Rebirth of a Lost Nation: Princess, Please Respect Yourself

Chapter 141 True Wild Mandarin Duck

Just going to look for someone was a bit embarrassing, so Empress Xiao used the excuse that "the weather outside was nice" and led a large group of people out of the hall.

Empress Dowager Jiang and Emperor Shengwu stayed in the palace to entertain the remaining officials, while Princess Jingyu and Empress Xiao walked around in circles for several times before heading towards their real destination, the Lakeside Pavilion.

Sure enough, the group saw the movement at the pavilion in the middle of the lake from a long distance away.

On the second floor of the pavilion, a man and a woman were entangled with each other. Their shadows were not clear through the layers of gauze, but the woman's screams were very eye-catching.

Amidst the sounds of resistance, there was also a hint of coquettishness, and occasionally a hint of... comfort?

Such a commotion made even those who were married blush.

Upon seeing this, Princess Jingyu's eyes flashed with pride, and she signaled the maid beside her to recognize the person.

The maidservant hurriedly asked, "Hey, isn't that Princess Zhaohua?"

Princess Jingyu pretended to scold the maid, "Nonsense! Princess Zhaohua is a princess of a country, how could she do such a shameful thing in such an elegant place?"

The maid curled her lips in dissatisfaction and muttered softly, "Everyone was in the palace just now. There were only a few masters outside. Who else could be so unruly besides Princess Zhaohua? Princess Zhaohua has a wild nature to begin with. Maybe she's just looking for excitement."

"No!"

Zheng Baoyao, who had just figured out the situation, immediately stood up and angrily defended Jiang Lige, then scolded the maid:

"Where did this ignorant servant come from? Do you think you can criticize Princess Zhaohua?"

Princess Jingyu was displeased when her maidservant was scolded, and naturally she was very angry.

"Whether it's true or not, won't you know after you go and take a look?"

"Look then! If not, even if the eldest princess is of noble status, she wouldn't allow such gossipers to be around her!"

"That's natural!"

Empress Xiao was annoyed by the quarrels. Her face darkened and she was about to speak when she heard a court official's angry rebuke.

"She has no sense of shame. To do such a filthy thing in broad daylight is simply... simply immoral. How can she be worthy of being a princess?"

Ye Yushi, a court official who was always famous for his "incorruptibility", was a stubborn person who could not be persuaded even by ten bulls. As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed straight to the pavilion in the center of the lake.

No matter who is in there today, don’t think that this old man will give them face!

"Oh! Mr. Ye! You can't go in! After all, he is a distinguished guest from a friendly country, we can't afford to offend him!" Seeing this, Princess Jingyu couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but she still looked worried and pretended to chase after him.

Things have come to this point and it is almost impossible to resolve them peacefully.

After all, this happened in the imperial palace, and Empress Xiao, the mistress of the harem, naturally could not ignore it, so she could only follow with a gloomy face.

A group of people went up to the second floor and roughly pulled open the gauze curtain. The two people inside woke up from a dream and pulled off their clothes to cover their bodies, which made everyone drop their jaws in shock.

The people inside were none other than the Eighth Prince Ning Luyang and Princess Nanchu...

Jiang Chuchu.

The most surprised person was Princess Jingyu. This...

How can someone set a trap for himself and fall into it himself?

Among those present, some were surprised, some were angry, and some felt guilty and helpless for having wrongly accused someone.

The entire pavilion in the middle of the lake was silent, no one spoke, but at this moment, a gorgeous head popped out from the crowd, and a surprised cry broke the tranquility.

"Wow, there are so many people!"

Everyone turned around and saw the "suspect" Jiang Lige, who obviously didn't know what was going on inside. He was sticking his head in to see what was going on, with "clear stupidity" written all over his face.

"..."

Censor Ye once again lowered his head in guilt for wrongly accusing Jiang Lige. For someone like Jiang Lige, his badness was superficial. His arrogance and domineering behavior in the past was just the worst. He was probably brainless enough to do something immoral.

There are people as steady as Censor Ye, and naturally there are also people as stupid and unaware as Princess Jingyu. Seeing Jiang Lige appear behind her safely, her expression became even more wonderful.

"You...why is Princess Zhaohua here?"

"Aren't you all here? Is it strange that I'm here?" Jiang Lige looked puzzled. "I saw a huge crowd of you coming from a long way away, so I came over to see what all the fuss was about."

These words sounded so natural and irrefutable that Princess Jingyu was choked and didn't know how to start again.

Empress Xiao also came to her senses at this time, and started to drive people away with a dark face.

"I'm sorry to have made such a fool of myself. I have prepared some good wine for you all today. Please go back and taste it for me first."

Ning Luyang was involved, and the matter turned from gossip into a royal scandal. Everyone knew that this royal scandal would be too bad to watch, so they followed the female official who led the way and ran away as fast as they could.

Of course, there were also a few stubborn ones who stayed, such as Princess Jingyu, Jiang Lige, and Zheng Baoyao.

The second floor of the Lakeside Pavilion had been surrounded by people, and a group of palace servants were busy "serving" the pair of wild mandarin ducks.

Empress Xiao led everyone to wait on the first floor, and also notified Empress Dowager Jiang to come. After all, Jiang Chuchu was from Nanchu, and she couldn't go past Empress Dowager Jiang.

When the two people upstairs appeared in front of everyone with red faces, Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Xiao were already sitting side by side on the upper seats, with Princess Jingyu sitting below them, while Jiang Lige and Xiao Siyou stood on the left and right of the two big guys.

When the two of them went downstairs, Empress Dowager Jiang shouted unhappily, "Kneel down!"

Ning Luyang and Jiang Chuchu naturally did not dare to disobey the order of Empress Dowager Jiang. They both knelt down with pale faces.

No one spoke. A warm breeze blew over, and under such a hot sun, the long silence seemed even more unbearable.

Jiang Chuchu calmed down and was now mentally prepared. Tears welled up in her eyes and she cried tremblingly, "Please, Queen Mother, please help Chuchu. The Eighth Master and I must have been set up by a traitor for what happened today."

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Jiang's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and she looked at Jiang Chuchu coldly, "Why do you think so?"

"Incense burner!" Jiang Chuchu said anxiously, "There must be something aphrodisiac in that incense burner, otherwise Master Ba and I wouldn't..."

"We already know about this, but is there anything else?"

Hearing Empress Dowager Jiang say this, Jiang Chuchu was stunned. She didn't know how much the other party knew. After thinking about it, she didn't dare to tell it out loud, so she simply kept silent.

"Your Majesty, this is the only thing Chuchu has noticed so far."

Queen Mother Jiang sneered, her eyes swept across the crowd, finally landing on Jiang Lige, and said slowly: "Zhaohua, come and explain."