The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, Song Jinyu woke up groggily. Zhongli Mingye had already left for the palace.
Now that he had all the secrets of Concubine Xue in his hands,
he must have come up with a way to deal with the situation. Concubine Shu in the palace should not be punished either.
However!
Looking at the marks on her body, Song Jinyu was furious. Was this man crazy?
Recalling yesterday, his hoarse voice whispering in her blushing ear, "This king wants you to remember well that you are this king's woman!"
Moreover, regardless of her objections, he frantically left countless marks on her body, just to prove that she was his!
Bastard! She made up her mind that she would never talk to him again!
After meeting Xiao Xueyi, Zhongli Mingye returned to the prince's mansion.
He went straight to the Liuyun Pavilion with a faint smile on his lips. He might have gone too far last night. I'm afraid his princess was still angry.
Why was he so sure that Song Jinyu would be in the Liuyun Pavilion?
The prince's mansion was extremely large. The place with the best scenery was not the Liuyun Pavilion but the Jiaoyue Platform, yet she never went there.
Sure enough, he found Song Jinyu in the Liuyun Pavilion.
"I knew you'd be here!" There was no response. The woman still had a cold face and was engrossed in a storybook.
"Well... This king has the latest news. Do you want to hear it?"
His eyes were fixed on her. There were faint red marks on her fair neck. Even though it was tightly covered by a silk scarf, he could still tell. He was quite satisfied with his masterpiece last night.
Fortunately, Song Jinyu couldn't see it herself. Otherwise, she would have been even angrier. He had even left a "painting" on her delicate back.
She ignored him and put down the storybook crossly.
She propped her chin with one hand and closed her eyes, pretending to take a nap. Zhongli Mingye looked at her amusedly and began to tell the whole story.
"Hey... What are you doing?"
Zhongli Mingye got closer to her. "This king wants to whisper some words. I don't want others to hear." He hugged her in his arms and gently explained the ins and outs of the whole incident.
"You're right. The murder of the queen was indeed this king's idea. But... Concubine Xue also acted on her own initiative." If he didn't know about the deep hatred between Concubine Xue and the queen,
why would he have agreed to let the Tingran Pavilion send this woman into the palace?
Holding that delicate body in his arms, his mind recalled last night's passion. He felt a strange flutter in his heart, but he quickly suppressed the thought.
"You didn't expect Concubine Xue to be so greedy!"
Song Jinyu turned to look at him seriously. "No matter how well you plan, many things are hard to be perfect."
Otherwise, how could Concubine Shu have been plotted against by Concubine Xue?
"Yes! This king really didn't expect Ming Ruyi to come and try to steal this king's woman!" Just thinking about it made him angry. As soon as Ming Ruyi got his freedom, he came to the Prince Yu's Mansion.
Under the pretext of coming to thank them, he deliberately chose the time when he was not at home. His intentions were obvious to everyone! Song Jinyu looked at him in surprise. "What do you mean by stealing someone's woman? What did Ming Ruyi do?" What on earth was he talking about?
Seeing that she didn't understand, Zhongli Mingye gritted his teeth and whispered in her ear, "Don't call him Ming Ruyi from now on!"
She rolled her eyes at him discontentedly. "I'm used to calling him that!"
Seeing that she ignored his threat, he bit her ear. "Are you a dog?" Stop biting randomly!
"Why... don't you go to the Jiaoyue Platform on weekdays?" He asked the woman in his arms with a mischievous smile. "You can have a panoramic view of the whole prince's mansion from the Jiaoyue Platform!"
The Jiaoyue Platform? How dare he mention it!
Song Jinyu pursed her lips and said nothing. A suspicious blush appeared on her face. After the two "piano - learning" sessions, she, as a student, never wanted to learn from him again! The tuition fee was really too... expensive!
Suddenly, she found that Zhongli Mingye's hand had pulled down her belt again. "Zhongli Mingye, stop this at once!" "This king wants you to have a deep impression of the Liuyun Pavilion too." Let you meet Ming Ruyi in the Liuyun Pavilion!
"No way!"
Song Jinyu was anxious...
