At this moment, a person suddenly walked up the corridor in the distance. When he got closer, he saw that it was Wei Bai.
When he came outside the hall, he stopped and looked around, as if he was looking for someone.
Wu Chengsi walked out from behind the tree and waved to him. Wei Baiqi nodded and entered the palace.
Shangguan Wan'er was even more surprised: "Your Highness, who... is he? How did he... get in?"
Wu Chengsi held her hand and shushed, signaling her not to speak for the time being.
Shangguan Wan'er nodded and looked towards Wu Chengsi, only to see him staring closely at the main hall, as if something was about to happen.
After a moment, a shrill shout was heard from inside the palace.
"Ah! Why are you here...what do you want to do...presumptuously...here comes someone!"
Shangguan Wan'er was surprised, that voice was clearly that of Concubine Xue Xian.
It was not difficult to tell from her voice that someone was being rude to her. It must be the general who greeted Wu Chengsi just now!
She had no idea why the situation had turned out like this.
Turning to look at Wu Chengsi, I found that he was no longer looking at the main hall, but was staring at the corridor in the distance, as if someone was about to appear.
After a while, I saw a figure walking quickly. Shangguan Wan'er had seen this person several times in the palace and knew that he was Xue Shao, Xue Xianfei's cousin.
Xue Shao stood outside the door for a while. After hearing the shouts inside, he not only did not go in to help, but instead smiled strangely and turned around and left.
Looking at Wu Chengsi again, I saw a sneer on his face.
Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but whisper: "Your Highness, can you speak now?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "It will be some time before His Majesty comes. You can ask whatever you want to ask?"
Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while and heard Concubine Xue Xian's screams coming from the palace. She wondered: "What's going on in the palace? Why was Concubine Xue Xian... screaming after the general entered?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "It's simple, because the general is insulting Concubine Xue Xian."
Shangguan Wan'er was shocked and said: "How...how could it be possible?"
Wu Chengsi snorted and said, "Do you know why Concubine Xue Xian appears here? And why was I called over by a eunuch?"
Shangguan Wan'er shook her head. She only knew that Concubine Xue Xian wanted to harm Wu Chengsi, but she didn't know how.
Wu Chengsi said coldly: "She deliberately called me here just to let me humiliate her!"
Shangguan Wan'er blinked blankly. She had always been quite clever, but her thinking seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Wu Chengsi said: "Do you know what Xue Shao did?"
Shangguan Wan'er's mind flashed and she asked: "Is he going to find your Majesty?"
Wu Chengsi nodded and said: "Yes, think about it, if His Majesty comes over and sees me humiliating Concubine Xue Xian, how will he react?"
Shangguan Wan'er felt a chill run through her body, and finally understood the other party's intention.
After being silent for a while, she blushed and said, "But Her Highness the Concubine is not that beautiful. Even if she takes off... her clothes, will you definitely... insult her when you see her?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "Do you know about Cheng Boxian?"
Shangguan Wan'er shook her head.
Wu Chengsi immediately told the story about Cheng Boxian intending to assault Miss Liu Er in the corridor.
Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and said, "Then, is that Miss Liu's family really so beautiful?"
Wu Chengsi said angrily: "Why do you always think about this? No matter how beautiful you are, you can't make others lose their minds, right?"
Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head and said, "Why is that?"
Wu Chengsi said in a deep voice: "Because he took a special aphrodisiac drug. As long as he smells another aphrodisiac powder, it can make people's passions skyrocket and they lose their minds!"
Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and said, "Is there still such a thing?"
Wu Chengsi said: "This thing is a tribute from a small country in the Western Regions. It's normal that you haven't heard of it."
"Then have you taken that medicine?"
Wu Chengsi nodded.
Shangguan Wan'er's face turned pale and she said, "Fortunately you saw through their conspiracy, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Even if I didn't see through it, wouldn't I still have you?"
Shangguan Wan'er also smiled and took Wu Chengsi's arm, her face full of curiosity.
"Your Highness, how did you discover their conspiracy? And that general, why did he enter the palace and insult Concubine Xue Xian?"
Wu Chengsi was about to answer.
At this moment, I heard dense footsteps in the distance, and a group of people came quickly from the long corridor in the distance. The person in front was livid, and it was Li Zhi!
Behind Li Zhi were Wu Mei, Princess Taiping, Princess Chengyang, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Liu Qixian, Xue Shao, Hedong Hou, Song Guogong and Xu Guogong.
