If not abolished

Chapter 168 A strange combination of circumstances

After Wu Yingyue returned to the room, Qingluan saw that she looked uncomfortable, and hurried over to support her and asked, "Why do you look so bad?"

"I don't know why, I suddenly felt dizzy and weak." Wu Yingyue said weakly.

"Then lie down and have a good rest." Qingluan helped her to rest.

"Thank you sister."

As the two were talking, Lanzhi walked in and asked, "Who can take Yingyue's night shift tonight?"

Several people looked at each other, but no one said anything.

Lanzhi also knew that these people didn't want to help. Seeing Qingluan, thinking that they had a good relationship, she said directly: "How about Qingluan taking over the night duty for her?"

Qingluan was ecstatic in her heart, but on the surface she pretended to be calm and said, "As you command."

The Crown Prince and Concubine Guo were having their meal, and the Crown Prince took a little extra of some dishes.

Concubine Guo followed the rules to dissuade him, saying, "Your Highness, you have already taken a lot of these dishes."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaochi, who was usually easy to talk to, suddenly put down his chopsticks and said, "I just ate a few more bites and I can't stand it anymore. Father has already reduced my meals. Now you want to control me too, right?"

Concubine Guo had never seen Zhu Gaochi so angry before. She was so frightened that she didn't know how to defend herself. After a long while, she said, "I didn't mean that at all. I..."

"Okay, stop talking. I have no appetite anymore. Let's just leave it at that for today." After saying that, Zhu Gaochi got up and left.

Concubine Guo hurriedly followed behind, pulling Zhu Gaochi's sleeve, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Highness, I really did not mean it, Your Highness..."

Zhu Gaochi said nothing and let go of her hand. "Okay, you should go to bed early too."

No matter how much Concubine Guo begged, Zhu Gaochi refused to stay.

Qingluan was standing outside and heard some quarreling inside. She saw Zhu Gaochi coming out and was puzzled.

Just as she was lost in thought, Zhu Gaochi walked past her and she didn't have time to salute him. Zhu Gaochi had already walked past, but when he saw that person standing there, he stepped back. Qingluan hurriedly saluted.

"Raise your head." Zhu Gaochi said.

Qingluan raised her head in fear, and then she heard Zhu Gaochi say, "Interesting, I took this person away."

Qingluan hadn't reacted yet until someone around Zhu Gaochi said to her, "Young lady, please."

"Ah..." Qingluan was at a loss as to what to do and was taken away in a daze.

Only Concubine Guo and the people in the palace were left stunned.

"Your Highness, what do you mean? Not only did you leave my palace, but you also took a maid with you. Isn't this a slap in my face? If this gets out tomorrow, people will laugh their heads off." Concubine Guo twisted her handkerchief as she spoke, and it was almost torn to pieces.

"Don't be angry, Your Majesty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is..." The palace servants had never seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behave like this and couldn't think of any adjective to describe it.

"What is it? Just tell me. You can't say it. When has His Highness ever done such a thing..." Concubine Guo was so angry that she had no place to vent.

I went back to my room and had a big tantrum.

"That Qingluan, why is she suddenly there today?" After having a tantrum, Concubine Guo suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Lanzhi immediately knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, this is what happened. The original Wu Yingyue suddenly felt unwell, so Qingluan took her place. I didn't know this would happen. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"Wu Yingyue, she suddenly fell ill. I remembered that they came here together. Go and call Wu Yingyue over to me to see if they did this together."

"Yes."

When Wu Yingyue was called over, she was still lying on the bed. When she heard that Concubine Guo called her over, she immediately got up and went over.

"See you, empress."

"Tell me, did you collude with that Qingluan just to attract His Highness's attention?"

"I don't understand a word your majesty says. What happened to Sister Qingluan?" Wu Yingyue said in surprise.

"You wouldn't know. If you didn't know, you would let her replace you." Concubine Guo naturally didn't believe it.

"My lady, I really don't know anything. I was not feeling well at the time, and it was Sister Lanzhi who asked Qingluan to take over my night duty."

Now Concubine Guo looked at Lanzhi again.

Lanzhi immediately defended herself: "My lady, I just asked her to take over casually at that time, and I really didn't know what was going on."

Concubine Guo actually believed that Lanzhi would never betray her to help someone she had just met.

So what is going on? Is it really just a coincidence?

"Your Majesty, I feel that this incident might have been an accident. Qingluan seemed quite shocked at the time. It should not have been arranged in advance. After all, no one could have known that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would suddenly get angry and leave?" said the nanny beside Concubine Guo.

Concubine Guo thought about it and agreed. With what happened today, there was no time to wait for others to react.

"That being said, if other people knew about this tomorrow, I would be too embarrassed to see anyone." Concubine Guo felt a headache just thinking about it.

Concubine Guo did not sleep all night, and Qingluan, who was taken away by Zhu Gaochi, also did not sleep all night.

Qingluan was taken away first. All the way, she was still wondering if she was going to fly onto a tree and become a phoenix. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't ask her to do anything. It seemed that he just called her over.

