novelones Chapter 589 Beixiu Banquet to verify rumors
Chapter 589 Beixiu Banquet to verify rumors
At this time, the banquet in the palace had just ended, and Master Liu from Dali Temple came to the Regent's Mansion without stopping.
Without even taking a breath, he told Beixiu Yan about how Shen Ruzhou interacted intimately with the prince at the banquet.
"My lord, such a free-spirited woman is really not worthy of you. I sincerely request you to terminate the engagement immediately to avoid unrest in the family in the future and further stigmatization."
Bei Xiuyan looked at his confidant with a pair of eyes as bright as obsidian, and confirmed with him again.
"Can you see clearly?"
"You can see everything clearly." Mr. Liu was very confident in his eyesight and wished he could describe in detail again how Shen Ruzhou flirted with her and flattered Xiao Chenyan with his eyes and movements.
"How did she explain the emperor's condition before?"
Seeing that Mr. Liu was about to say something offensive again, Beixiu Yan quickly pointed him in a new direction.
Master Liu thought he was concerned about the emperor's condition, so he, with his excellent memory, repeated exactly what Shen Ruzhou said at the banquet.
Hearing this, Beixiu Yan's heart sank. Shen Ruzhou had told him about Emperor Yong'an's pulse before, and what Master Liu said at this time was exactly the same. Could it be that the woman at the banquet who behaved frivolously and had sex with Xiao Chenyan really was Shen Ruzhou? ?
Seeing his doubts, Mr. Liu struck while the iron was hot and continued to persuade: "My lord, you are wise and powerful, and worthy of the best woman in the world. Shen Ruzhou looks down on herself, so she should be divorced and abandoned..."
"Master Liu, this is my family matter, so I don't need you to worry about it." Beixiu Yan's tone was unkind, and Master Liu wisely closed his mouth and left.
The study became quiet. From Lu Rou slandering Shen Ruzhou, to the princes from the suburbs of Beijing collectively mocking Shen Ruzhou, to Mr. Liu earnestly persuading him to break off the engagement, for two days in a row, all the Beixiu Banquet heard were bad rumors about Shen Ruzhou.
He felt sour in his heart. He had always thought that Shen Ruzhou was forced by Xiao Chenyan's pressure to play tricks with him, but when the play reached this point, it was quite a bit fake.
Bei Xiuyan trusted her, but he also had to figure out these things.
He put on his night clothes and sneaked into the palace in the dim moonlight.
The wing of the side hall of Taihe Palace was where Shen Ruzhou lived temporarily when he was ill.
When I arrived at Beixiu Yan, I happened to see a woman standing in front of the window. She looked like she had just taken a bath. She was only wearing a moon-white undergarment, and her black hair was scattered behind.
Just as Bei Xiuyan was about to step forward to talk to her, a figure appeared from behind the screen.
He took a closer look and saw that it was Xiao Chenyan.
Xiao Chenyan stepped forward and took the woman into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her. The woman was very cooperative, with two lotus-like jade arms resting on Xiao Chenyan's shoulders, and her eyes showed great tenderness.
At this moment, Beixiu Yan's heart was relieved. He knew that the woman in front of him was definitely not Shen Ruzhou.
He turned around and left the Taihe Palace, thought for a moment, and came to Changle Palace, where he saw Shen Ruzhou as expected.
Under the flower gallery, a woman in red looked up at the moon, clasping her hands together as if praying for God's blessing.
Under the moonlight, her side face was as white as porcelain, and her whole body exuded a pure and beautiful aura.
There were ripples in Bei Xiuyan's eyes, and he murmured uncontrollably: "Ruzhou."
Hearing the sound, Shen Ruzhou's eyes immediately showed surprise. Before he could turn around to look, he was embraced by Beixiu Yan.
The familiar scent of sandalwood made her intoxicated. She raised her hand and touched Bei Xiuyan's face, fearing that this was a dream, "It seems that the Queen of the Moon Palace heard my prayer and sent you to see me."
Bei Xiuyan smiled sweetly, held Shen Ruzhou tightly in his arms, and said with some heartache: "You have lost a lot of weight, but are you too tired these days?"
Shen Ruzhou sighed helplessly and began to pour out his bitterness.
"My lord, Xiao Chenyan is so cruel that he secretly instigated Dr. Chu to poison the emperor. I'm on guard every day, and even when I'm sleeping, I wish I could turn a blind eye, lest they succeed in their evil plan."
After hearing this, Beixiu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Always be wary of them being too passive. You might as well expose the matter and let the emperor handle it by himself."
