amaotonovel Chapter 686: Smart 4 Prince
Chapter 686: Smart 4 Prince
Zhang Yurou was still very scared. It happened that the Ninth Princess was getting married at that time, and she also met the still living Concubine Su by chance. She did not expect that Concubine Su would become like this.
She was kind enough to escort her out of the city, and later she came back, and Concubine Su found her again.
Originally, she was unwilling to help Concubine Su, but she actually revealed the secret hidden in her heart. She knew that Concubine Su had always been in love with Xie Shang, and she also said that Jiang Fenghua used shameful means to kill Su Tingwan.
In fact, she knew that Su Tingwan was not as skilled as others, and she got excited at the time and agreed to help her.
She didn't care about these things because she was already the Fourth Princess and there was no way she could marry Xie Shang in this life.
Concubine Su added that she was familiar with Concubine Chang when she was in the palace, and knew that Concubine Chang and the Fourth Prince had suffered a lot from Empress Dowager Cheng's anger, and that all the concubines in the palace who gave birth to sons had suffered from Empress Dowager Cheng's anger.
What Empress Dowager Cheng wanted to see most was that the concubines' sons were useless, so she always turned a blind eye.
Only the Fourth Prince was different. Concubine Chang took him to live in the West Palace early on, but he developed a timid and cowardly character.
Since Concubine Su cannot give birth to a son, she will never have a chance to be the emperor, but the Fourth Prince has a chance to become the emperor.
She could not be Xie Shang's queen, but as long as the Fourth Prince could ascend the throne and become the emperor, she would be the queen.
Zhang Yurou's heart was pounding. With Xie Yang's cowardly look, how could he possibly compete with Xie Shang to become the emperor? However, she and Xie Yang had been husband and wife for so many years, and she still couldn't understand him.
At this moment, the lantern in Wuxin's hand suddenly went out, and the surroundings became pitch black again. Wuxin said, "Princess, please wait here. I will go find a tinderbox to light the lantern."
Wuxin left quickly without waiting for the Fourth Princess's consent.
Zhang Yurou felt that there was no end in sight and there seemed to be fog in the air, which made people feel eerie and terrifying.
The palace maid holding the lantern and Concubine Su in gorgeous clothes appeared in her sight again. It seemed that they were floating instead of walking, and Zhang Yurou was so scared that her legs trembled.
Her voice trembled, and she half-closed her eyes and dared not look forward: "Concubine Su, is that you? You..."
"My wife is dead. She killed me. Why didn't you come to pick me up that day?"
It was Concubine Su's voice. Zhang Yurou was so scared that she knelt on the ground. "After we parted that day, I didn't know that something would happen to Madam. I went to meet her, but there has been no news from her since then."
"Help me to get revenge, you must help me to get revenge..."
"Madam, rest assured, this princess will definitely..."
At this moment, Xie Yang, who was already lying on the bed, suddenly ran out from the side hall and interrupted Zhang Yurou's words. He stumbled to Zhang Yurou and said, "My beloved, you are here."
Zhang Yurou slowly opened her eyes, and Xie Yang hugged her in his arms, "My beloved concubine wants a kiss."
Zhang Yurou said, "My Lord, please let me go. This is not the place..."
Xie Yang suddenly bit Zhang Yurou's neck and said, "I want to kiss you."
Zhang Yurou only felt a sharp pain and woke up instantly. When she looked at the thick fog in front of her again, there was no trace of the palace maid holding the lantern and Su Qingqing. Only the inky black night was left, as if Su Qingqing had never appeared.
Xie Yang leaned close to her earlobe, and a low, cold voice rang in her ear: "Idiot, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty..." She covered her mouth.
"Hold me tight and help me into the house." He said again.
Zhang Yurou nodded repeatedly. She had already been frightened out of her wits and was completely unable to exert any strength. But at this moment, Xie Yang pinched her and she had to help him up and go back to the house.
At the same time, Wu Xin accompanied Jiang Fenghua in hiding in the dark and watched everything quietly.
Wu Xin said, "So the Fourth Prince was pretending to faint? We didn't notice it when we were helping him up just now."
Jiang Fenghua raised the corners of his lips, "He not only pretended to be unconscious, he also saw through someone pretending to be Su Qingqing to scare Zhang Yurou. It seems that the cowardly Fourth Prince is not what everyone sees."
Wu Xin worriedly said, "He's found out. What should we do now? Have we alerted the enemy?"
"Even if it is confirmed that the Fourth Princess was the one who contacted Su Qingqing, Su Qingqing only wanted to kill me, which does not prove that the Fourth Princess wanted to kill me."
Jiang Fenghua's mind worked quickly. "If you say she is collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country, she didn't do that. She just helped Su Qingqing. Even if these are exposed, with her status as the Fourth Princess, if she is to be punished, it will not be painful. Well, let's think about it in the long run. It's not without gain. At least the Fourth Prince has been exposed."
Wu Xin was a little worried, "Did the Queen dig up the ancestral grave of the Fourth Princess? So that she could harm the Queen like this."
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly, "Don't dig up her ancestors' graves and make her angry."
"What's the matter?" Wuxin was full of questions.
"I married a man she will never get in her life." Jiang Fenghua gloated a little, "I like to see her hate me so much but can't get rid of me. And Shu Ronghua and other concubines, they all hate me for stealing Xie Shang, making it seem like Xie Shang originally belonged to them."
Wu Xin was filled with black lines on her forehead. She was now the Empress who was the mother of the country. The Emperor belonged to the Empress. Was there anyone who dared to question it?
After the queen lost her memory, she no longer took the initiative to arrange for the concubines to sleep with her. If the emperor continues to favor the queen alone, there will be a bunch of resentful women in the harem.
Jiang Fenghua has already obtained the desired result. Sometimes it is necessary to alert the snake to its dangers in order to lure it out of its hole.
If Zhang Yurou knew that she already knew that she and Su Qingqing were in collusion, she would probably be even more panicked.
Jiang Fenghua thought back to what happened just now in the banquet hall. Everyone wanted the Fourth Princess to show off her talent, and Zhang Yurou was pretending to be good. Coincidentally, the Fourth Prince sobered up and vomited all over the floor.
When she thought about this, just as the Fourth Princess was about to tell about her secret collusion with Su Qingqing, she was interrupted by Xie Yang.
How could there be such a coincidence? That's why she dared to conclude that Xie Yang was not the most timid one in the Xie family, but a man with his own ideas and brains. On the contrary, Zhang Yurou was timid and fearful of things. How much trouble could she and Su Qingqing cause?
Xie Yang pulled Zhang Yurou into the house, pushed her directly to the door and pretended to kiss her. In fact, he was using Zhang Yurou to look outside through the crack in the door.
Everything was normal outside the door, and no one was peeking or eavesdropping.
Xie Yang asked: "Who did you see when you were kneeling on the ground just now? Who were you knelt to?"
He was in the house and couldn't see clearly what was happening outside. There was nothing in the yard, so there was only the corridor.
Zhang Yurou's mind was now filled with images of Su Qingqing. "Your Majesty, I saw Concubine Su. She died, but she reappeared in the palace."
Xie Yang thought he had heard it wrong, "How could you see her? Didn't she already..."
"I don't know either. Her subordinates clearly said that they had captured Jiang Fenghua, but in the end she died at the hands of Jiang Fenghua."