As soon as she walked out of Zhanghua Palace, she saw His Royal Highness Lu Yu, dressed in white.
Probably because of drinking, Shen Qingran, who had always been restrained and polite, could hardly suppress the emotions in his heart. He pushed away the maid next to him and followed him fascinated.
Lu Yu didn't feel anyone following him and walked very quickly.
She disappeared after a while, and Shen Qingran got lost in Nuo Da's palace.
The lights around the lake are dim and there are many rockeries.
Shen Qingran was a little drunk again and looked around alone for a while. After she couldn't see Lu Yu's figure, she walked outside in despair.
As we walked further and further, we were at a loss when we saw two eunuchs walking hurriedly from the darkness.
Shen Qingran came forward and asked, "Excuse me, two father-in-laws, which way should I take to get out?"
The night was so dark that Shen Qingran didn't notice the fear and panic on their faces after she spoke.
A father-in-law lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Girl, go this way and you'll be out soon."
After Shen Qingran thanked the two of them, she turned around and walked in the direction pointed by her father-in-law.
After walking a few steps, a chill ran down my spine, and I felt a sudden chill.
Shen Qingran stopped and turned around subconsciously. A wooden stick came straight towards her.
She just turned her head to avoid it, and the wooden stick hit her shoulder with such force that half of her body was instantly numb.
Before she could react, she was pushed into the lake again.
The lake water in winter was so cold that she once thought she would die in the lake.
Shen Qingran concealed the fact that she followed Lu Yu, and only said that she drank too much and wandered around the lake and got lost.
"The stick was probably aimed at the back of my head. It was my sixth sense that saved me." Shen Qingran said with lingering fear, "When I was about to despair, the fourth prince jumped down and saved me."
The eldest wife and the old lady were both people who came from the back house. After hearing what Shen Qingran said, they immediately understood the key.
The eldest lady comforted Shen Qingran, "You just ran into someone in the palace and suffered an unreasonable disaster. Just take good care of your health."
Those two eunuchs must have done something shameful, bumped into Shen Qingran, and attacked Shen Qingran because of their guilty conscience.
Shen Qingran was extremely uneasy, "Will it have a bad impact on His Highness?"
Because of her identity, the fourth prince jumped to save her. This kind of thing is always not good.
This can also be regarded as a kind of back-house method. The year before last, the daughter-in-law of a second-rank official's family fell into the water and was rescued by a poor scholar whose family background was not as good as hers. In the end, she had to marry unwillingly.
This world is always harsh on women.
She was very happy with the fourth prince, but she always watched him from a distance.
She didn't expect to approach him in this way, nor did she want to influence him.
The royal family was involved, and many things were beyond their control. The old lady looked at her pale face and said lovingly, "You have a good rest. I will explain what happened to your majesty."
Shen Qingran was beaten again and soaked in the lake for so long. Although Shen Qingran saved his life, the actual injuries were unclear.
Unable to hold on any longer, he quickly fell asleep.
The old lady took the eldest lady to the main hall. The Queen Mother, the Queen, the Concubine, and several other ladies were there.
After the old lady and the eldest lady saluted, they were given a seat. The old lady repeated Shen Qingran's words in a clear and logical manner.
The Queen Mother immediately said, "Poor child, this is because he was implicated by a sinister person."
There is absolutely no intention of blaming anyone.
The Queen said gently, "Let her recover well and don't think too much about anything else."
The two most respected people in the harem said this, and the matter was settled. The old lady and the eldest lady breathed a sigh of relief and stopped talking.
Everyone in the palace knew that compared to Shen Qingran's falling into the water, the highlight of the evening was the Sixth Prince.
In the gorgeous palace, everyone has different thoughts.
After the palace maid served tea for the third time, the emperor finally came in a hurry after finishing the banquet, smelling of wine.
Everyone stood up and saluted, and the emperor waved his hand and said, "Get up."
He sat directly next to the queen and said to the queen across the small tea table, "Bring the people up to me. I want to see what they say."
The Sixth Prince and Su Jingyi had been awakened by the imperial doctor's thoughts, and their consciousness was almost restored.
The sixth prince walked in the front and changed his clothes.
Su Jingyi followed behind with staggering steps.
The ladies looked at each other secretly. As married ladies, they all understood the strangeness in her walking.
It's been a long time since such a scandal happened to a noble lady.
Mrs. Hou, who had always been arrogant, was frozen in her position and her expression was not very good-looking.
The two of them knelt down in the middle of the hall to pay their respects.
The emperor said impatiently, "Explain it. There must be an explanation for doing such a thing on such an important day."
The sixth prince said calmly, "My father and son were wronged. I drank too much at the time and thought I was being helped back to my room. I don't know what happened next."
The emperor said coldly, "I don't know, I've almost lost my face by you, can I be so unbearable?"
The imperial concubine quickly knelt down and begged, "Your Majesty, please calm down. You have watched Jia'er grow up. Don't you still know what kind of person he is? Give him a hundred courages, and he wouldn't dare to act like this on a day like this."
Do this kind of thing carefully."
The emperor looked at the sixth prince Lu Jia sharply for a while, then he chuckled and said to the noble concubine, "Then tell me what's going on?"
The imperial concubine is a smart person, so she just requested, "I hope your Majesty and your Majesty will investigate clearly."
The queen is the master of the harem. If something like this happens, she must do what she should do, "Ms. Xuanlin and the imperial physician."
Lady Officer Lin and the imperial physician arrived quickly. After saluting, they began to talk about business.
The imperial doctor pointed to the incense burner carried by the eunuch behind him and said, "The incense burned inside is acacia. The sixth prince and the girl must have lost control after being intoxicated by this incense."
Ms. Lin, who was ordered to check, said, "The person who helped the Sixth Prince into Jingchenzhai had bitten his tongue and committed suicide when he was found."
Everything points to the fact that the sixth prince is innocent and has been wrongly accused.
The emperor could not deny the investigation results, but asked about Lu Yu and Shen Qingran, and the queen told the truth.
The emperor said calmly, "Queen, it seems that the palace should be managed well. If a slave dares to attack a girl, and even dares to frame the prince, then he will dare to take my life tomorrow!"
These words were so serious that everyone in the room knelt down in fear.
The queen even said, "This is my concubine's dereliction of duty, please punish me."
After getting angry, the emperor stretched out his hand to help the queen up, "It's none of your business, it's just that the people below have grown up and need to be rectified. Thank you for your hard work, queen."
After leaving these words, the emperor went straight away.
The imperial concubine knew that he was angry, but she didn't take it to heart and just calmed him down.
The most embarrassing thing was Su Jingyi and Madam Hou, the emperor didn't say a word about them.
Su Jingyi suddenly shed tears of grievance, and the imperial concubine immediately helped her up, "Don't worry, Miss Su, although it was an accident, something happened, and Jia'er will be responsible."