The words awakened the predicament, and Shen Ruzhou felt his eyes light up. He couldn't help standing up on tiptoes and kissed Beixiu Banquet, and praised: "Your Majesty is better, this saves me trouble and allows Emperor Yong'an to see Qing Xiao Chenyan’s true face kills two birds with one stone.”
After solving Shen Ruzhou's problem, Beixiu Yan told her the rumors he had heard recently.
"You are just treating the emperor, but you don't know how Xiao Chenyan used a woman to pretend to be you and ruin your reputation?"
"No wonder he found a reason not to let me stay in Taihe Hall today. It turned out that he planned to act for you so that we would have a rift and not get married." Shen Ruzhou carefully recalled some of Xiao Chenyan's actions during this period, Finally figured out what he was going to do.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and the flowers in the flower gallery were blown down and scattered on the two of them. A fresh fragrance hit their nostrils. Shen Ruzhou looked at Bei Xiuyan's handsome face and asked with a somewhat naughty smile, "It's like what is said outside. Awesome, how can you be so sure that it’s not me?”
"You can't be with Xiao Chenyan because you hate him. Ruzhou, in fact, we are both the same people, unyielding and with a clear distinction between love and hate."
Bei Xiuyan's words touched Shen Ruzhou's heart. Her eyes were hot and she said with a smile: "Your Majesty still understands me."
As the midnight watch rang, Beixiu Yan reluctantly bid farewell to Shen Ruzhou.
"I am here to collect military rations this time. I cannot stay in Kyoto for too long. I need to return to the camp quickly."
"Your Majesty, are there not enough military rations? Is Xiao Chenyan deliberately making things difficult?" Shen Ruzhou asked with concern.
Bei Xiuyan stroked her hair and said warmly: "It's been taken care of."
Shen Ruzhou suddenly put his arms firmly around Bei Xiuyan's waist, showing a rare coquettish gesture of his little daughter, "My lord, Ruzhou is reluctant to let you go."
Bei Xiuyan stroked her back gently, suppressing the reluctance in his heart, and continued to comfort her, "I have plans in mind for the war ahead, and I will return to the court soon."
"I'll wait for the prince to come back." Shen Ruzhou said with difficulty while suppressing the choke in her throat. She was not an unreasonable person, and no matter how reluctant she was to let go, she obediently let go of her hand and sent Beixiu Banquet away.
The next day, she went to deliver medicine to Emperor Yong'an as usual. After taking two steps with the medicine, she pretended to be dizzy and hurriedly stretched out her hand to touch the pillar next to her to steady herself.
Seeing this, Imperial Physician Chu on the side rolled his eyes and thought about it. He stepped forward to take the tray very warmly and said with concern: "Miss Shen, I see you don't look good. You must have worked too hard these days. Well, why don't you go back and have a rest, and I'll let the official deliver today's medicine."
Shen Ruzhou pretended to be embarrassed and declined, "Why does this mean that it has always been my duty to serve the emperor's decoctions, so I shouldn't trouble Imperial Doctor Chu."
"What Miss Shen said is wrong. As an imperial physician, I am supposed to treat the Emperor's illnesses and prescribe prescriptions, but now I have to do everything myself, Miss Shen. It's really shameful. Miss Shen should be merciful and let me serve the Emperor with medicine." Bar."
What Imperial Physician Chu said was so sincere that Shen Ruzhou would have almost believed it if he hadn't known that he was Xiao Chenyan's man.
"Then Dr. Lao Chu will be here." Shen Ruzhou followed suit and handed over the delivery of medicine to him. He put his hand on his forehead and pretended to feel uncomfortable before going back to his room to rest.
Doctor Chu took the medicine but did not immediately send it to the emperor's palace. Instead, he went to a deserted corner, poured the powder from a small medicine bottle into the thick black soup, and held the spoon very carefully. Stir it a bit.
He thought he was being very careful, but he didn't know that Emperor Yong'an's secret guards had already seen all of this on the eaves.
The medicine bowl was quickly brought to Emperor Yong'an. Just as Emperor Yong'an was about to drink, he coughed violently and spilled most of the medicine in the bowl.
The opportunity he finally got to administer the drug was wasted.
He was complaining in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He still said with a respectful look: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I'll make another bowl of medicine."
Seeing him retreat, Emperor Yong'an's eyes showed a cold light and ordered the secret guard to send the remaining medicine to Shen Ruzhou.
"Let her check carefully to see what was added here."