books44 Chapter 174 Abnormal Behavior
Chapter 174 Abnormal Behavior
Once the word spreads from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, it can no longer be stopped.
Tianfu was extremely angry. It seemed that someone must have used the name of Pavilion Master Nangong to deliberately lure his prince here.
He raised his head and looked around the crowd.
Yao Jia frowned. Who is Tianfu looking for?
Following Lai Fu's gaze.
As far as the eye could see, a palace maid was standing in the crowd with her head bowed, her hands clenched into fists, her body stretched straight.
Feeling Yao Jia's gaze, he slowly looked up, with a hint of fear in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.
Yao Jia narrowed her eyes. This palace maid...she knew her!
He is a servant in the Queen's palace. How come he is here?
Just as he was about to step forward and pull the person out, a figure flashed by and pulled the palace maid out.
"It was her. She was the one who took Pavilion Master Nangong's whisk and went to find my prince."
The palace maid turned pale and knelt on the ground in a hurry.
"I don't have any. I don't even know Pavilion Master Nangong, let alone have seen his whisk. I am wronged!"
Jiang Changyu frowned and looked at the palace maid with some confusion in his eyes.
He remembered this palace maid, an inconspicuous little maid who served tea to his aunt.
Why are you here?
Tianfu said angrily, "How dare you quibble? You clearly handed the whisk to me yourself. You said that Pavilion Master Nangong was waiting for my prince here."
The maid was terrified and kept retorting: "I didn't, I really didn't, please don't wrongly accuse me."
At this moment, a sharp voice came from outside the bedroom.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
Upon hearing this, everyone knelt down and saluted.
Yao Jia and Xiao Fengyi looked at each other and knelt down to greet him respectfully.
Yao Jia was puzzled. Didn't His Majesty go back to the bedroom to rest? Why did he come here without any warning?
Soon, a bright yellow figure appeared outside the bedroom.
The emperor walked in front of the crowd with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, and finally set his eyes on the closed door.
He rested in the bedroom for a while and wanted to come here to chat with some court officials. Just as he was about to enter, he saw Jiang Changyu seemingly interrogating a palace maid.
I wanted to silence Wei Yu, but the dog servant had already announced his arrival. I missed a grand court show for nothing and now I have to judge the case myself.
The silence outside made the noise inside the house even louder.
The emperor frowned slightly, the people inside dared to ignore the holy words, and spoke in a deep voice.
"Who's in the room?"
When everyone heard this, no one dared to speak.
The emperor's face darkened quickly, and he shouted angrily: "I am asking you a question, who is inside?"
Everyone shuddered and fell silent.
The emperor's face became even gloomier. His eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, fell on Xiao Fengyi, and then passed him and looked at Yao Jia.
"Pavilion Master Nangong, you speak."
Yao Jia's body stiffened and an awkward smile appeared on her face.
Your Majesty, are you planning to kill your relatives for the sake of justice? Why ask her when there are so many people to ask?
But if it was Prince Ping who was inside, the emperor would definitely clear the area, and she didn't want to miss this good show in vain.
What's more, the show was performed under her name, so she had to finish it.
He took a step forward and bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have just arrived here and I don't know who is inside."
The emperor's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it: "You don't know?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Yao Jia for a while, and saw that her face was calm, as if she was not telling lies.
"I heard that you were in Anhe, why are you here now?"
Yao Jia rolled her eyes in her heart, okay, this is time to check on him.
"Your Majesty, I was resting at the princess's place at first. After I sobered up, I wanted to go back to the banquet hall to continue drinking with others. I ran into King Rui on the way. Then I heard someone making a noise here. I was curious, so I came here. I didn't expect that you, Your Majesty, would arrive just as I entered the door... So I really don't know the details."
This phone call explained his entire itinerary clearly, so as to avoid any discrepancies in the emperor's subsequent investigation.
The emperor was obviously very satisfied with Yao Jia's answer. His expression improved a little and he turned his gaze to Jiang Changyu who had just interrogated the palace maid.
"Lord Jiang, do you know who is inside?"
As soon as Jiang Changyu saw the palace maid, he had already guessed about the woman inside, but he didn't dare to speak.
