xymnovel Chapter 1204 - 946: Closing the Net 7
Chapter 1204 - 946: Closing the Net 7
The Emperor slammed the table and summoned the Imperial Physician.The Imperial Physician arrived immediately, quickly applying a few needles to Lu Zezhong to awaken him, and then fed him a medicine pill.
Forcing him to hold on, not letting him fall asleep!
"Lu Zezhong! Are you still not confessing?"
"Heh heh... Hahaha! Since His Majesty knows so much already, whether I speak or not makes little difference now."
Lu Zezhong no longer bothered to kneel; he simply sat cross-legged and began to laugh softly.
After laughing, he started to speak again in a murmur.
"Ming Bowl and I indeed met on the way back to the Capital City while handling a case.
However, at that time, I didn’t know she was the Princess Consort of Prince of Qing. She only said her husband was the brother of a minor official in the Capital, without mentioning he was the Prince of Qing. She said her husband suddenly disappeared on the way back to the Capital and pleaded with me to take her to the Capital to find him.
I saw that her every frown and smile were so much like Xiaorou and thought that her husband being able to vanish on the road back to the Capital must’ve been a wastrel from home, deceiving young girls’ affections. If this girl made it to the Capital, found him, she might not necessarily succeed in becoming the man’s wife."
"So you set your sinister eyes on her, the Princess Consort of Prince of Qing, and had a clandestine affair with her?"
Princess Lianchun was furious and questioned loudly.
"Yes! But no, during the day, I merely expressed false concern, saying: ’If your husband truly abandons you upon entering the Capital, there’s still room in Lu’s Mansion for a few more. I’ve only ever had one wife.’
She was stunned; I expected her to feign ignorance, but unexpectedly that very night, she brought me food and wine, drank with me, and when drunk, everything fell into place between us."
"Lu Zezhong, you beast!"
Princess Lianchun couldn’t hold back and cursed directly.
Yet Lu Zezhong burst into hearty laughter.
"A beast? Wasn’t it merely straightforward invitation and acceptance?"
Princess Lianchun: "..." Unable to speak for a moment.
"What happened afterward?
Did you two continue to live in debauchery?
Even after knowing she was the Princess Consort of Prince of Qing, did you not terminate things with her?"
Lu Zezhong closed his eyes, finally continuing to speak.
"We carried on our liaison all the way, whispering sweet nothings daily, until we reached the Capital City. Unexpectedly, at the city gate, we encountered the Prince of Qing. He, looking confident and spirited, was there waiting with the Prince’s Mansion servants and maids, openly declaring Ming Bowl as the Princess Consort!
We were all stunned, especially Ming Bowl, who was moved to tears."
"Hmph! I reckon she cried from fright!"
Princess Lianchun coldly stabbed with her words.
Lu Zezhong neither denied nor confirmed.
He continued with the story.
After Ming Bowl left with the Prince of Qing, we met for only one other time much later. During that meeting, she told me that the past was over, her husband was indeed a prince, and we should not have any further entanglement."
"So, did you cut ties or not?"
Seeing Lu Zezhong stop talking at this point, Princess Lianchun pressed for an answer!
"Naturally, we broke it off. No matter how much I liked her and missed Xiaorou, I couldn’t gamble with my life and family fortune!"
"But Lu Yunsheng’s indeed your son, isn’t that a fact?"
Princess Lianchun stood up from the phoenix chair, approached Lu Zezhong, and kicked him hard.
"You dog! Confess truthfully!"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Lu Zezhong was sent sprawling by the kick, coughing repeatedly as he fell.
"Regarding Yunsheng, it was beyond my expectations. That time when I met Ming Bowl, I felt something was amiss.
Yet, I never expected that shortly after, I would hear of her giving birth."
I calculated the time; the child was clearly conceived on her way to the Capital.
Back then, I was both excited and anxious; I unexpectedly had a son, Ming Bowl had actually given me a son.
When the Prince of Qing held a grand banquet to celebrate Yunsheng, I prepared generous gifts and went to the Prince’s Mansion, finding ways to meet Ming Bowl alone. I asked her if the child was mine?
She denied it. I said, ’Based on the time, this child couldn’t be anyone else’s, conceived during our journey! How could he not be my child?’
Ming Bowl answered me, ’Don’t forget, the Prince and I were separated during our journey back.’"
Eventually, I believed her. She told me to forget her and that past, as her husband belonged to the royal family. If our past during the journey to the Capital were exposed, we’d lose even our lives.