mtlumby2d Chapter 338: Incident at the Banquet (3)
Chapter 338: Incident at the Banquet (3)
"Huh? You looking for me?"
A puzzled voice sounded, and everyone turned around to see that Princess Zhuo had finally appeared. The man standing next to her was extremely handsome, with a somewhat indifferent look in his eyes. Who else could it be but Prince Zhuo?
Everyone immediately looked at the person closest to them, and saw shock in their eyes: Who is that man upstairs?
Although everyone is extremely curious, everyone knows that one should not be the first to stand out.
But the girl in the yellow dress obviously did not have this concern. She shouted in surprise, "Princess Zhuo! Are you okay? And Your Majesty... shouldn't you be on the second floor?" Her mother left early, and she was attending today as a representative of the female family. Naturally, there was no elder to tell her what to say and what not to say.
Shen Yu remembered this little foodie. Her name was Cai Yun, the only daughter of the magistrate of Xi County. "What can happen to me? Second floor? What second floor?"
Cai Yun was about to say something when Qin Mengzhen pulled her sleeve and shook her head gently.
Seeing Shen Yu's puzzled expression, everyone asked cautiously after a while, "Princess and Prince, have you never been to the deserted courtyard in the back?"
Shen Yu glanced at Lu Yingxing, "I haven't been there, have you been there? What is that place?"
"Of course not. That's our elders' yard, but it has been abandoned for a long time." Lu Yingxing replied indifferently.
Ye Muan sighed softly, and then began to complain, "Oh, didn't the maid of the Tan family say that Prince Zhuo always favors Miss Tan Daixue on the second floor over there?"
Lu Yingxing glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about! If it causes my wife to misunderstand..." He didn't finish the rest of the words, but just squinted his eyes and looked at Wu Chen who had already walked to Ye Muan's side.
"Your Highness, my wife-to-be has a simple personality. She is just worried that something might happen to you." Finally finding an opportunity to finalize the status, Wu Chen let out a rare smile.
Unfortunately, no one present was paying attention to this, so naturally they didn’t notice what a shocking news this upstart from Zhuocheng had dropped.
"Greetings, His Majesty and Princess!" Tan Fuyao stepped forward and saluted.
It was then that everyone realized that they had forgotten about this and they all greeted each other. However, when they looked up at the perfect couple standing side by side in front of them, their doubts about what had just happened deepened.
"May I ask Your Highness, are you sure that you have never been to the second floor just now?" Tan Fuyao's gentle voice sounded. After greeting, the girl slowly raised her head, revealing a pretty face.
She had a graceful figure, like a lotus in the water, light and soft, with a graceful posture, but the look she gave Lu Yingxing was clear and generous, with only doubt in her eyes, not any admiration.
Lu Yingxing glanced at her and said calmly, "No."
Then he looked at everyone and said helplessly, "I don't know why you keep emphasizing this matter, but just now I introduced my wife to the officials of Zhuo City at the request of my father. After all, the internal affairs of Zhuo City will be taken over by my wife in the future. I believe that the masters of each family will be happy to testify for us."
"But... we did hear King Zhuo's voice just now, didn't we?" A young girl whispered in a low voice. She thought her voice was small, but unfortunately it could not escape the ears of the martial arts master.
"Girl, what is that sound you are talking about?" The girl was frightened by the sudden question from King Zhuo.
"No, no, I didn't say anything..." She was just joining in the fun. If she really dared to say anything, she might be charged with slander in the end. She couldn't help but feel annoyed in her heart. Why couldn't she blame her own mouth?
Mrs. Tan glanced at Prince Zhuo and the princess, and for a moment she didn't know how to start. That person might not be Prince Zhuo, but he might not be Tan Daixue. Just because she had been missing until now, Mrs. Tan felt a little depressed.
Finally, it was Tan Fuyao who stood up. She said helplessly, "Your Highness, let me explain this matter..." After that, she winked at the maid beside her. The maid was also smart and immediately pushed out Hong'er who was hiding in the corner.
Tan Fuyao looked at the woman on the ground and was silent for a while. Then she sighed and said, "Your Highness, this is Hong'er, my sister's personal maid. She just suddenly rushed in and said...that your Highness was drunk and took my sister..." She bit her lip and looked at Lu Yingxing with tears in her eyes, as if she had something to hide.
"Of course I know that the prince is a gentleman and would never do such a thing, but my sister's maid is so sure of what she said, and she also said that the princess rushed over after hearing what she said. We were all afraid that something might happen, so we rushed over..."
Seeing that the prince still had no expression on his face, she sighed softly and said to Hong'er, "Tell us again what you just saw and heard, and what you said to us after you came in... The prince is kind and the princess is kind-hearted, you just need to tell us what you saw and heard, there is no need to hide anything."
"Miss...I, I..." Hong'er was so scared that her whole body was shaking, and she looked at her helplessly.
Shen Yu glanced at everyone present, and finally fixed his eyes on Tan Fuyao. Ha! No wonder she was wearing white, it turned out to be Xiaohua's natural color.
She smiled lightly, as if she was the most gentle woman in the world. She walked up to the maid who had led her and said, "Oh? Your Highness is drunk? Have you seen me before? Have you? Tell me, speak boldly."
Hong'er, who was stared at by her, felt as if she was being stared at by a poisonous snake. Her scalp instantly went numb and cold sweat broke out all over her body.
Obviously, she had already followed the Second Miss's plan and brought Princess Zhuo into the yard and left. Shouldn't the situation afterwards be that the princess heard the noise, and when she went upstairs to check, she would slip on the oil on the last step and fall down the stairs. At this time, she should have arrived with everyone, and when she gave a signal, the "fake prince" upstairs would naturally make a sound, pretend to go find a doctor, and disappear in front of everyone...
The noise upstairs was naturally fake. What the young lady wanted was to make everyone downstairs misunderstand that it was the prince. Anyway, after everyone entered the room, they would only see the dying Princess Zhuo and the disheveled Second Young Lady... As long as the young lady insisted that she had lost her virginity to the prince and there were people to testify, the prince would have to admit it even if he wanted to... But now, what went wrong?
"Eh? Don't you want to talk about it?"
Shen Yu suddenly approached her and whispered something in a low voice. Hearing that, Hong'er's face turned pale. "You...you..." She was so scared that she fell to the ground and took two steps back in horror. Everyone was puzzled and looked at Shen Yu, waiting for what to say next.
"Okay, I don't want to play with you anymore!"
Shen Yu clapped his hands, "Guyu, bring the people up!"
With a snap and another snap, a man and a woman who were tied up like cicada pupae were thrown into the yard.
Not too close, not too far, just right in front of Hong'er.