The man beside her suddenly picked her up. "Is it because it's not appropriate in the Liuyun Pavilion?" What misunderstanding did he have?
"Nowhere is appropriate!"
Unfortunately, her resistance was always in vain. They didn't stop until they returned to the room. "This king is just worried that his beloved consort was over - exhausted last night and wants you to rest some more." Over - exhausted? Thinking of last night, Song Jinyu's face turned even redder!
"Where did you get that idea?"
Zhongli Mingye placed her on the bed and looked down at Song Jinyu with a smile. "I..." Damn it! This bastard always teased her. Was it really that much fun?
Suddenly, she saw his hands gently massaging her knees. "I'm not in pain..."
Zhongli Mingye ignored her and just gently massaged her. Song Jinyu looked at him carefully. On the way back to the mansion that day, he had also massaged her like this, afraid that she would be in pain.
"Sooner or later, this king will never let you kneel in front of anyone again!"
His voice was cold, but it carried great weight. Song Jinyu's heart skipped a beat.
Suddenly, she put her arms around his neck and looked into his phoenix eyes. She sweetly smiled and kissed him deeply. "Mingye, I've never doubted you..."
"I only trust you and only love you..."
Concubine Xue didn't see Concubine Shu being demoted as she had imagined. Instead, the emperor didn't summon or visit her for many days.
She felt a sense of uneasiness for no reason. Originally, she didn't have such great ambition. But after the death of the queen, when the emperor doted on her greatly, Concubine Xue suddenly wanted to ascend to that position, second only to the emperor and above all others.
She schemed and schemed.
Concubine Shu's rank was not lowered by the emperor, and Concubine Jia still managed the harem. She didn't receive more pity from the emperor either.
She had been through the ups and downs of the mortal world and had met many men. She thought she was a master at manipulating people's hearts, which was why she could bewitch the emperor.
But when she "miscarried" and fell to the ground, although the emperor felt heart - broken at first, he still chose to believe Concubine Shu and only placed her under house arrest.
In a sense, "house arrest" was actually another form of protection, wasn't it?
She was a bit confused. Originally, she wanted to rely on the emperor's favor to ascend to a seemingly unattainable high position. Now, she had to put out that thought and plan slowly.
Xiao Xueyi looked at the moon. The remaining snow had not yet melted. Looking down at the unsolvable chess game, she said, "The chess pieces are really disobedient. It's time to abandon them."
"However, every move will have far - reaching consequences."
"We must plan carefully!"
The next day, rumors suddenly spread in the palace. It was rumored that Concubine Xue had faked her pregnancy to frame Concubine Shu and seek the position of the queen.
Gradually, the rumors became more and more intense. Even the court officials heard about it. Some even rumored that it was Concubine Xue who had murdered the queen!
The emperor also became suspicious. Although he still doted on her as usual, he had already sent people to look for evidence.
This "evidence" just happened to gradually surface in front of the emperor.
Many imperial censors in the court submitted memorials, triggering a debate about the cause of the queen's death. The crown prince, Zhongli Chengze, even wept in front of the emperor, saying that he was often disturbed by the queen at night.
"Father, your son has been dreaming of the queen mother. Please reconsider the cause of the queen mother's death."
He didn't really want to clear the queen's name, but taking this opportunity to win the emperor's love was what he needed.
At the same time, strange things kept happening in the harem. The emperor was furious. "In this huge imperial palace, do they think I'm dead? These things keep happening. If the Inner Affairs Supervisor can't find out the truth, they can come and present their heads to me!"
After getting the news, Zhongli Mingye smiled faintly. "She's just a small character. Master Xiao has really gone to great lengths."
From then on, he became even more cautious. Stroking an embroidered dress in his hand, he was lost in thought.
"Mingye!"
"I want to go out with Shuang'er!" Song Jinyu's cheerful voice sounded outside the study. Since he had "taught her a good lesson" that day, his woman had become more and more sensible. She even knew to report to him before going out. He was about to agree readily, but then he thought for a moment and asked, "Where are you going?"
"The Prince's Mansion in Zhongzhou!"
Instantly, there was no sound in the study!