flstandardbreds Chapter 138 Take him away!
Chapter 138 Take him away!
Even after being stopped by the people from the Princess's residence and invited to the front hall, Madam Yang still didn't understand what had happened.
She had clearly made arrangements. She had her own spies around Li Wanqing, and it was through Li Wanqing that she managed to slip the handkerchief, carefully scented with musk, into Li Wanyue's sleeve. But how could this have happened?
When she saw that her elder brother and sister-in-law had also been invited over, she wondered if they had also heard about the princess and rushed over. But then she noticed that her brother and sister-in-law were looking at her with rather unpleasant eyes!
When Madam Yang saw that her husband, the Duke of Anguo, had also appeared there, she knew that things seemed to be in trouble!
"Master, what brings you here? Did my second brother invite you?" Madam Yang greeted him in an extremely ingratiating manner, but Duke Anguo only glanced at her indifferently.
Madam Yang felt a sudden jolt in her heart. What had happened? Why were all of them acting so strangely?
“Mother, please slow down. Come, let me help you sit down.”
Seeing that her second brother had helped their mother arrive, if Madam Yang still couldn't figure out what was going on, she would have lived in vain!
"Bring that lowly maid here!" Since entering the room, Consort Luo hadn't even glanced at Madam Yang, nor had he given Duke Anguo a kind look.
As soon as the maid was brought in, Madam Yang's expression changed. "Yu Jiao? What are you doing here? What happened?"
The young maidservant burst into tears upon seeing her mistress, crying out, "Madam, Madam, save me! Madam, please have mercy! Please don't let the Prince Consort sell me to a brothel! Madam, help me!"
Madam Yang was stunned by her shout. "What? Who wants to sell you? This..." She then turned to look at Prince Consort Luo. "Second Brother, what exactly is going on?"
"Hmph! You tell me yourself!" After saying that, Consort Luo sat down next to the old lady with a flick of his robe.
Seeing this situation, Yu Jiao knew she had no other way out, so she told the whole story. Before she could finish, Madam Yang couldn't take it anymore and fainted.
Yang Yu'er, who had been by her side the whole time, was completely stunned! Didn't her mother say that everything was going well? How could this happen? Where did things go wrong?
Upon hearing this, the old lady turned pale with anger! She kept pounding her cane on the floor tiles, yelling, "What a tragedy! What a tragedy!"
The eldest brother of Consort Luo, also known as Marquis Anning, was also getting restless.
"Second brother, what did the princess say?"
Lady Anning was also eager to know the princess's opinion. After all, this sister-in-law was different from the other women; the powerful backer behind her was unmatched by anyone present!
"Reporting to elder brother, the princess didn't say anything, but when I arrived, she was still crying in her bedroom. She said that she had finally managed to conceive again, only to be tricked like this! If word gets out, it won't just be her face that's lost, but the face of the entire royal family."
Duke Anguo frowned. Indeed, Luo Shi had gone too far today! This wife of his always considered herself clever and never listened to a word of advice. This time, she was so audacious as to directly target Princess Zhaoyang! She was simply courting death!
It turned out that, as Yu Jiao had just confessed, Madam Yang had secretly bribed Li Wanqing's maid and then sent the handkerchief, which had been repeatedly scented with musk, to Li Wanyue. This way, Li Wanyue would naturally have the scent of musk on her.
In fact, Madam Yang's entire plan was to first create an opportunity for Prince Ming to tarnish Li Wanyue's reputation. If successful, Li Wanyue would have no other option but to marry into Prince Ming's household. For Prince Ming, this would be tantamount to winning over the Zhenguo General's Mansion, which would benefit his grand ambitions!
If Li Wanyue manages to escape this calamity again, just like last time, then she will naturally have a backup plan, which is this handkerchief scented with musk.
Princess Li Wanyue is of noble birth, and if she feels even slightly unwell, the imperial physicians will surely be summoned to examine her. The imperial physicians are all very cautious, and if they sense even the slightest abnormality in her pulse, they will naturally consider it carefully. At that time, if they add fuel to the fire, it will be very easy to pin the matter on Li Wanyue!
Little did they know that this elaborate scheme would also fail!
"What exactly happened?" Duke Anguo asked. "How did the princess find out about these things?"
Prince Consort Luo shook his head. "The princess is surrounded by everyone. As soon as I got close to Li Wanyue, I smelled something was off about her fragrance. At that time, she hadn't even seen the princess yet. Otherwise, it would probably be the child in the princess's womb right now."
At this point, Prince Consort Luo was deeply distressed and could no longer continue. His eyes flickered slightly; he too felt things weren't so simple. But that was the princess's version of events—could it be that those two little maids had discovered the problem? He didn't believe two children could see through such a meticulous plan!
"Now is not the time to dwell on these matters." Lady Anning shook her head at Duke Anguo. "Right now, we should be thinking about how to appease Her Highness the Princess. The child in the Princess's womb, whether male or female, is extremely precious. It will reflect the imperial family's favor to our Luo family. Mother, this time, I'm afraid my sister will suffer a bit."
The old lady nodded, her face full of disappointment. "I really didn't expect her to do such a thing! It's simply outrageous!"
The Imperial Son-in-Law Luo seemed troubled. “Mother, this matter is difficult for her to accomplish alone. The princess said that Yu’er kept talking about how Miss Mu was doing, leading Miss Mu, who was with Li Wanyue, to the East Warm Pavilion, and then leading Prince Ming to the backyard. How could she have accomplished all this alone? Moreover, given the circumstances at the time, I'm afraid Consort Luo was also involved.”
The old lady looked heartbroken and indignant. "How could our Luo family produce two such good-for-nothings! Today, the biggest disgrace is to our Luo family! Now, the aunt and niece are sharing a husband. This has made our Luo family a laughing stock in the entire capital!"
"Mother, please calm down! My sister, she..." After all, their mother was still there, and her affection for this younger sister was no less than that for the two brothers. Therefore, Prince Consort Luo did not dare to directly threaten to punish her. In addition, his sister was a married woman, and strictly speaking, she was no longer a young lady of the Luo family, but a wife of the Yang family!
At the same time, it was also to put pressure on his mother and elder brother so that they would severely punish his younger sister, which is why he invited Duke Anguo to come as well.
"Son-in-law, she's a member of your Yang family now. It's really inconvenient for our Luo family to do anything more to her. Just take her away." The old lady waved her hand at Duke Anguo.