Gao Cheng walked in the front, originally wanting to see who was so bold as to do such a thing in the palace.
But when the firelight shone on him and he saw the people inside clearly, his face turned pale with fright, and he was stunned for a moment.
The two parties were still entangled at this time.
The man's eyes were red, and he seemed to be unaware of the surrounding situation, and he was holding the woman in his arms. The woman's face was full of panic at this time, and she reached out to push the man on her body, and at the same time she reached out to grab the messy clothes on her body.
Trying to block.
"Your Highness, Your Highness is here, please don't..."
The woman pushed the man with both hands, but the man was so strong that she couldn't push him away.
On this side, Xiao Chengye's face had become extremely gloomy.
Qin Zhen stood next to Xiao Chengye and poked her head around. Suddenly her eyes widened and she blurted out: "Ah? This is not His Highness the Crown Prince... Well, I didn't see anything."
Qin Zhen seemed to know that she had said the wrong thing, covering her mouth and taking a few steps back.
Xiao Chengye's expression changed and he asked sharply: "Who are you talking about?"
Lou Yan, who was standing a little later, also heard it. He was shocked and suddenly turned his head to look at Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen didn't seem to feel Lou Yan's gaze, she looked timid, huddled up and didn't dare to say a word.
Xiao Chengye had already heard her voice, and in shock and anger, he roared: "Gaocheng?"
Gao Cheng in the pavilion finally came to his senses and ran back to Xiao Chengye quickly, but he hesitated and was speechless for a long time.
Xiao Chengye was furious, pushed Gao Cheng away, and walked quickly to the pavilion.
Inside the pavilion, the lantern was still there, illuminating the small pavilion brightly.
As soon as Xiao Chengye entered the pavilion, he recognized the man as his eldest son and the current prince, Xiao Jue.
"Bastard!" Xiao Chengye said sternly: "What are you doing?"
Xiao Jue's eyes turned red and he was stunned for a moment after being yelled at, as if he hadn't come back to his senses yet.
Seeing this, Xiao Chengye stepped forward in two steps, pulled Xiao Jue off the woman, raised his hand and slapped her: "Beast!"
Xiao Jue's head buzzed as he was slapped, and he fell to the ground hard. After the pain, the lost sanity returned little by little.
He looked at himself, then raised his head, and met Xiao Chengye's furious eyes.
"Beast! Look what good things you have done!" Xiao Chengye said angrily.
Xiao Jue finally started to panic.
He quickly straightened his messy clothes, then looked sideways and saw a disheveled woman huddled in a ball, sobbing.
Looking around again, the eunuchs and maids formed a circle. Outside the pavilion, stood Lou Yan... and Qin Zhen.
Xiao Jue's brain felt as if someone had hit him hard. After a period of stinging pain, he finally figured out what happened.
As agreed, he came to this pavilion to see Qin Zhen. However, Qin Zhen was not seen in the pavilion, but there was another woman.
The woman approached him, said a few words, and then...then he couldn't quite remember what happened.
"No, that's not the case," Xiao Jue crawled over and grabbed the hem of Xiao Chengye's clothes, and said in a panic: "Father, I am not, I don't have it."
"I've seen it with my own eyes, and you still dare to say that it's not true?" Xiao Chengye kicked Xiao Jue away and said sternly: "The facts are in front of you, and you still dare to quibble? How dare you still have the face to do such a thing to a noble prince?
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Xiao Jue: "No, I didn't. I, I was framed! Yes, I was framed. Father, please believe me."
He turned his eyes and saw Qin Zhen standing outside the crowd. He suddenly seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said quickly: "Yes, it was Qin Zhen who asked me to come to the backyard. She asked me to come. She can do it for me."
I testify that I did not come to the backyard just for..."
The emperor said sternly: "She kindly prepared a birthday gift for you and invited you to come and see it. But you took advantage of her thoughts to do such a scandal. How dare you ask her to testify for you?"
Xiao Jue: "...what?"
Qin Zhen stood outside the crowd, looked at Xiao Jue, and said softly: "I, what I prepared are all worthless things. It's normal for His Highness to dislike them... It's okay, it's okay."
After saying that, he lowered his head a little disappointed.
Xiao Jue: "?"
Xiao Chengye pointed to the scattered lights not far away and said, "She prepared lights for you to celebrate your birthday. What are you doing?"
"I, I'm not..." Xiao Jue said in a panic: "I really don't know what happened, I don't."
Seeing that Xiao Jue was speechless, Lou Yan, who was standing on one side, suddenly said to Xiao Chengye: "Your Majesty, there are many people here, so it is better to change places first, and then let His Highness the Crown Prince explain."
Although Xiao Chengye was very angry, he also knew that family scandals should not be made public, so he immediately ordered Gao Cheng: "Take the person to the side hall."
Gao Cheng responded and quickly stepped forward to help Xiao Jue.
Xiao Jue's clothes were in such a mess that it was almost impossible to see.
Xiao Chengye couldn't bear to look at it one more time, and said coldly: "Look at you like that!"
Xiao Jue reached out in panic to straighten his clothes, but no matter how hard he pulled them, they were still a mess.
In the end, Lou Yan took a step forward, took off his outer clothes, wrapped Xiao Jue completely in them, and whispered: "Your Highness, please make do with it for now."
Xiao Jue gritted his teeth, put on the robe, and left with Gao Cheng.
Lou Yan glanced sideways at the huddled woman, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this woman..."
After hearing this, Xiao Chengye glanced at Lou Yan, and then looked at the woman. Although he didn't say a word, he obviously agreed with Lou Yan's words.
When the woman heard Lou Yan's words, she stopped crying and looked at Lou Yan in disbelief.
She glared at Lou Yan and her voice became even louder: "I have no enmity or enmity with you, you, why do you want to harm me?"
Lou Yan glanced at her, said nothing, just raised the knife and walked towards the woman.
When the woman saw him approaching, a flash of panic flashed across her face. Then she quickly crawled a few steps in front of the emperor and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't kill me! I, I am the daughter of Yun Cheng, the imperial censor.
, my name is Yun Ruying. It was my father who brought me in this time. If anything happens to me, my father, my father will definitely investigate..."
Lou Yan stopped and looked at Yun Ruying in shock.
Xiao Chengye was also a little surprised, but he still said coldly: "Are you threatening me?"
"I don't dare!" Yun Ruying quickly knelt on the ground and said, "It's just that this matter is not my fault alone. I really can't bear to die. What's more, if I leave in an unknown way, I'm afraid that my family will
My parents are sad."
Xiao Chengye closed his eyes, his face looking even uglier than before.
If this woman is a palace maid, it would be easy to do it, just kill her directly.
However, she is the daughter of a royal censor and has a distinguished status.
As for the imperial censor, who also has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, his status and status are not comparable to ordinary people.