The next day, the prince didn't say anything, so Qingluan could only stay by his side.

Concubine Guo really didn't want to see how those people laughed at her, so she had to say she was not feeling well and asked for leave.

"Have you heard, Your Majesty? The Crown Prince went to Concubine Guo's place yesterday, but left without even finishing his meal. That's not all, the Crown Prince also took one of Concubine Guo's palace maids with him before he left." Everyone came to pay their respects to the Crown Princess and began talking about what happened last night.

"Your Highness's behavior is too strange, isn't it? If he had a quarrel with Concubine Guo, he would have left, but he took the palace maids with him. Wouldn't Concubine Guo be embarrassed? No wonder Concubine Guo said she was sick early in the morning."

"I think he's sick from anger?"

"Alright, stop talking. I will go find His Highness and ask him what's going on." The Crown Princess had spoken, so naturally, the others didn't say anything else.

After everyone left, the Crown Princess went to find the Crown Prince to ask what had happened.

"Your Highness, what you did yesterday was too..." Although the Crown Princess did not like Concubine Guo, she was still concerned about what Zhu Gaochi had done.

"I just like a palace maid, so what? The Crown Princess will come and tell her." Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, if anyone comes to control him and thinks he is not good enough in this or that, then he will just be incompetent and let them watch him.

"What are you saying, Your Highness? What will happen if our father finds out about this?" The Crown Princess did not expect the Crown Prince to suddenly become like this.

"Father knows, then he knows. Anyway, he has always disliked me and wants to get rid of me. This is a good opportunity for him." Zhu Gaochi began to play badly. He was tired of living in fear for decades. He felt like a knife was about to fall at any time. He really...

"Your Highness, are you serious?"

"Seriously." Zhu Gaochi said in a low voice.

The Crown Princess closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. "Okay, very good. Since Your Highness has made the decision, I will not say anything. Your Highness can do whatever you want. I can't control anything." After saying that, the Crown Princess turned around and left.

"Crown Princess, Crown Princess, are you really not going to care about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" the palace servant asked from behind.

"How can I control him? Who does he listen to? I don't care." The Crown Princess was also angry for the moment.

When she came to her senses in the afternoon, the Crown Princess felt that she still could not give up the Crown Prince. After thinking it over, she decided that Agui was the only one who could persuade her, so she immediately sent someone to call Zhu Zhanji and the others back.

I thought that Zhu Zhanji and the others would be back by tomorrow at the latest, so nothing serious would happen in one night.

I didn't expect that something would happen that very night.

When the people who left the palace to look for Zhu Zhanji arrived at Huiji Temple, they were told that Zhu Zhanji and his companions had gone to live in the mountains and would not come down until the next morning.

"It's getting dark now. I'm afraid the road up the mountain is difficult to walk on. Please wait overnight. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come down tomorrow."

"Okay, let's just wait one night." The man also thought that it should be fine after one night.

This night was no different from any other night, and everyone fell asleep.

"Your Highness, you have drunk a lot. Don't drink any more." Qingluan advised.

"You won't let me eat, and now you won't let me drink. All of you should go away, all of you." Zhu Gaochi pushed her away with the wine glass.

Qingluan was pushed away but was not angry. She smiled and said, "Your Highness, you misunderstood. How could I not let you drink? I will go get you some new wine right away."

Qingluan whispered to the eunuch beside him: "Eunuch, it is not a good idea for Your Highness to continue like this. How about this, you go get some hangover soup, put it in the wine jar, and coax Your Highness to drink it."

"Miss Qingluan is the one who has the solution." He then went to do it.

After the others left, Qingluan walked over to Zhu Gaochi, supported him and said, "Your Highness, it's cold outside, let's go inside to drink. I've asked someone to get some new wine, it's inside, shall we go inside?"

"Is there any wine in it?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"Yes, it's inside. I'll take you there to have a look."

"Okay." The two of them went in.

As soon as Zhu Gaochi entered the room, he started asking for wine.

Just at this moment, the eunuch brought the hangover soup.

"Your Highness, the wine is here. I will pour it for you right away."

"Okay, fill it up."

Qingluan poured him a bowl and handed it to him.

"Huh? Why are you holding such a big wine glass? But I like it." Zhu Gaochi drank it in one gulp.

"Your Highness, would you like another drink?" Qingluan asked.

"Why does this taste not right? What kind of wine is this?" Zhu Gaochi felt that the taste was a little off after drinking it.

"Your Highness, this is a new invention. Would you like to take a rest?"

"Rest. Now that you mention it, I am indeed a little sleepy."

"Then I will help you to rest."

The eunuch hurried over to help and said, "Miss Qingluan has worked hard today, why don't you go back first?"

"it is good."

Qingluan was about to leave when Zhu Gaochi suddenly stopped her and said, "You are not allowed to leave."

The eunuch looked at the two of them and thought that this girl Qingluan might be lucky. Finally, he went out, leaving Zhu Gaochi and Qingluan alone inside.

Qingluan was so happy that this opportunity was right in front of her by chance. She had to seize it.