Eunuch Fang was puzzled as to why the emperor suddenly asked about Concubine Wen.
Xiao Jinran frowned. He and Wen Nianruan had both taken the charm drug. How did Wen Nianruan get rid of it?
Thinking of this, Xiao Jinran stood up and walked out of the palace.
"Hey, where are you going, Your Majesty? It's not yet dawn." Eunuch Fang hurriedly followed from behind.
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Wen Nianruan had just fallen asleep for a while when she felt the palace door being pushed open. She opened her eyes in confusion, not seeing the figure at the door clearly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Who?"
"What's wrong with your throat?"
Hearing this man's voice, Wen Nianruan's mind suddenly sobered up, and Xiao Jinran actually came to find him.
"I caught a cold last night."
Wen Nianruan's voice was calm, without any hint of guilt.
She sat up and wrapped the quilt around her body, covering her body tightly, leaving only one head exposed. There were traces of love on her body, and Xiao Jinran would definitely not be able to discover it.
Xiao Jinran did not doubt her words and said in a deep voice: "What happened last night?"
She replied: "We were all drugged last night."
"That's not what I'm asking. I want to ask how I got to the lake in the back mountain last night?" Xiao Jinran stared at Wen Nianruan with his deep eyes, paying attention to every change of expression on her face.
Wen Nianruan's heart trembled, but his face remained calm, pretending to be surprised: "You ask me? How do I know? We were both drugged last night. You molested me, but I didn't obey, and I left in anger.
, As for where to go, I don’t know.”
She just made it up randomly.
"Indecent?" Xiao Jinran's eyes were solemn, and he was very unhappy with the word Wen Nianruan used, "You are my concubine, why should I say anything indecent to you?"
The other concubines in the harem all wanted to cling to him every day, but only Wen Nianruan avoided him like a snake or a scorpion.
He looked at Wen Nianruan suspiciously: "You said I left Fuhua Palace by myself last night?"
"Yes," Wen Nianruan nodded seriously.
"Did I leave on my own?" Xiao Jinran still didn't believe it.
Wen Nianruan raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise, crawl away?"
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He shouldn't have said this more.
Xiao Jinran didn't have much memory of what happened last night. His memory after taking the beauty potion last night was also intermittent. He only remembered that he emotionally carried Wen Nianruan to the dormitory, but he had no memory of it after that.
Could it be that he really walked out of Fuhua Palace and went to the back mountain lake on his own?
Xiao Jinran's eyes were serious: "How did you get rid of the charm potion?"
"Soak in cold water."
Wen Nianruan knocked his eyes, so sleepy that he could no longer hold on.
Did you catch a cold because you soaked in cold water last night?
Thinking about it this way, Xiao Jinran no longer doubted that Wen Nian was soft, and his doubts were dispelled.
He asked: "What happened to the love potion last night?"
Wen Nianruan shook his head: "We will check tomorrow." He raised his heavy eyelids and glanced at Xiao Jinran: "This must have been done by someone in my palace. Just leave it alone and leave the matter to me."
She already knew in her heart who did it.
She doesn't want Xiao Jinran to intervene because you can punish that person properly.
Since he is from Fuhua Palace, Xiao Jinran no longer cares so much. After solving the doubts in his heart, he has nothing to do and is ready to leave.
Seeing Wen Nianruo's sleepy appearance, he couldn't bear to disturb her anymore. Thinking of the cold on her body, he asked, "Do you need me to call the imperial doctor over to take a look?"
Wen Nianruan opened his eyes instantly: "I've already seen it, no need to bother anymore." He closed his eyes again and urged impatiently: "Go back quickly, I'm going to bed, I'm almost exhausted."
Xiao Jinran pursed her lips and looked at her a few more times, then left without saying a word.
He felt a little disappointed and regretful about why he couldn't do what he did last night.
The next day, it was early in the morning.
Mrs. Lin got up early, just wanting to go to Li Huachun to solve Meng Yinger's matter.
After Meng Yinger got up and finished dressing, Mrs. Lin couldn't wait to take her to the lobby of the Hou Mansion.
Meng Ying'er was wearing the clothes of a maid in the house. She lost the nobility of a young lady, but her pale little face was a little more pitiful.
Although her appearance is not superior, she is still much prettier than ordinary maids.
At this time, Li Huachun and Wen Decheng were already sitting in the lobby, and even Mrs. Wen was also there.
Wen Decheng sat aside and did not dare to make a sound, hunched over with a cowardly look on his face.
What happened yesterday was that he was wrong in the first place and had nothing to say.
Mrs. Wen also had to look at Li Huachun's face to act. After all, the entire Hou Mansion had to rely on Li Huachun's natal family. Although she had the highest seniority in the Hou Mansion, she had no say in front of Li Huachun.
All the power in the house is held by Li Huachun.
When she walked to the door of the lobby, Meng Yinger held onto Mrs. Lin's hand a little timidly and hesitated to enter.
"What are you afraid of? With your mother here, you can still let them bully you."
Mrs. Lin glanced at Meng Yinger and dragged her into the lobby.
Seeing the mother and daughter walking in, Li Huachun put down the teacup in his hand, his gloomy face unable to conceal his disgust.
Without waiting for them to speak, Mrs. Lin directly pulled Meng Yinger to sit down, not timid at all.
Mrs. Lin took the initiative and snorted: "My daughter's innocence has been taken away by Master Hou. One night has passed. Has Mrs. Hou thought about how to compensate us?"
Li Huachun sneered: "What does it mean to have your innocence taken away by the Marquis? Why didn't you say that it was Meng Yinger who seduced the Marquis?"
"Seduce? Haha!" Mrs. Lin crossed her legs, flicked the hem of her clothes, and said in full posture: "It is obviously Mr. Hou who forced Yinger, Mrs. Hou, please don't confuse right and wrong!"
Turning to look at Meng Ying'er, Mrs. Lin raised her chin: "Meng'er, please tell Madam Hou carefully what the situation was like back then. Don't let people look down upon us and think that we are the kind of prostitutes who don't follow the rules of women."
Bitch woman.”
"I" Meng Ying'er said timidly, lowering her eyes.
After all, it was because she was young and had never experienced strong winds and waves. Faced with Li Huachun's knife-like eyes, Meng Yinger panicked instantly.
Mrs. Lin comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Ying'er, tell me what the Marquis forced you to do. No one dares to do anything to you if your mother makes the decision for you."
When Mrs. Lin spoke, Meng Yinger was no longer so scared, and said with a trembling voice: "Yesterday, Mr. Marquis drank too much. When I passed by, he grabbed me and refused to let me go. He insisted that I give birth to him.
Son, I couldn’t break free, so I was seized by the Marquis.”
"Wende City!" Li Huachun slammed down the tabletop, causing the tea to splash out, his eyes turning scarlet red with anger: "How dare you let other women give birth to sons behind my back!"
The mention of his son made Li Huachun feel pain in his heart.
The son she was most proud of, Wen Yunchuan, was dead. He was the legitimate son of the family. Now the only male left in the family was Wen Tingzhou, and her body was no longer able to bear children.
She was originally afraid that Wen Decheng would find other wild women outside to give birth to sons, so she came up with the idea of adopting Wen Tingzhou into her own name. Anyway, Wen Tingzhou's aunt had died long ago and there was no threat to her.