kvmb Chapter 90 Absurd Act
Chapter 90 Absurd Act
After leaving, Jiang Qingyue took off her pale yellow coat.
It turned out that Jiang Qingyue had deliberately pretended to be Jiang Chuchu to lure Qin Jinghao over.
Jiang Qingyue handed her outer garment to Yingren to handle, and then returned to the palace banquet as if nothing had happened.
Just as Jiang Qingyue stood still, the Emperor and Empress arrived hand in hand.
After everyone paid their respects, the emperor searched for Qin Jinghao, but there was no trace of him.
He couldn't help but frown, summoned a eunuch, and asked him what had happened. One of the palace maids told him that the crown prince had just come by, but as for why he had disappeared, no one knew.
The emperor's heart pounded; he had a bad feeling.
"This servant will go find His Highness the Crown Prince immediately." Seeing that the emperor's expression was somewhat off, the eunuch quickly and tactfully went to find someone.
As a result, they searched the entire banquet for a long time but could not find the Crown Prince.
At this point, people had already started talking about it privately.
The fact that the Crown Prince was late in arriving at such an important occasion inevitably raises questions.
Meanwhile, the palace maid who was originally with Jiang Chuchu saw Jiang Qingyue, who was supposed to be there, appear as if she had seen a ghost. She was about to report the situation to Jiang Chuchu when she found that Jiang Chuchu was also nowhere to be found.
She anxiously scanned her surroundings.
Although there were many people at the palace banquet, the emperor and empress, sitting in high places, immediately noticed the palace maid whose expression was not right.
The emperor suddenly thought of something, glanced at the empress, and found that the empress also seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
"Jiang Chuchu!" the two exclaimed in unison.
After the emperor finished speaking, his face darkened.
Even if Jiang Chuchu has a noble destiny, it seems she cannot be allowed to live. She has seriously affected the Crown Prince, which is something the Emperor absolutely cannot accept.
He glanced at Jiang Qingyue, who was waiting obediently to the side, seemingly unaware of the situation, and his temples throbbed. "Someone, go find her for me!"
"Yes!"
The group accepted the order and went down.
"Why hasn't the Crown Prince arrived yet?"
"Is something going to happen?"
"Pah, pah, pah! Don't talk nonsense. What could possibly happen in the palace?"
The people around couldn't sit still any longer and started talking in hushed tones.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince..." Just then, a young eunuch came over, stammering and hesitant to speak.
The emperor, thinking something had happened to Qin Jinghao, quickly stood up and asked, "What's wrong, Crown Prince?"
The young eunuch hesitated, unable to utter a word no matter what.
"Useless thing!" Seeing that the little eunuch hadn't given a clear answer, the emperor took three steps at a time and walked in the direction the little eunuch had come from.
The surrounding guests looked at each other, and after a moment's hesitation, someone took the lead and followed.
But this direction leads to the rear palace, where few people stop. When the emperor arrived here, he no longer knew which way to go.
He summoned a young eunuch and said, "You, lead the way!"
The young eunuch glanced at the huge crowd behind the emperor, opened his mouth, but didn't know how to ask the emperor to go in alone.
"If you dawdle any longer, I'll take your head." After hearing this, the eunuch quickly led the way.
After the eunuch led the emperor and his entourage to their destination, he withdrew.
Once they reached a secluded spot, the young eunuch tore off the human skin mask from his face, revealing Xu Yunyun's true face.
As soon as the emperor arrived, he heard a faint noise coming from inside the door.
The emperor stepped forward and abruptly pushed open the door.
"Ah~" A sharp scream rang out. When the emperor saw the scene in the room, his face instantly turned even more ugly, and he was trembling with rage.
Those who were close to the emperor saw him immediately, and instantly became so nervous that they broke out in a cold sweat.
They seemed to have learned something very important.
Jiang Chuchu clutched her clothes tightly to her chest, sitting on the bed and crying uncontrollably.
Qin Jinghao stared blankly at the scene before him, still unable to process what had happened.
"Stop looking! All of you, get out of my sight!" Seeing that something was wrong, the Empress quickly blocked the doorway. Lady Lu followed and hurriedly closed the door and went inside.
A rustling sound came from afar, and a moment later, Qin Jinghao and Jiang Chuchu were already dressed and standing to the side, looking quite disheveled.
The emperor pointed at Qin Jinghao, speechless.
He had wanted to get Jiang Chuchu out of the palace for a long time, but it was only because the Crown Prince pleaded that he agreed to let Jiang Chuchu stay for a couple more days. And what happened? If he had known, he should have just thrown Jiang Chuchu out!
The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved and his face turned red. The empress quickly stepped forward to help him catch his breath.
Seeing that everyone had seen it, Jiang Qingyue stepped forward, looking hurt, covering her mouth, on the verge of tears, "Your Highness, Chu Chu, you..."
"Crown Prince, you are the heir apparent of the country, how could you do such an absurd thing? You...you..." The Empress was so angry that she pointed at him but could not speak.
"My goodness, this is truly an eye-opener for me."
"This is simply an insult to civility."
"This Jiang Chuchu is truly cunning. Knowing that her status is inferior to that of the real heiress, she resorts to such despicable tactics. Ugh!"
Instead of discussing Qin Jinghao's misconduct, everyone focused their criticism on Jiang Chuchu.
Jiang Chuchu was initially frightened, then secretly pleased, but now she is utterly terrified.
She wanted to become the Crown Prince's rightful woman, but not in the way things are now.
She originally intended to scheme against Jiang Qingyue, so why, why did it turn into her and the Crown Prince?
Jiang Chuchu looked at Jiang Qingyue, who was watching the show nonchalantly, and was so angry that she wanted to kill Jiang Qingyue. "Jiang Qingyue, what have you done?"
That confident and assertive question was truly unbelievable if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
"You still ask me what I did? I'd like to ask you what you did! I told you, if you truly love His Highness, I could give you this marriage, provided His Majesty agrees. But now you..."
After saying this, Jiang Qingyue covered her face and wept.
Playing the victim, who can't do that?
"No, Your Majesty, I...this humble woman..."
"All of you, get out of my sight!" The emperor felt utterly humiliated by the sight of so many people gathered around him.
He ordered the guards to immediately remove all irrelevant people, leaving only himself, the Empress, Jiang Qingyue, and Qin Jinghao and Jiang Chuchu's family at the scene.
"Your Highness, Jiang Chuchu is shameless! How could you, the Crown Prince of a nation, do such an absurd thing? Do you know how the censors will impeach you? How the historians will record you? You...you really...have disappointed me so much!"
The emperor had never lost so much face.
"Father, I acted impulsively, it was my fault. But I truly love her. Father, since things have come to this, please agree to let me take her as my concubine!"
Qin Jinghao didn't reveal Jiang Chuchu's involvement. Instead, he chose to cover it up for her and take all the blame upon himself, planning to settle accounts with Jiang Chuchu later.
"Hmph! Do you think I'm a fool? Imperial Physician Zhang, examine me!"
At a command, Physician Zhang stepped forward and slowly approached...