Chapter XVII: Crisis
Chu Lanxi took Zhao Lingshu's hand and walked into the Hundred Gardens together.
As soon as they walked to the pavilion, a maid hurriedly trotted over from elsewhere and said to Chu Lanxi: "Miss, the queen sent a father-in-law over there to ask you something." β
When Chu Lanxi heard this, he let go of the hand holding Zhao Lingshu's arm, turned around and said to Zhao Lingshu apologetically: "Sister, you take a rest in the pavilion first, I will go back to the queen's mother first, and I will come back to you in a while." With that, he helped the maid out of the pavilion.
"Are you all ready?" Chu Lanxi lowered her voice and asked the maid beside her who had just come to find her.
"Don't worry, Miss, it's all arranged." The maid also replied in a low voice.
"Zhao Lingshu, last time my face was allergic, you made me ugly in front of everyone. This time, I want you to taste what it's like to be humiliated. Chu Lanxi gritted his teeth in his heart
Zhao Lingshu looked at the back of Chu Lanxi's departure, and recalled that at the Hundred Flowers Banquet in his previous life, because someone in the pavilion had been drugged, a couple of men and women were caught doing things in the pavilion.
Besides, how could things be so coincidental, why did she just have something to leave as soon as she came to Chulanxi? This is too suspicious.
This pavilion should also put some kind of incense, so that the original scene will happen. Otherwise, how could a normal person have fornication in broad daylight? That kind of exposure under everyone's nose is too deliberate.
What's more, it's not just the people who come to the Hundred Flowers Banquet to attend the banquet. The dispute between the prince and the dispute between the ladies and dependents are all hidden in some unknown corners.
The battle of the princes
is different from back then, the protagonist back then was not her but another woman she didn't know, but now she has become the object of Chu Lanxi's calculations. It is estimated that Chu Lanxi's plan is to stun her with incense, and then pretend to leave her alone in the pavilion, and then find a reason to bring someone to arrest the rape in public after a while. In this way, not only can she be ruined, but also the Zhao family can be ruined.
A woman who cheats with a man in public, not to mention the princes and nobles, even the common people will spurn, let alone marry into the family.
"It's vicious." Zhao Lingshu was also a little scared when he thought about it. If you are less vigilant, or forget what happened back then, I am afraid that you will be calculated successfully.
"I'm going to see what tricks you want to play." Zhao Lingshu sneered lightly. When Chu Lanxi walked away, she quietly followed behind them.
After following for a while, Chu Lanxi in front of him separated from the maid. Chu Lanxi walked into a rockery alone, and the maid stayed at the entrance of the rockery to guard.
Zhao Lingshu quietly avoided the maid and followed in from another path. As soon as I entered, I saw Chu Lanxi and Xiao Qiming sitting intimately talking together. She hurriedly found a hidden place to hide, and pricked up her ears to listen to their conversation. Although it was a little far away, it was quiet all around, so the conversation was quite clear.
Chu Lanxi held a fan in his left hand, leaning on Xiao Qiming's shoulder coquettishly, the corners of his crimson eyes teasing the ambiguous atmosphere, and secretly sent Qiu Bo to be amorous as soon as he opened his mouth: "Brother Xiao, I have already helped you trick Zhao Lingshu to the pavilion, and the rest of Lanxi has also been arranged, just waiting to go over and catch the traitor." Lan Xi has done so much for His Royal Highness, how can you thank people now? β
Xiao Qiming hugged Chu Lanxi and patted her back soothingly: "This king will naturally thank you well." This Zhao Lingshu dared to refuse this king twice in public, he really thought he was a character. If it weren't for the power of the Zhao family, this king would be reluctant to deal with her. But since she doesn't know how to lift, then don't blame the king for ruining her. β
Chu Lanxi's dancΓ΄me-smeared fingers lightly covered Xiao Qiming's lips: "Brother Xiao, don't be angry. When Zhao Lingshu is ruined today, no one in the whole capital will want her. When the time comes, Zhao Lingshu and the Zhao family will naturally be His Royal Highness. Besides, Lan Xi will feel distressed if he is angry. Chu Lanxi said and turned his head again, embarrassed to look at the person in front of him.
