Harem Daily Life

"Sixth Brother, His Highness has been inside for almost half an hour. Is something wrong?" Yin Jiu paced back and forth for more than a dozen times without stopping.

Ying Liu glanced at him: "He's detoxifying, what could possibly happen to him?" But when he looked at the time, he frowned. The eldest daughter of the Hua family was so delicate, and she was new to this world. Could she withstand the prince's torment?

"Tsk tsk tsk, if it weren't for Jing Yuwei drugging the prince, he probably wouldn't have been able to get what he wanted ahead of time." Ying Liu muttered to himself, looking thoughtfully at the closed door.

"It's all my fault for being late. If I had found the Prince earlier, he wouldn't have been poisoned." Yin Liu had gone to investigate where Hua Ruyan and the Zhou family got their invitations as instructed by the Prince, which delayed him. By the time he arrived at the horse farm, the Prince had already been hurriedly taken to find Miss Hua for an antidote.

"Don't blame yourself. I stayed at the Hua family's residence all day but failed to find out anything. I was also at fault," Ying Liu said with some shame.

Yin Jiu patted his shoulder: "His orders to you were to protect Miss Hua. Hua Ruyan and Jing Yuwei were doing a private deal, and you couldn't possibly follow them, so it's understandable that you couldn't find out anything. But what's most infuriating is that the Fifth Princess ate some snacks and fell into a deep sleep. His Majesty will definitely be furious about this. The Fifth Princess is His Majesty's darling."

Ying Liu sneered, "Hua Ruyan has really lost more than she gained. Her fiancé... has gotten involved with the Han Prince's mansion, so he'll probably find someone better and abandon her."

Speaking of this, Yin Jiu narrowed his eyes: "Jing Yuwei really shot herself in the foot, she deserves it!"

The two looked at each other speechlessly. Today had been truly dangerous. If they hadn't reacted quickly, swiftly taking the prince away and finding Miss Hua, their prince would probably have been completely taken advantage of by Jing Yuwei. In a fit of anger, Yin Jiu grabbed Zhou Chen, who was still holding the Chinese medicine, and threw him onto the carriage of the Han Prince's mansion, where he bumped into Jing Yuwei, who had run away.

As for Hua Ruyan, she's probably still searching for her fiancé.

Hua Ruyan was indeed searching for someone all over the place. She went to the outhouse and came out to find that Zhou Chen was gone.

She searched everywhere with her maid, and halfway there she heard that Prince Han was catching his wife in adultery, so she hurriedly followed to take a look. There were too many people watching, and she couldn't squeeze forward at all. She vaguely heard that it was Prince Jin and the second young lady of Prince Han's mansion inside, and she was so happy that she almost jumped up.

She thought that once she found Zhou Chen, she would definitely go find Hua Yurong again and give her a good kick when she was down.

Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince arrived shortly afterward, and it was revealed that it was not Prince Jin, but some minor official of the sixth rank from the Hanlin Academy. Hua Ruyan was extremely disappointed and continued to look for Zhou Chen.

When she finally found him, Zhou Chen had already been captured by the guards, looking disheveled and his outer robe was gone.

Stunned, Hua Ruyan was helped by her maid to chase after them and overheard the Crown Prince interrogating Zhou Chen, who admitted to having a one-night stand with Miss Jing.

Hua Ruyan felt like her world was collapsing. She never imagined that Jing Yuwei would be involved with Zhou Chen. She wanted to find Jing Yuwei and get an explanation: why, as business allies, was Jing Yuwei trying to steal her fiancé?

However, Jing Yuwei was already under the protection of the Han Prince's mansion. When they tried to force their way out of the horse farm, they were surrounded by guards. The guards, acting on the Crown Prince's orders, said they would only let them pass after finding out who had drugged her. A conflict broke out between the Han Prince's mansion and the guards, and the two sides were now locked in a tense standoff at the entrance of the horse farm.

