looked like a secluded orchid in a valley.
She frowned slightly, her voice so soft that only the maid beside her could hear: "Didn't I tell you to have someone knock him unconscious?"
The old woman's face showed worry: "This old servant did arrange for someone, but..."
The empress's prayer beads suddenly stopped. Her gaze swept across the closed door not far away, then looked at Qin Ye in the crowd and the woman standing beside him, a shadow passing over her eyes.
Princess Xiao?
That sickly woman whose family was exiled—wasn't it said that she and Prince Xiao had a bad relationship?
They actually came to the palace together to attend the banquet!
Was it arranged by that vile Consort Shu?
"Go check."
The Empress's voice remained gentle, yet it carried a chilling edge: "Let's see who's trying to ruin my plans."
Just as the old woman was about to respond, she suddenly heard a loud "bang".
The tightly closed door... the room next door was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the Prince of Jin rushing out, his clothes disheveled and his face still flushed.
Behind him, a similarly disheveled eunuch scrambled out and knelt down with a thud.
The air froze instantly.
Consort Shu dropped her fan to the ground with a thud, her face ashen.
Princess Jin was taken aback at first, then a mocking smile appeared on her lips as she gave a cold laugh.
When Yun Si saw this, a look of surprise flashed across her face.
She turned her head and glanced at A-Wu, who was following beside her like an invisible person.
Ah Wu is not only highly proactive, but her comprehension skills are also astonishing.
She stepped forward and whispered in Yun Si's ear, "No, it wasn't like that back then."
When they took Jiang Wanning away, there was only one person in the room next door.
So, this is what happened later.
Could it have been Qin Ye who did it?
Yun Si looked at Qin Ye with a questioning gaze, and Qin Ye gently shook his head.
It wasn't Qin Ye who did it.
That's right, Qin Ye's men were following them the whole time, so they didn't have time to do this.
Was it made by the Empress?
In her previous life, the Empress only knocked the Prince of Jin unconscious to prevent him from carrying out his plan against Jiang Wanning; there was no subsequent incident.
"Good heavens, what...what has His Highness Prince Jin done?"
"He actually had sex with the eunuch next to him... How disgusting."
"Has His Highness Prince Jin gone mad? Princess Jin is so pitiful."
Hearing the murmurs around him, the Prince of Jin realized that the area outside was crowded with people, and his face turned ashen.
He frantically fastened his belt, stammering, "Mother, your son... your son was framed! How dare you, you dog, do such a despicable thing to me!"
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch abruptly looked up, revealing a handsome face: "How can Your Highness say such a thing? It was clearly you who forced this servant..."
"shut up!"
The King of Jin was stunned, then flew into a rage and kicked him.
"You dog of a servant, what nonsense are you spouting?"
The young eunuch kowtowed repeatedly, saying aggrievedly, "Yes, you are my master, and I am just a servant. Whatever you ask me to do, I dare not disobey. Now that things have been exposed, even if you don't admit it, I dare not say anything. But I am willing to die to prove my innocence..."
After saying these words in grief and indignation, he suddenly stood up and rammed his head against a nearby stone pillar.
Blood splattered on the spot.
The scene instantly descended into chaos.
Now, even if the Prince of Jin had a hundred mouths, he wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly.
The matter has escalated to such a great extent that it's unlikely to be contained.
The Prince of Jin's reputation is now ruined.
Yun Si suddenly sensed a cold gaze behind her, but when she turned around, she was surrounded by people and had no idea who the gaze had come from.
Qin Ye also turned around and glanced back sharply.
It's unclear what he saw, but his eyes turned slightly cold.
"The show's over, time to go home."
He pulled Yun Si and turned to leave, while the others awkwardly took their leave as well.
A grand banquet of flowers ended in a scandal.
After everyone left.
Shen Qian, his face bruised and swollen, walked into a secluded corner.
There stood a figure.
“This humble servant has failed in his duties and almost ruined the Lord’s plans.”
Shen Qian knelt down before the figure with difficulty, his voice filled with reverence: "Please punish me, my lord."
The man slowly turned around.
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