The emperor's face darkened completely, and he shouted angrily: "Someone, break the door open for me."
He wanted to see which shameless person was so ridiculous and embarrassed himself here.
Upon hearing this, the guards outside the door quickly stepped forward and broke the door open.
With a loud "clang", the door fell to the ground.
The person on the bed was also startled, but it only paused for a moment before the noise started again.
The emperor's face darkened and he was about to enter.
A strong sweet fragrance rolled in.
Yao Jia was closer to the emperor, so she naturally smelled it and hurried forward to stop the man.
"Your Majesty, this is a seductive fragrance. To protect your body, Your Majesty is advised not to enter."
The emperor's expression changed slightly, and a hint of shock and anger flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Yao Jia with some admiration in his eyes.
"Pavilion Master Nangong is quite alert."
"Your Majesty, please cover your mouth and nose, don't breathe it in."
Upon hearing this, the emperor quickly covered his nose and was supported by Wei Yu to retreat a certain distance.
He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, and told Wei Xi to send someone to call the imperial physician.
He turned to look at the people kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice: "If anyone dares to spread even a word of what happened today, I will not let them off easily!"
Wei Xie saw the emperor's concerns and ordered the eunuch to bring a tent to surround the door.
He ordered a chair to be brought and the emperor to sit on it.
The emperor was sitting on a chair. With just a quick glance, he saw clearly that the man on the couch was his frail son.
No wonder these people dare not speak out.
But I didn't expect that the woman would be so bold and dare to use such despicable means to become my favorite.
Naturally, he didn't believe how tight-lipped these people kneeling on the ground were.
I was about to wave my hand and ask everyone to leave, but then I thought, these people can't leave.
No matter who that woman is, she must die today if she dares to murder a member of the royal family.
Everyone fell silent, not daring to raise any objection.
Soon, a young imperial physician came hurriedly carrying a medicine box and saluted the emperor.
"Your humble servant Xu Yanlou pays respects to Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand for him to stand up.
Jiang Changyu took the opportunity to step forward and bowed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the people inside..."
The emperor's face darkened and he shouted angrily, "Send someone in and bring the person out to me."
Jiang Changyu trembled and responded quickly.
He took the antidote handed to him by Xu Yanlou, took a deep breath, and walked in with several eunuchs.
Inside the bedroom, the two people on the bed were still entangled.
Jiang Changyu stood at the door, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes.
Several eunuchs fed Xiao Feng the antidote for his formal dress, helped him off the woman, and picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on him.
No one cared about the woman on the couch.
Jiang Changyu closed his eyes and strode forward, covering the naked woman with a quilt. The woman was trembling violently, moaning constantly, and her face was full of satisfaction.
He snatched the medicine from the eunuch's hand, poured it all into the woman's mouth, and then covered her mouth to prevent her from spitting it out.
The woman gradually regained her composure, but when she saw the person in front of her clearly, she was immediately frightened.
He asked in horror: "Brother, why are you here?"
When Jiang Changyu heard this, his anger grew even stronger. He turned his back and asked her to put on her clothes.
After she had packed up, she turned back and scolded him.
"You still have the nerve to ask me why I am here. You did such a ridiculous thing, aren't you afraid of implicating my entire Jiang family?"
The woman shuddered and looked around, only to find that in addition to them, there were several eunuchs serving the emperor in the room.
He was shocked and quickly knelt on the ground, tightly grasping Jiang Changyu's robe with both hands, with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Brother...please save me..."
Jiang Changyu lowered his voice and said, "Jiang Sirong, His Majesty is outside now, how can I save you!"
Jiang Sirong did not expect that this matter would alarm the emperor.
Ever since he parted with Xiao Fengli at Nangong Mansion, he had hinted to her, both explicitly and implicitly, that she should find a way to marry her cousin Yi.
She was unwilling and didn't want to do it, so she used this method to force Xiao Fengli to submit.
He glanced at the person in front of him and realized that only death could save the Jiang family's reputation.
He stood up and prepared to bang his head against the wall.
"Do not--"
Xiao Fengli held her arm tightly, and said earnestly, "Don't be afraid, Rongrong. I have a way. Don't do anything stupid."
After saying this, he took the woman's hand and walked out.