Chapter 6: Breaking the Plan

Just as everyone was still hesitating and waiting for the emperor to speak, Prince An stood up with a look of indignation on his face.

"General Gu is the only one absent from the scene right now. As the eunuch just said, we can tell whether it is true or not at a glance. However, I absolutely do not believe that General Gu is the one who did such a thing in broad daylight!"

“One look and you’ll know”

Someone bravely echoed, "It was Minister Zhang."

Things have come to this point, and if they continue to stand there and dawdle, they would seem very timid.

Qi Yunjin raised his eyebrows: "Since you are so curious, then go ahead. I am here, waiting for your news."

After all, he didn't want to get involved in such matters between men and women.

After getting the emperor's permission, Prince An, who was the first to speak, did not step forward immediately. Instead, he asked Xi Ying beside him to go in on his behalf. Xi Ying took the order, and so some ministers and Xi Ying went in together to find out who the man was who was having sex with an unknown woman.

The noise inside continued, and everyone went in, suppressing the embarrassment.

The room was covered with gauze curtains and had a strong scent of love. Clothes were scattered all over the floor, and a man and a woman were sitting on top of each other.

As for that man...

Xi Ying was standing at the front, so he was the first person to see the man's face. When he recognized the man, his pupils shrank in shock.

The other ministers became even more curious when they saw this. After they stretched their necks to get a clear look at the two men and women, their expressions became quite complicated for a moment.

Outside the palace, only Qi Yunjin, Prince An, and the accompanying eunuchs and palace maids were left.

The new emperor has only been in power for a short time. Although Prince An has no idea what the young emperor likes or dislikes, there is one thing he knows very clearly, that is, Qi Yunjin is very frugal with words and would not talk nonsense if he could avoid it.

So Prince An just stood obediently behind Qi Yunjin, waiting for the next good show to begin.

"Your Majesty? Prince An? Why aren't you enjoying the scenery in the Imperial Garden? Is there anything happening in this side hall?"

A light and gentle voice sounded, like the gurgling of a stream flowing through the mountains and fields, and it was very familiar. Prince An turned his head suddenly and looked towards the source of the sound.

As expected, after seeing Gu Junqing's seemingly puzzled expression, Prince An's heart sank and he had a bad premonition.

"...Gu, General Gu..."

The young eunuch behind Prince An, the eunuch who had just delivered the news in the Imperial Garden, looked at her in panic, his tone full of disbelief and helplessness, his body trembling, and he was extremely scared.

Gu Junqing naturally turned his gaze to the eunuch, and asked knowingly with a slightly raised lip:

"What's the matter? Why are you shaking like this?"

The eunuch's name was Liu Liu. Liu Liu looked at her and glanced at Prince An Qi Ye from time to time.

After seeing the threat in Qi Ye's eyes, he shuddered again. Gritting his teeth, he raised his head tremblingly and looked at her, his eyes flickering.

"Slave...slave, I really saw the general and Miss Shen Er in the side hall just now..."

Prince An Qiye took a deep breath. This dog slave! Who would believe this timid attitude? !

It’s simply too little success and too much failure!

Gu Junqing raised his eyes in confusion, looked around, and finally looked towards the side hall, nodded thoughtfully: "I did run into Miss Shen before I came here"

Liu Liu's eyes lit up, but because he had just lowered his head, no one noticed.

Qi Yunjin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, his handsome eyebrows slightly raised, his tone light and with a hint of authority:

"General Gu, please tell me where is Second Miss Shen now?"

Indeed, Gu Junqing is the only one here now. If they had met before, and it was as the eunuch said, then where is Second Miss Shen now?

Gu Junqing glanced at Qi Yunjin. He had been observing her reaction, and by coincidence, the two of them looked at each other.

Facing Qi Yunjin again, Gu Junqing helplessly discovered that the current emperor is really not the same as the one in his previous life.

She knew nothing about the current emperor's temper, likes, and dislikes.

"Your Majesty, Miss Shen has been taken back to the women's quarters by my maid Qingyi, but..."

Gu Junqing looked at the side hall hesitantly and continued, "But the door of this hall is wide open, and I saw Minister Zhang and other ministers inside. This is..."

Having said this, Gu Junqing, Qi Yun, Jin An and Wang the other two saw the people inside coming out.

The faces of those ministers were not very good, especially when they saw Queen An, they were not too surprised as to why Gu Junqing was standing outside the palace.

Xi Ying was the last to come out. He looked at Prince An's frowning face, Gu Junqing standing beside him, and the emperor who was standing in front of the two of them and looking at him nonchalantly.

It seemed that they wanted him to tell everyone who the man inside was.

Xi Ying couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

When Prince An saw this, his heart sank.

He took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Xiying!" Xiying immediately knelt down and clasped his fists, as if he was having trouble speaking:

"Your Majesty, the person inside is, yes, it's Xi Feng who is protecting His Royal Highness Prince An with me..."

Prince An's face completely darkened, but it was understandable. After all, no one could remain indifferent to such a thing. A guard was the face of his master, and now Xi Feng had done such a thing in the side hall of the imperial palace...

Qi Yunjin raised his eyebrows, glanced at Prince An, a hint of smile flashed across his eyes, and continued to ask:

"Who is that woman?"

Xi Ying's lips trembled, and her face turned even paler. Under the emperor's indifferent gaze, she still gritted her teeth and said:

"Yes, it's Concubine Liu..."

Prince An's pupils shrank, and he opened his eyes wide, and asked again in disbelief:

"Who are you talking about?!" Hearing this question, Xi Ying's head, which was already lowered, almost fell to the ground:

"Your Majesty, it's... Xi Feng and our palace's concubine Liu..."

The concubine in Prince An's mansion had an affair with Prince An's personal bodyguard, and it happened in a side hall of the Imperial Palace, in broad daylight, so openly.

And that concubine Liu was originally a little concubine who served Princess An, but now this kind of thing happened...

I guess Prince An not only lost all his face today, but he is also left with nothing.

Not to mention that there is no wall that is impenetrable. After today is over, the hot gossip in the capital tomorrow will surely be that Prince An's guard and his concubine had an affair in a side hall of the imperial palace!

How could Prince An not be angry? He simply wanted to kill these two bastards with a single blow to relieve his hatred!

But it was no use. The Emperor hadn't spoken yet, so Prince An could only hold it in. Looking at the ministers around him who were glancing at him with complicated and sympathetic eyes from time to time, Prince An took a deep breath again and pretended not to see it.

Qi Yunjin looked at Prince An's face, which was full of resentment. However, he caught a glimpse of Gu Junqing's slightly raised lips in his peripheral vision. His smile was so natural, as if he knew nothing. His eyes moved.

"In that case, Prince An, as to why the concubine of the prince's mansion is in the palace, I am too lazy to investigate. Now that things have come to this... Come, drag the two people in the palace down to me and give each of them fifty lashes to serve as a warning to others."

After forty strokes of the cane, the concubine would surely not be able to bear it and might even die. But Xi Feng was a martial artist after all, so he could still hold on even after being beaten with the cane. However, Prince An would never let him go easily, so he would surely die!

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