PFC Chapter 274 The Princess and Her Consort
Chapter 274 The Princess and Her Consort
The emperor felt positive but also somewhat speechless about such Chu Ci.
He shook his head lightly and said helplessly, "Go ahead. Oh, cover up when you leave. Don't be too conspicuous to avoid unnecessary trouble."
Chu Ci heard this and suddenly looked up at the emperor with a curious look on her face, her eyes full of undisguised doubt. Then, as if she had forgotten the etiquette between the emperor and his subjects, she blurted out without thinking: "What else are you afraid of?"
The emperor took a deep breath, trying his best to suppress his inner anger, and forced an extremely frivolous smile: "What do you think, Yixin?"
Chu Ci seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and only then realized his rash behavior. He hurriedly made an exaggerated gesture of sealing his mouth with a zipper to please the emperor, and said shamelessly: "Yixin will listen to the emperor's instructions."
After saying this, she did not forget to smile fawningly at the emperor. Her look was unique, making people both angry and amused.
The emperor was too lazy to bother with Chu Ci about these trivial matters and waved his hand impatiently. Immediately, a clever little eunuch understood what he meant and stepped forward, bowed slightly, made a "please" gesture, and carefully led Chu Ci out.
As soon as Chu Ci left, the queen solemnly waved away the maids and eunuchs beside her. After everyone left, she approached the emperor and asked softly, "Your Majesty, are you too lenient with the young lady of the Fan family?"
The emperor knew what the queen was thinking, but some secrets are secrets because they are hidden and unknown to anyone.
Then the emperor looked at the queen deeply, his eyes as deep as the abyss, and said slowly: "Chu Ci is worth my tolerance, the queen should understand."
At this point, the emperor seemed to realize that his words were too blunt: "What I am planning is complicated and confusing, and it is not possible to explain it in a few words. When the time is right, everything will be clear, and the queen will know the reason."
"Yes, I was too worried!" The queen nodded slightly with an apologetic look on her face, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
She knew very well that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger, and her questioning just now might have been a bit presumptuous. Fortunately, the emperor did not get angry and explained patiently. Now she was able to get through this hurdle temporarily.
But Chu Ci didn't know that after she left, there would be such a confrontation between the emperor and the empress.
Under the escort of the young eunuch, Chu Ci arrived at the palace gate, where he quickly changed his clothes and even changed his carriage.
Therefore, those who were guarding the palace gate in an attempt to spy on her whereabouts were left alone, completely unaware that she had quietly changed her appearance and left safely.
It was not until the evening that news spread from the palace that Chu Ci had already left. Those who were expecting to gain something suddenly woke up and realized that they had been fooled.
The eldest princess, in particular, was furious when she heard Chu Ci left the palace quietly.
She was so angry that her face turned red, her eyes were wide open, her hands were shaking, and she smashed a lot of porcelain. "Why, why does my brother always help those outsiders?"
At this time, the prince consort pushed the door open and looked at the mess with disgust on his face. "Why? The potatoes grown by Chuci can save countless lives. And the corn that Lianzhou is trying to grow is also said to be a high-yield crop."
"Can you? You only know how to be jealous all day long and do nothing. How can you be compared with her?" The prince consort glared at her, his tone full of reproach.
"I..." The eldest princess was speechless for a moment, her face turned red instantly, and tears welled up in her eyes.
After a long while, she stammered, "Husband, I really tried my best."
"But the Prince of Qi's mansion is under strict guard by the Imperial Guards. And you've seen that woman Chu Ci. With the Emperor and Empress on her side, no one in the capital can do anything about it. What can I, a princess who married out of the capital, do?"
The prince consort knew that what the princess said made sense, but it was precisely because of this that he became more anxious.
But he would not let the princess go so easily: "You can't deal with that woman Chu Ci, what about Ling'er? How long has it been since you cared about her?"
After working so hard for so many days without any results, and now being accused by her husband, the princess also had a rare rebellious heart: "Ling'er, it's Ling'er again. She is just a bastard who came from nowhere. Why should I rush to care about her?"
"Do you know that my brother has scolded me many times because of that bastard?"
The prince consort was shocked when he heard this, and immediately pretended to be in great pain and almost collapsed. "I don't want to do this either, but Ling'er is our biological daughter! She is still so young, and she has suffered so much criticism and neglect."
"Although I know the truth, I also understand that Ling'er's reputation cannot be restored in a fair and just manner at this moment."
"But every time I think of her lonely and pitiful appearance, my heart feels like it's being cut by countless sharp knives, and it hurts so much."
At this time, the princess didn't care about being angry with her husband. She was shocked and anxious, and asked anxiously: "What? Ling'er is my daughter? Then, who is that person in the mansion? What is going on? Husband, please explain it to me!"
"Yes, yes... It's really hard for me to say it!" Even so, the prince consort took a deep breath, calmed himself, and slowly told the life stories of Chu Ci, Chu Ling'er (no, it should be Yuan Ling'er now), and Li Min who is currently in the princess's mansion.
But in his words, it was Chu Ci's master who carefully planned and secretly swapped the identities of the three baby girls for the sake of his daughter who became pregnant before marriage.
The eldest princess has always had great trust in her husband and has never had any doubts.
When the husband said this, the princess immediately thought of the woman that the husband had imprisoned in the dungeon. She frowned and asked anxiously, "Husband, is the woman in the dungeon Li Min's mother? Is that right?"
The prince consort nodded repeatedly in pain, "Ling'er has always regarded the King of Qi as everything. I really have no choice. I don't want to force you, either."
If Chu Ci were here, he would definitely know at a glance that this was just a trick of the prince consort.
But the princess immediately followed the prince consort's thoughts and asked, "Li Min's mother is Chu Ci's master. If we take her to see Chu Ci, can we control Chu Ci? Can we make her submit and stop opposing us?"
The prince consort was delighted, and the pleasure of his plan coming true instantly surged up, but his face was full of surprise, and he deliberately said: "No, it can't be! Chu Ci is also a victim, she may not be threatened by this."