xymnovel Chapter 1009: Biting the Tongue
Chapter 1009: Biting the Tongue
Eunuch Yu quickly picked up the roster and started flipping through it. After a while, he said, "There is a palace maid named Yang Xiuer by the Empress’s side."The Emperor squinted his eyes, just about to speak, when Eunuch Yu added, "However, this palace maid is only eighteen years old, she shouldn’t be Commander Zhu’s lover."
The Emperor suddenly stood up, "No, that’s not right!"
"What did Ruru say at the time? She mimicked that woman’s words, saying that her parents forced her to marry."
"It wasn’t a palace maid, it was a married woman!"
Ruru surely was not lying, because after the Emperor returned to the palace, he brought the still sleeping Fourth Prince over and asked him personally; he almost repeated Ruru’s words verbatim.
The Emperor also asked the Fourth Prince why he took Ruru and ran, to which the Fourth Prince replied they were children and didn’t know who was behind the tree, fearing they might be silenced.
The Emperor even praised the Fourth Prince for his cleverness.
Eunuch Yu dared not speak further.
The Emperor’s complexion was already extremely displeased.
The palace maids and nannies here are all unmarried; only the accompanying consorts and the National Lady are married.
As far as he knows, the National Lady married at fourteen, and has since always been with Jiang Youzhi. Clearly, Commander Zhu’s lover isn’t the National Lady.
The answer is almost self-evident.
He got up and strode next door, kicking Commander Zhu’s head with one foot.
"What a daring dog, you even dared to touch my woman."
Commander Zhu had already lost three fingernails by now and was still stubbornly persisting.
But as soon as the Emperor said those words, he knew there was no point in further debate; what awaited him might be prolonged execution, even involving his entire family.
Thinking of his wife and children at home, Commander Zhu made up his mind, exerted all his strength, and bit his tongue fiercely.
In an instant, blood gushed from his mouth like a spring.
Eunuch Quan shouted, "He’s bitten his tongue, quickly get the White Medicine to stop the bleeding! Don’t let him die!"
The Emperor looked at the bloody scene in the room, turned his face darkly, and walked away.
He walked straight to Consort Rong’s Frost Cloud Palace.
Consort Rong heard the palace maid outside shouting, "The Emperor has arrived—"
She greeted him with a full smile.
The past few days had been calm, and she thought the matter had already passed.
She was greeted with a kick to the chest.
The ground was paved with polished white jade, and Consort Rong was kicked by the Emperor from the doorway near the bed.
The few palace maids and nannies attending to Consort Rong hurriedly knelt.
The Emperor was not satisfied with one kick, moved to the bedside, and kicked Consort Rong again, cursing, "Wretch!"
"I have shown you such favor, you, a merchant’s daughter, have been given supreme grace, yet you dared to betray me!"
Consort Rong on the ground immediately understood that the problem must have arisen from Commander Zhu’s side.
However, she knew in her heart that she must not admit to this matter, even at the cost of her life.
She cried, "What is the Emperor saying? I don’t understand a word!"
"Who has been spreading rumors to the Emperor? I’m innocent, even if I die, I would be a wrongly accused ghost!"
Aunt Xue hurriedly crawled over from the ground, knelt before the Emperor, and said, "The Empress’s affection for His Majesty is genuine. His Majesty must not listen to slanderous words."
The Emperor kicked Aunt Xue away with one foot, sat on a round stool by the bed, and said viciously, "Do you dare say you don’t know Commander Zhu?"
Consort Rong raised her head, shaking it as she cried, "I don’t know what the Emperor is saying. Who is this Commander Zhu?"