The two hurriedly hid behind a tree and watched as everyone rushed into the hall.
Shangguan Wan'er said worriedly: "Your Majesty will definitely be furious when he sees the situation inside. The general is afraid that the situation is not good."
Wu Chengsi suddenly said: "Wan'er, if I suddenly go crazy and pounce on you, will you be afraid?"
Shangguan Wan'er's face sank and she said: "Your Highness, although I have a low status and my life was saved by you, if you think that you can despise me at will, then you are wrong. At most, I will give you my life back." That’s it for you!”
Wu Chengsi was startled and said hurriedly: "You misunderstood, that's not what I meant."
Shangguan Wan'er snorted and tilted her head to one side.
Wu Chengsi thought to himself: "As expected of being born in a big family, she is clean and self-respecting, completely different from other palace maids." He explained: "What I mean is that when I enter the palace later, I will probably go crazy."
"Going crazy?" Shangguan Wan'er frowned slightly.
"It's the effect of the medicine I mentioned."
Shangguan Wan'er then remembered that Wu Chengsi had just mentioned that he had taken the medicine, and asked in confusion: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Wu Chengsi smiled slightly and said: "Since they want me to insult Concubine Xue Xian, the Concubine Xian is a beauty after all, so why should I be polite?"
When Li Zhi came to the innermost bedroom of the palace, he saw Wei Baizi on the bed, pressing Concubine Xue Xian under him like a wild beast.
Even the arrival of Li Zhi and others did not affect his work.
Although Concubine Xue Xian was struggling, her movements were very weak and her screams were a little hoarse.
The faces of Hedong Hou, Xue Shao, Xu Guogong and others originally had sneers on their faces.
However, suddenly, they all realized that something was wrong with the man pressing on Concubine Xue Xian. He seemed to be much bigger than Wu Chengsi, and their expressions suddenly changed.
"Come here, capture this madman!" Li Zhi roared.
Several guards came forward and dragged Wei Daiji off from Concubine Xue Xian.
After Xue Shao saw his appearance, he lost his voice and said: "Why is it you?"
The Marquis of Hedong scanned the hall with sharp eyes, but after looking around, he could not see any trace of Wu Chengsi.
Turning to Concubine Xue Xian, she saw her eyes were red and her eyes were blank. She obviously didn't understand what was going on.
Li Zhi glared at Wei Baiji and said sternly: "What are you doing?"
Wei Daiqi's face was red, his eyes were crazy, his body was struggling violently, and he did not answer Li Zhi's questions.
Wu Mei had a sneer on her lips and said, "Your Majesty, don't you think it's strange, what did Mr. Xue just say?"
Li Zhi took several deep breaths and suppressed the anger in his heart. When reason reappeared in his mind, he also realized something was wrong.
"Xue Shao, what did you just say? Where are the people of King Zhou?"
Xue Shao's forehead was covered in cold sweat. When he went to find Li Zhi just now, he kept saying that Wu Chengsi was insulting Concubine Xue Xian, but he turned out to be Wei Baipi.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Zhi said coldly: "Could it be that what you just said was all deceiving me?"
Xue Shao's face turned pale.
He just went to Li Zhi to tell Li Zhi that Wu Chengsi had insulted Concubine Xue Xian. In order to prevent Li Zhi from believing it, he made up a story for him.
According to his account, he and his cousin invited Wu Chengsi to drink together. At the banquet, Concubine Xue Xian interceded on his behalf, hoping that Wu Chengsi would transfer him to the Xitu Camp.
Unexpectedly, Wu Chengsi treated Concubine Xue Xian inappropriately at the banquet. Later, after drinking several glasses of wine, he became more and more courageous and even wanted to humiliate Concubine Xue Xian.
Xue Shao wanted to stop him, but was thrown out by Wu Chengsi's personal guards, so he had to run to Li Zhi for help.
Li Zhi was playing chess with Wu Mei at the time. Although he found it unbelievable, he expected that Xue Shao would not be so bold to deceive the king, so he came over angrily.
Along the way, many ministers heard the news and rushed over.
No one could have imagined that what they would see after coming here would be such a scene.
Concubine Xue Xian gritted her teeth and said: "Your Majesty, King Zhou was indeed here just now, but he suddenly left because of something. Then this thief suddenly broke in and treated my concubine... wu wu..."
Li Zhi lowered his head and looked at Wei Baiqi, only to see that he was still struggling, his eyes fixed on Concubine Xue Xian, as if she was the only one in his eyes.