Xiao Qiming was really useful, he tightly pinched Chu Lanxi's messy fingers: "Then you have to hurt this king well." Saying that, his hand quietly reached Chu Lanxi's waist and began to untie her belt.
Chu Lanxi was half refusing and half obedient, and the fan in his hand had already fallen to the ground, covered by fallen leaves. Seeing this, the attendants around them all retreated in recognition of each other, not daring to disturb them.
Zhao Lingshu, who was hiding in a secret corner and eavesdropping, looked at what the man and woman were doing in front of him, Rao had experienced it in his previous life, and at this time, he was also blushing and at a loss. But the voices made by the two people became louder and louder, and Zhao Lingshu couldn't stay any longer, so he had to turn around and leave the rockery.
Zhao Lingshu walked back in the direction of the pavilion, but before he could get there, he heard a sound that made people blush and heartbeat.
"So loud? Aren't they afraid of being discovered? Zhao Lingshu thought of Xiao Qiming and Chu Lanxi, this pair of unmarried men and women, in broad daylight, can't they converge? Even if you are not afraid of secular gossip, aren't you afraid of humiliating your identity and the emperor will blame you?
After approaching the pavilion, Zhao Lingshu found that there was another pair of men and women in the pavilion, who were naked and selflessly intertwined. It's just that the face is blocked, and I can't really see it. At this time, there was no one around, Zhao Lingshu looked at the scene in front of him, in a dilemma, and didn't know what to do for a while.
Should I quickly turn around and leave as if nothing had happened, or should I make some noise to wake up the two and save their lives? Looking at them like this, nine times out of ten, it is also caused by inhaling incense.
Hesitating, Zhao Lingshu inadvertently raised his head and saw Xiao Qisheng, the sixth prince not far away, leaning lazily against a tree, with a jade crown and black hair, an ink-colored gold-inlaid robe, and something leisurely in his hand. It can be blessed by the unique cool temperament of a teenager, and there is no frivolity. really deserves to be a handsome son, a young man in his prime.
Seeing that Zhao Lingshu had discovered him, Xiao Qisheng raised his eyebrows at Zhao Lingshu with a smile, and a pair of light blue pupils greeted the sun, like a pool of lake sparkling, which was particularly attractive.
Zhao Lingshu immediately understood the situation in this pavilion, I was afraid that it was his arrangement. She bowed her head and thanked Xiao Qisheng.
Since Xiao Qisheng helped her, she was not busy solving the pair of men and women in front of her now, Qing'er Yun'er didn't come over, so she simply found another place to rest.
Half an hour later, Chu Lanxi came to the hall with an anxious expression: "Sister Lingshu is gone!" I couldn't find her no matter how I looked. The crowd panicked. The power of the Duke of Wei Guo is grand, and Zhao Lingshu's status is noble, if something happens, they can't afford to be responsible.
"The corpse is missing? Tell all the minions to hurry up and find them! The queen commanded.
When Qing'er heard that Zhao Lingshu was gone, she panicked for a while, and asked Chu Lanxi directly regardless of her humility: "Didn't our young lady go with you just now?" Why are you not together now, but our young lady can't do it yet? β
Qing'er's question made Chu Lanxi panic, but she quickly calmed down and said the words she had prepared: "Sister Lingshu and I were talking in the pavilion, and we just changed our clothes, and when I came back, I found that Sister Lingshu was not in the pavilion. Don't worry about this sister, let's all look for Sister Lingshu again, and we will definitely find it. β
"Where did the slave come from, how dare you talk to our young lady like this!" The maid beside Chu Lanxi saw that Qing'er was so presumptuous, and scolded.
"Chun Tao, this sister also cares about her master, she is loyal, and she must not be rude." Chu Lanxi pretended to speak for Qing'er, but was praised by the crowd.