The maid advised her to find a safe place to wait and see, since she couldn't just confront them head-on and question Jing Yuwei when they were about to fight.

Hua Ruyan was helped back to Zhou Chen's side in a daze. Looking at her fiancé, her eyes were almost swollen from crying.

Zhou Chen sighed repeatedly, explaining as he sighed, "I don't know when I was drugged. By the time I lost consciousness, it was too late. It seems like someone kidnapped me, but I have no idea where they took me. I didn't even know who the girl was while I was doing the deed."

Recalling the romantic moments he had shared in the carriage, Zhou Chen glanced at Hua Ruyan, whose eyes were red from crying: "I'm innocent! This was my first time watching a polo match, how could I have known something like this would happen? I beg Your Highness to do me justice, find the real culprit, and clear my name!"

He Yucheng had already heard the truth from Yin Jiu, and this investigation was just a show for everyone.

He Yucheng narrowed his eyes. Zhou Chen could be said to be innocent, but he was not entirely innocent either. His fiancée, together with Jing Yuwei, bribed the servants to put a sleeping potion in Hua Yurong's pastries. Most of those pastries were eaten by He Yinuo, and now He Yinuo is unconscious. Hua Ruyan and Jing Yuwei really deserve to die!

The reason why Zhou Chen ended up with Jing Yuwei can be considered as Hua Ruyan bringing it upon herself.

"I ask you, you are but a merchant, where did you get this invitation from the horse farm?"

Zhou Chen glanced at Hua Ruyan: "It was...it was given by Miss Hua the Second."

Hua Ruyan was called upon and brought before the Crown Prince with red eyes.

"As far as I know, the Hua family didn't send an invitation either. So where did Miss Hua's invitation come from?"

Hua Ruyan bit her lip. Her invitation was given to her by Jing Yuwei, who said she would take her to see a good show.

But where's the real show? We certainly got to see something infuriating!

"How dare you! The Crown Prince is asking you a question, how dare you not answer?" the guard shouted, frightening Hua Ruyan so much that her face turned pale.

“My invitation… my sister asked Prince Jin for it.”

"Ha!" He Min's sharp eyes swept over Hua Ruyan: "Miss Hua is the future Princess Consort of Jin. She doesn't need an invitation to come in. Why would she need a separate invitation if she wanted to bring you along? If you don't tell the truth, then we have reason to suspect that you are hiding something. Could it be... that you were the one who administered this aphrodisiac?"

Everyone stared at Hua Ruyan in surprise. Hua Ruyan quickly waved her hands: "No, no, how could I possibly drug so many people? I... I couldn't do it! Besides, my fiancé was also drugged, why would I do it?"

"Yes, it seems that Miss Hua is also a victim now; it shouldn't be her who drugged her."

"But where did this invitation come from? If the young master of the Zhou family and she hadn't come, wouldn't what happened in the carriage today have been avoided?"

He Min chuckled: "Miss Hua, where did the invitation come from? If you don't tell the truth, then this princess will have no choice but to send you to the government office so that they can investigate whether you have drugged anyone."

Hua Ruyan was truly terrified. She couldn't be handed over to the authorities. She hadn't given anyone aphrodisiacs, but she had drugged Hua Yurong!

If the authorities find out, she'll be finished!

“I, I said, my invitation was given to me by Ms. Jing Yuwei.”

A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd, and some people began to analyze the situation, offering their opinions in a very logical and reasonable manner.

"Is it possible that the young lady of the Han Prince's mansion has taken a fancy to Young Master Zhou, and lured him here under the guise of delivering an invitation, then drugged him so they could meet in the carriage?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect the Han Prince's family to have such a bold and unrestrained style!"

Hua Ruyan's face turned pale and then red, and as she listened to the crowd's discussions, she couldn't tell what was true or false.

Just as everyone was discussing this, a guard rushed over: "Your Highness, the people from the Prince of Han's residence are fighting with our people!"