"He...how could he do this..."
Li Zhi really couldn't believe that his general would become like this.
Wu Mei said: "Your Majesty, what Concubine Xue Xian said is very strange. Since Xue Shao said that Chengsi wanted to do something wrong with her and threw Xue Shao out, how could he leave so suddenly? How could Wei Baipian suddenly come here?"
Gu/span Li Zhi remained silent.
The three people of Hedong Hou were very anxious, but things changed so suddenly that they couldn't think of a suitable explanation for the moment.
Li Ji suddenly said: "Your Majesty, why don't you summon His Highness the King of Zhou to come and ask?"
Li Zhi suddenly woke up and said: "Yes, let's pass the decree and summon the King of Zhou to come and have an audience!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from behind him.
"Your Majesty, I am here."
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Wu Chengsi who came.
He came to Li Zhi, bowed to Li Zhi and Wu Mei, and said: "I pay homage to Your Majesty, and pay homage to Her Royal Highness the Queen."
Li Zhi said solemnly: "Chengsi, Concubine Xian said you were drinking with her here just now. Is this the case?"
Wu Chengsi glanced at Wei Daiqi and saw that he had lost consciousness, and thought to himself: "What a powerful medicine!"
Just as he was about to answer, he suddenly smelled a sweet fragrance in his nose.
He almost uncontrollably turned his head to look in the direction of the scent, and then saw Concubine Xue Xian.
With a buzzing sound, Wu Chengsi felt an uncontrollable impulse pouring out from somewhere, pushing all reason into the corner.
In the eyes of Li Zhi and the ministers, Wu Chengsi glanced at Concubine Xue Xian, his eyes suddenly became dull, and then he rushed towards Concubine Xue Xian and pressed her under him.
Li Zhi's first reaction was not to stop him, but to pinch his thigh. He suspected that he was dreaming.
"Hurry up and pull him away!" Wu Mei's cold voice sounded from the side.
Before the guards could take action, two figures rushed over. One of them grabbed one of Wu Chengsi's arms and pulled him off Concubine Xue Xian. The movements were very measured and did not hurt him at all.
The ones who took action were Li Ji and Su Dingfang.
Princess Taiping also rushed over, grabbed his head with both hands, and said anxiously: "Second cousin, what's wrong with you!"
Wu Chengsi did not answer her, but turned his head in the direction of Concubine Xue Xian as if he was crazy!
Li Zhi stamped his feet and said angrily: "Who can tell me what is going on!"
"Evil spirits! There must be evil spirits in this house. We must ask a mage to come over as soon as possible to exorcise the evil spirits for my second brother!" Wu Yizong said loudly.
Wu Mei glared at him coldly, and he immediately shut up.
Li Ji looked at Wu Chengsi who was in a state of madness, frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I suspect that His Royal Highness the King of Zhou has been poisoned."
Li Zhi's mind lit up and he roared: "Why don't you ask the imperial doctor to come here quickly!"
The faces of Hedong Marquis, Xue Shao, Song Guogong, Princess Chengyang and Xu Guogong were all full of anxiety and fear.
They still don’t know which part of the plan went wrong. Wu Chengsi was obviously addicted to aphrodisiac drugs, but why did he appear now?
Several people's minds were in chaos.
At this moment, Liu Qixian suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the symptoms of His Royal Highness King Zhou and General Wei are somewhat similar to Cheng Boxian."
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Is Cheng Boxian like this at that time?"
Liu Qixian said in a deep voice: "Yes, according to the guards, as soon as he saw the little girl, he seemed to have lost his mind and pounced on the little girl regardless of her."
Wu Mei said: "How did you get Cheng Boxian to regain his sanity at that time?"
"Just splash it with water."
"Get water quickly." Wu Mei ordered.
Puff, puff, Wu Chengsi and Wei Daizi were both splashed with a basin of water.
Wu Chengsi felt a thrill all over his body, the burning desire in his head was extinguished instantly, and his eyes finally returned to clarity.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a group of people around him looking at him with strange expressions.
Su Dingfang and Li Ji stood on the left and right respectively, Princess Taiping stood on the side, and Li Zhi, Wu Mei and others stood further away.
"Second cousin, are you okay?" Princess Taiping's face was filled with concern.
Wu Chengsi said blankly: "What happened to me just now?"
Princess Taiping cheered: "Great, you are finally back to normal!"
Li Zhi looked at Wu Chengsi, then at Wei Baizi, and finally at Concubine Xue Xian, with a gloomy expression on his face.
