Chapter 202: Prince Longevity (32)
Chuzheng quietly treaded on the snow, descending from the roof into the courtyard.
At this time, the entire pce was very quiet, with neither pce maids nor eunuchs in sight.
Chuzheng stepped on the stairs and walked to the outside of the pce, where it was quiet, without any audible sound.
No one around?
That can’t be right…
She saw Ye Yang enter.
This was the result of her tracking Ye Yang for several days.
Chuzheng circled to the other side, then heard a faint noise, like the suppressed moans of a woman, extremely low.
Chuzheng found a window that wasn’t closed properly and took a peek inside.
In the pce, theyers of bed curtains were draped, the light was too dim to see anything inside.
Chuzheng scratched her finger against the edge of the window.
She listened intently.
Inside the pce.
Cheng Xiao’s bewitching eyes were like silk, hooking around the man’s neck, actively reciprocating.
She was now three months pregnant, though not very noticeable, just slightly protruding.
The many on top of her, moving carefully.
“Xiaoxiao…” the man called her softly, and after the final thrust, he rolled over to lie beside her.
Cheng Xiao propped herself up to sit: “What about the matter with Prince Rong? If I weren’t pregnant, I would’ve been beheaded by now.”
The Emperor had people investigate, but they found nothing.
She was the only suspect.
The Emperor now seemed to have her under house arrest here.
“Xiaoxiao, don’t worry.”
“How can I not worry? If he finds out…” Cheng Xiao didn’t even dare to think about her fate if the Emperor learned the child wasn’t his.
“That bitch Cheng Chuzheng.” Cheng Xiao clenched her fists: “How did she find out, and even frame me for this!”
“Xiaoxiao, I told you not to be impulsive,” Ye Yang sighed.
The matter with Prince Rong was orchestrated by Cheng Xiao herself.
Ye Yang knew toote.
If it weren’t for him dealing with several people, the Emperor would probably have found out already.
“But I just can’t stand to see her living so well outside, while I suffer in the pce.”
Hate filled Cheng Xiao’s voice.
“Ye Yang, it was her who tore us apart,” Cheng Xiao said with a intive voice.
Ye Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly, a dangerous light flickering in their depths.
Ye Yang soothed Cheng Xiao for a while, but eventually, theforting turned into the beginning of another round of activity.
Bang—
The room was suddenly brightened by a burst of firelight.
The Imperial Forest Army came in from outside the pce, surrounding the bed.
Ye Yang and Cheng Xiao were terrified, scrambling to cover themselves with their clothes.
The figure in imperial yellow slowly walked in, his face livid as he pushed aside the hanging bed curtains to reveal the scene inside.
The sinister look in the Emperor’s eyes grew more evident, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
“Put on your clothes and get out!”
The curtains fell, and Cheng Xiao looked at Ye Yang, her face bloodless, her body trembling.
Wasn’t it said that the Emperor had chosen Consort Shu’s token today?
Why did he suddenly appear here?
That’s not right…
There must be something wrong somewhere!
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The Emperor stood outside with his hands behind his back. Why would he appear here?
Because someone had snuck into Consort Shu’s chamber in the dark of night, picked him up, and threw him outside where hey immobile in the corner.
He better not catch who it was!
Yes.
The Emperor did not know who was responsible.
But what angered him more at the moment was that his own woman and his own official dared to do such a thing under his very nose.
Chuzheng hid in the shadows, watching the Emperor kick Ye Yang in a rage.
She touched her chest.
The red scarf on my chest seemed even brighter.
I was working hard to be a good person again today.
[…]Miss, what exactly is your misunderstanding about ‘good people’? What kind of good person do you think you are?
Exposing the Emperor’s adultery without being kept in the dark, am I not a good person?
[…]
I’ll go home and cuddle my Good Person Card.
[…]
Shameless!
Hooligan!
Chuzheng silently left the Imperial Pce, concealing her achievements and name.
The next day, Chuzheng heard that Cheng Xiao had been beaten to a bloody pulp.
The bizarre Emperor, unconcerned about worldly views and only seeking immortality, had Cheng Xiao thrown out of the Prince Cheng Residence.
The Emperor even had the Prince’s Mansion’s card smashed, a clear sign of his fury.
Since Chuzheng left the Prince’s Mansion, the Princess Consort had been in charge.
Her daughter, who should have been favored in the pce, was suddenly thrown back in such a state, frightening the Princess Consort Cheng so much she nearly fainted.
Chuzheng heard the Prince Cheng Residence was in an uproar for quite a while.
She didn’t know what had be of Ye Yang, nor had she heard any news.
But the Ye Family looked as if they were on high alert, almost ready to pack up and flee, indicating things were probably not well.
A favored harem consort suddenly returned to her family in such a state.
Whatever had happened, it was enough for gossip among themon people.
Cheng Xiao couldn’t save the child in her womb either.
Princess Consort Cheng spent a considerable sum on doctors just to save Cheng Xiao’s life.
Five dayster, the Imperial Forest Army surrounded the Prince Cheng Residence, and amid the Princess Consort’s screams and cries, Cheng Xiao, who had just clung to life, was forcibly taken away.
Chuzheng’s carriage was parked on the edge.
Cheng Xiao was being pressed down by the Imperial Forest Army, her face pale and her eyes full of despair.
When she saw Chuzheng, a surge of hatred burst from the depths of her eyes, and she struggled to lunge toward Chuzheng.
“Cheng Chuzheng, you whore!”
“I’ll kill you!”
The Imperial Forest Army dragged Cheng Xiao back and viciously pped her twice.
Already injured, Cheng Xiao couldn’t move and could only stare at Chuzheng with resentful eyes.
Chuzheng lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked on with an extremely cold expression, as if she were watching something very ordinary.
Her calmness only aggravated Cheng Xiao more.
Cheng Xiao was dragged away, half-pulled and half-carried.
Princess Consort Cheng threw herself in front of Chuzheng’s carriage: “Chuzheng, save your sister, please save your sister!”
Princess Consort Cheng was in disarray, her hair disheveled from the scuffle, looking nothing like a princess consort.
“I can’t save her,” Chuzheng said calmly.
“Why can’t you save her? She’s your sister, save her!!”
Toward the end, Princess Consort Cheng became agitated, pounding on the carriage like amon fishwife.
“Cheng Chuzheng save your sister, save her, save her!!”
“She’s your sister!”
“You must save her!! How can you stand by and watch her die, Cheng Chuzheng save your sister!!”
Princess Consort Cheng howled heart-wrenchingly.
Chuzheng, tired of dealing with the Princess Consort, let down the curtain and ordered the driver to leave the ce.
“Cheng Chuzheng, may you die a horrible death!”
Sharp curses from Princess Consort Cheng followed from behind.
Chuzheng tapped her wrist lightly with her fingertips, hershes lowered, concealing the emotions in her eyes.
Cheng Xiao was being taken away again, this time over matters involving Prince Rong.
Conspiring to murder Prince Rong was a capital offense.
However, an elder statesman, remembering Prince Cheng’s past favor, pleaded with the Emperor, and eventually Cheng Xiao’s sentence wasmuted to exile, never to return to the capital.
Princess Consort Cheng emptied the small treasury of the Prince Cheng Residence to save her daughter, but the money was gone, and the daughter remained unsaved.
Princess Consort Cheng was ovee with rage and stress, fell gravely ill, and never got up again, leaving the Prince’s Mansion an empty shell.
The servants of the Prince Cheng Residence gradually left.
In the end, only the vast Prince Cheng Residence and the bedridden Princess Consort remained.