"You... What are you doing?" The Third Princess stood there like a statue struck by lightning.
The show was about to begin.
Bai Zheng and Feng Linyuan exchanged a glance, and the curves of their lips deepened.
Just like in Bai Di's room, this room was also in a complete mess.
A woman with disheveled hair and a disarrayed dress was huddled in a corner of the bed, hugging herself tightly and trembling all over, sobbing softly.
On the other side of the room stood a man with his back to everyone. He was quickly picking up the clothes on the ground and putting them on.
Hearing someone call him, the man's hands paused for a moment. After a while, he finally buttoned up the last button and slowly turned around.
"Your Highness the Third Prince?" Su Muxiao pretended to be surprised and shouted, fearing that those behind couldn't see clearly.
However, the Third Princess's gaze was firmly fixed on the woman on the bed who was crying with her arms around herself.
She widened her eyes, took a few slow steps forward, hesitated for a moment, and finally reached out her hand to gently pat the woman's shoulder, calling out cautiously.
"Princess Yunxi?"
Princess Yunxi looked up. Her tear - streaked face was full of despair and helplessness. Her eyes were blood - red, and her small lips were slightly swollen, probably bitten hard by Feng Jingxuan, making her look even more pitiful.
With this look up, the Third Princess and the people outside the door could clearly see that there were countless hickey marks on Princess Yunxi's body below her neck.
The Third Princess's face flushed instantly.
Growing up in the deep palace, she had seen such marks on favored concubines before. She naturally knew what these marks meant.
Princess Yunxi seemed to feel the strange looks from the crowd. She lowered her head in a hurry and curled herself up even tighter.
On the side, the Third Prince Feng Jingxuan was silently looking at Princess Yunxi, his face full of guilt and remorse.
"Brother, is it really you?" The Third Princess asked in disbelief.
Although she already knew what had happened when she saw this scene, she still felt it was incredible.
They had just caught Bai Di red - handed. How could it be Feng Jingxuan's turn right away?
What was wrong with this engaged couple? Did they make an appointment to have an affair together?
Even though he was a prince and could have multiple wives and concubines, if he, on a whim, took in a maid from the Wenrui Palace or a noble lady from a minister's family at today's birthday banquet, it wouldn't be a big deal. He could just take her as a side concubine.
But the problem was that the other person was Princess Yunxi, the most beloved youngest daughter of the Emperor of Xiliang.
Defiling a favored princess from a foreign country couldn't be easily resolved by just giving her the position of a side concubine.
Feng Jingxuan's face was extremely ugly. He tried hard to recall what had happened after he got drunk, but he just couldn't remember.
"Your Majesty, the Heir of Prince Xuanning requests an audience."
Suddenly, a shrill voice of a eunuch came from the door of the side hall.
The shivering Princess Yunxi immediately looked up. Her eyes lit up as if she had suddenly found a support. With a crying voice, she shouted, "Brother Lingxiao, Brother Lingxiao! Wuwuwu... Brother Lingxiao!"
Feng Linche, who was still angry about Bai Di's affair and hadn't recovered yet, turned pale and ferocious when he saw Feng Jingxuan and Princess Yunxi.
What did Princess Yunxi represent?
She represented the military strength, support, and sincerity of Xiliang.
She was supposed to be a very useful pawn in his hand.
He had planned to keep her in the Great Zhou and marry her to his son to completely win over the Xiliang forces behind Princess Yunxi.
However, he had never thought of marrying her to Feng Jingxuan.
Feng Jingye was mediocre in talent. He was made the crown prince out of gratitude to Queen Chu.
Over the years, the little affection between the couple had been worn away.
In recent years, Feng Jingye's performance had been getting worse and worse, and the Chu family was becoming more and more arrogant, which made him increasingly annoyed.
On the contrary, the Third Prince Feng Jingxuan's outstanding performance in one crisis after another had impressed Feng Linche.
Feng Jingxuan might be a good emperor.
Feng Linche had thought so.
But if Feng Jingye was forced to marry Princess Yunxi, everything would be over.
A prince with a foreign princess as his wife would completely lose the right to ascend the throne.
Feng Linche instinctively opened his mouth and wanted to say "Wait a moment".
However, he didn't know whether it was because Zhuo Lingxiao heard Princess Yunxi's voice or someone secretly went out to tip him off. As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhuo Lingxiao had already rushed in.
"Yunxi, Brother Lingxiao is here. Let's see who dares to bully you!"
Zhuo Lingxiao stepped into the door imposingly. With a casual punch, he knocked the little eunuch who blocked his way flying against the wall, and the eunuch spat out a mouthful of blood.
Queen Chu was startled. She immediately rushed in front of Feng Linche, protecting him with her thin body, and shouted at Zhuo Lingxiao sharply, "Bold Zhuo Lingxiao! You are not allowed to be presumptuous in front of His Majesty!"
At the same time, the imperial guards also rushed in after hearing the noise to protect Feng Linche.
Feng Jingye, Feng Jingyi and several other princes also moved quickly and protected Feng Linche in the middle together with Queen Chu.
Feng Jingye roared, "Zhuo Lingxiao, this is the palace of the Great Zhou. You, a mere heir, dared to break into the harem without permission. What crime do you think you deserve?"
Zhuo Lingxiao stared at them with his sharp hawk - like eyes. After confronting the people in the hall for a while, he finally lowered his head and knelt on one knee, saluting, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Just now, I heard Princess Yunxi's cries for help outside the door. I was worried about the princess's safety. Seeing that there was no movement in the hall for a long time, I was afraid that something might happen to the princess, so I rushed in in a hurry."
After saying that, he looked up, stared at Feng Linche who was tightly protected by everyone with burning eyes, and asked loudly, "May I ask Your Majesty, where is Princess Yunxi?"
Everyone looked at each other, their faces full of embarrassment.
Feng Linche didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Brother Lingxiao!" Inside the room, Princess Yunxi, who had been covering her mouth by the Third Princess, finally broke free and shouted hoarsely.
Hearing this, Zhuo Lingxiao almost immediately got up and looked towards the inside of the room.
"Yunxi!"
His figure flashed into the room like a sharp sword.
Everyone was only focused on protecting Feng Linche, and no one stepped forward to stop Zhuo Lingxiao. So he quickly came to Princess Yunxi's side.
"Yunxi, what's wrong with you?" Zhuo Lingxiao looked at Princess Yunxi, who was in an unprecedented mess, and couldn't help taking a deep breath.
Finally seeing her loved one, Princess Yunxi's tears fell like rain. She trembled and sobbed, "Brother Lingxiao, you... you must avenge me..."
At this moment, Princess Yunxi's hair was in a mess, her clothes were disheveled, and there were blue and red marks all over the skin exposed outside.
All of these showed what kind of grievance she had suffered just now.
"Who is it? Who is that brute?"