amaotonovel Chapter 296: I Can’t Stay in the Capital Anymore
Chapter 296: I Can’t Stay in the Capital Anymore
After saying that, Lady Shen pulled Emperor Qinglong's belt and tried to undress him: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, I will wait for you to rest!"
If it were in the past, Emperor Qinglong would have laughed and called her a witch and would have been impatient to carry her to the bed.
But that year, Emperor Qinglong banned sex with women on the grounds of government affairs and health preservation. Although he often came to her palace, he only accompanied her to eat and sleep.
I really just sleep and do nothing, my mind is pure and desireless, just like I have entered a Buddhist monastery.
But even so, she was unique in the harem. After all, it was extremely difficult for other concubines in the harem to see him.
But tonight, Emperor Qinglong did not make love with her as he did in the past. He did not hold her in his arms and coax her to sleep with sweet words as he had done in the past year. Instead, he slapped her hand away with a gloomy face and said, "I want to go see Shan'er myself. I will not feel at ease if I can't see her."
After saying that, he walked towards the side hall.
Concubine Shen ran after Emperor Qinglong in panic, and for the first time she hoped that her daughter was not so favored.
In the side hall, the maids serving Ye Wenshan were all Concubine Shen's confidants. When they saw Emperor Qinglong striding in, they were frightened and knelt on the ground in panic. No one dared to try to stop him.
Emperor Qinglong ignored them and went straight to the inner room.
When Concubine Shen chased after him, she saw Emperor Qinglong standing in front of the bed, looking at Ye Wenshan who was unconscious on the bed.
Although it was impossible to see the entire picture, the wounds on the exposed neck and arms were enough to be shocking.
Emperor Qinglong was thinking that if his only nephew was controlled by this male medicine bug and became a plaything controlled by lust, given the insidiousness of the Shen family, the consequences would be even more terrifying than what Ye Wenshan had experienced.
Thinking of this, I really wanted to turn around and strangle Concubine Shen to death!
Although she didn't know what Emperor Qinglong was thinking, the oppressive majesty emanating from him made her clearly know that he was furious at the moment.
Concubine Shen naturally thought it was because of her daughter, so she wiped her tears and said, "I was afraid that the emperor would worry, so..."
Seeing her daughter's miserable state again, Concubine Shen broke down and cried again: "I really don't know who I have offended to be so cruel as to do this to Shan'er."
She grabbed Emperor Qinglong's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, you must take care of our Shan'er! We must find the criminal who harmed her and cut her into pieces!"
It took a lot of patience for Emperor Qinglong to control his emotions and not push her away.
They failed in their schemes and ended up trapping themselves, so how can they have the nerve to blame others?
If anything happens to his nephew, he will tear the entire Shen family into pieces!
But his face remained expressionless: "Shan'er is in this state now. She can't stay in the capital any longer."
Concubine Shen's crying stopped abruptly, and her eyes were full of confusion as she looked at Emperor Qinglong.
Emperor Qinglong showed a look of heartache and grief: "Just think about it, since the other party had the means to kidnap Shan'er without anyone noticing, and did such a beastly thing to her, how could they stop there?"
Emperor Qinglong noticed that when he said the word beast, Concubine Shen's face suddenly changed and became extremely ugly.
Emperor Qinglong snorted in his heart, doing such things to his niece and cousin, aren't the Shen family father and son worse than beasts?
But the look of heartache on her face was even more exquisitely performed: "If I am not mistaken, starting tomorrow, the news that Shan'er has lost her chastity will spread all over the city, which is tantamount to hurting Shan'er again."
"Think about it, if Shan'er heard those rumors, how would she cope with them given her arrogant nature? I'm worried that she might even do something to hurt herself."
The more Concubine Shen listened, the more frightened she became. If the news of her daughter being humiliated spread out, she would be truly ruined. Which young talent in the capital would marry her in the future?
The more Concubine Shen thought about it, the more frightened she became. Tears welled up in her eyes again: "Your Majesty, what should we do? What should we do with our Shan'er?"
Emperor Qinglong was a little impatient.
That is Shan'er, yours and your adulterer's, not mine!
Emperor Qinglong was heartbroken and said, "The best thing to do now is to send her away from the capital to keep her away from criticism. Over time, the trauma in her body and heart will heal, and people will forget about her being humiliated. Then we can bring her back to the capital."
Concubine Shen subconsciously felt that what Emperor Qinglong said made sense: "But where should it be sent?"
Emperor Qinglong pondered for a long time and finally made a decision: "Northern Chu."
Before Concubine Shen could say anything in opposition, Emperor Qinglong said, "You have also seen the Second Prince of Northern Chu. He is also a rare talent. Moreover, I heard that although the Second Prince is not valued by the Emperor of Northern Chu on the surface, he is actually the son of the woman the Emperor of Northern Chu loves the most."
Concubine Shen was shocked: "There is such a thing?"
Emperor Qinglong nodded: "But this girl's mother's family is poor, so after she entered the palace, Emperor Beichu did not dare to show his feelings for her, let alone favor her and make her the target of public criticism in the harem."
"But even though the Emperor of Northern Chu was on guard at all times, the Queen of Northern Chu still noticed their relationship, and even took advantage of her pregnancy to kill both of them, but the Second Prince of Northern Chu was lucky enough to survive."
"After his beloved woman passed away, the Emperor of Northern Chu was desperate and made the Queen's legitimate son the Crown Prince. He ignored the Second Prince and didn't even look at him. Everyone in Northern Chu believed that the Emperor of Northern Chu thought that the Second Prince was an unlucky person. If he hadn't been born, the person he loved wouldn't have died, so he was full of disgust for this son."
In fact, Concubine Shen was well aware of the secrets of the Northern Chu royal family, which was why she married Ye Youran to the second prince of Northern Chu.
One can imagine what the consequences would be if she married a prince who was hated by the emperor.
Moreover, according to Shen Zhikang's plan, not only would he be able to get rid of Ye Youran, who was competing for favor with Ye Wenshan, but he would also be able to keep Song Yunxi, the scourge, in Beichu. It would be killing two birds with one stone.
But from what Emperor Qinglong said, it seemed that there was something else hidden.
Emperor Qinglong acted as if he was being honest and trusting of her, saying, "It seems that the Emperor of Northern Chu not only deceived the Queen of Northern Chu and everyone in Northern Chu, but also deceived everyone in the world."
"What a pity! I have a secret agent in Northern Chu. I know everything about his actions."
It turned out that the Emperor of Northern Chu had long known what the Queen of Northern Chu had done, but the Queen's maternal family was too powerful for him to eliminate them overnight, so he had to suppress the hatred in his heart and bide his time.
In order to protect her most beloved son, she could only stay away from him, ignore him, and pretend to hate him.
In order to dispel the suspicion of the Queen of Northern Chu and her maternal family, he made the Queen of Northern Chu's son the crown prince, but secretly helped the Second Prince build up his power.