"So, the last time you saw Miss Zhao was in the gazebo?" The queen asked.
"Yes." Chu Lanxi put his mind at ease and replied calmly.
"Then let's go around the gazebo and look carefully." As they spoke, everyone got up and walked in the direction of the gazebo. And Qing'er Yun'er was already impatient to rush to the direction of the pavilion to find Zhao Lingshu.
The corners of Chu Lanxi's mouth showed a triumphant smile.
Chu Lanxi led a group of people to the pavilion. As soon as she arrived at the pavilion, she eagerly pointed to the intertwined men and women in the pavilion and exclaimed, "Isn't that Sister Lingshu?" What are they doing! β
When everyone heard this, they also looked at Chu Lanxi's fingers, and when they saw it, they were all shocked, and the crowd talked about it.
"Is this really Zhao Lingshu? If this spreads, where will Wei Guogong's face go? β
"I can't see it. This Miss Zhao usually looks like a dignified lady, but she didn't expect to be so lewd? β
"Tut-tut. Hey, don't say it, this Miss Zhao is in good shape. β
"Yo Wang, are you greedy? Then you can go too! β
"Hahaha......"
"That's it, yes!"
β......β
Seeing that everyone was successfully misled by Chu Lanxi into the pavilion to be the one who did the tricky things, the corners of Zhao Lingshu's mouth were full of mocking smiles: "What a group of fools who can be used casually." β
Then she got up from the stone bench where she was resting, stroked her crumpled robe and dust, and regained the dignified and dignified only daughter of the Duke of Weiguo in front of her, and walked out of the corner without hurrying.
"What's wrong guys? Why are they all gathered here? Could it be that there is something good to see here? β
"Miss!" When Qing'er and Yun'er saw her, they were surprised and relieved. When they saw the situation in the pavilion, they were also startled, and thought that their young lady was really defiled.
"Miss, where have you been? It scares us to death! Qing'er and Yun'er ran to Zhao Lingshu's side, both with red eyes.
Zhao Lingshu comforted the two frightened little girls while looking at everyone's equally shocked expressions suspiciously: "Why are you so shocked to see me?" β
She followed everyone's gaze to the gazebo, and then seemed to be shocked by the picture in the gazebo: "This, this, what's going on?" Who are they? β
Chu Lanxi looked at Zhao Lingshu, who was still dignified when he came out, and his thoughts froze for a moment: "Why did Zhao Lingshu appear here?" Since it wasn't Zhao Lingshu who was in the pavilion, who was it? Why didn't things go as planned? β
At this time, a guard rushed into the pavilion and forcibly separated the two inside. Originally, Chu Lanxi thought that the person in the pavilion was Zhao Lingshu, so he didn't call someone to stop it, in order to make her completely ugly, and it was best to be ruined.
The man in the pavilion was still unconscious when he was pulled away by the guards, and he was kicked by a guard before he reacted, looking at the group of people not far away, as well as himself and the naked woman beside him, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and trembled.
"What do I think of the one in the pavilion who seems to be, Princess Ruoling?" When the face of the woman in the pavilion was revealed, someone in the crowd recognized this woman as Xiao Qiming's sister-in-law Xiao Ruoling, Princess Daliang!
Everyone took a closer look, and it was true. Is this still worth it? When the princess of the dynasty actually did such a thing with an unknown man at the Hundred Flowers Banquet?
The crowd was again turning heads.
Chu Lanxi, who was waiting to see Zhao Lingshu's joke, stayed in place: "How is it possible?" How could it be Xiao Ruoling? β
Looking at Chu Lanxi's sluggish movements and incredulous expression, the mocking smile on the corner of Zhao Lingshu's mouth, which was hidden in the crowd, grew bigger and bigger.
Xiao Si, who was hiding in a certain tree to observe the situation below, looked at the commotion below, and couldn't help but admire that his master was really ruthless. This is a calculation of the queen's family.
It seems that no one can mess with Miss Zhao in the future, this is too protective.