Wu Mei said: "Chengsi, Xue Shao and Concubine Xue Xian said that you were drinking with them here, and you wanted to be rude to Concubine Xue Xian during the process. Is this possible?"
Wu Chengsi was stunned for a moment, and then got angry: "That's nonsense. A eunuch sent His Majesty's instructions and asked me to come over to see the saint, so I came here."
After a pause, he added: "However, I drank too much during the trip and was worried that I would spit out the wine when I met the saint, so I went to my wife to make a sobering soup before coming over."
Li Zhi said coldly: "Xue Shao, what else do you have to say?"
Xue Shao's face was as pale as paper. He knew that at this juncture, he could only survive by killing him with one bite. He said loudly: "Your Majesty, what I said is the truth, and there is absolutely no lie!"
"Concubine Xue Xian, what did you say?" There was no expression on Li Zhi's face.
Concubine Xue Xian bit her lip and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness King Zhou did drink with our siblings here. I don't know why he would deny it!"
The Marquis of Hedong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou said that he came here because a eunuch passed on your oral instructions. In that case, why not call the eunuch over and ask?"
Su Dingfang said loudly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou was drinking with us at Ziyun Tower. A eunuch did come, so he followed."
"Did the eunuch follow my instructions and summon the King of Zhou?"
"It should be." Su Dingfang replied.
The Marquis of Hedong said coldly: "Did General Su hear what the eunuch said with his own ears?"
Su Dingfang frowned and said, "The eunuch pulled His Royal Highness King Zhou aside. The hall was so noisy that I didn't hear them."
The Marquis of Hedong snorted: "In that case, how did General Su know that the eunuch went there on His Majesty's order?"
Concubine Xue Xian suddenly said: "Your Majesty, that eunuch is Deputy Chief Chun beside you. It was my concubine who sent him to invite King Zhou to come over."
Li Zhi said: "Is Chunliang here?"
Wei Dongfu said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Deputy Chief Chun is not here. I will call him over now."
The chill on Li Zhi's face almost condensed the air in the entire dormitory. While waiting, no one dared to speak easily.
Wu Mei looked at Wu Chengsi and saw that his expression was calm, so she did not interfere much and waited for the situation to develop.
Not long after, a middle-aged eunuch followed Wei Dongfu into the house. Li Zhi said coldly: "Chunliang, did you go to see King Zhou just now?"
"Your Majesty, yes."
"What are you doing with him?"
Chun Liang said: "In accordance with the order of His Highness the Concubine Xian, I invite His Highness the King of Zhou to come over."
Wu Chengsi was shocked and said angrily: "You bastard, you clearly said that you were summoning me to see him by His Majesty's decree!"
Li Zhi was also a little surprised. He originally thought that Concubine Xue Xian and Xue Shao were lying, but unexpectedly things changed again.
Chunliang was surprised and said: "His Royal Highness, King Zhou, have you heard it wrong? This slave is clearly ordered by His Highness, Concubine Xian. His Majesty is always served by General Manager Wei. If His Majesty wants to summon you, it must be General Manager Wei who comes to find you!"
Seeing Wu Chengsi's face full of shock and anger, Hedong Hou breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly: "Your Highness, King Zhou, the facts are all there, so you don't have to quibble, right?"
Li Ji smiled and said: "This is strange. According to Concubine Xue Xian, His Highness King Zhou left suddenly while drinking with her. If this is the case, why would His Highness King Zhou deny it?"
Concubine Xue Xian said quietly: "The King of Zhou was very drunk at that time and wanted to do something wrong to me. I was worried that he would use force, so I tricked him into drinking a cup of tea. After drinking the tea, he seemed to wake up a lot, and then he ran away."
Xu Guogong said loudly: "Your Majesty, the matter is obvious. His Royal Highness the King of Zhou is afraid that you will blame him for offending His Highness Xian Fei, so he refuses to admit it!"
Liu Qixian said calmly: "If I were His Royal Highness the King of Zhou, when I tell such a lie, I will definitely bribe Deputy General Chun first to avoid exposing the truth."
Chunliang's face changed drastically, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and he said anxiously: "I am loyal to Your Majesty and will never be bribed by anyone!"
Liu Qixian smiled and said: "I'm just making an analogy, why should Deputy General Chun be so guilty?"
Song Guogong said: "In any case, judging from the current testimonies, His Highness King Zhou should be deceiving His Majesty. However, His Highness King Zhou's behavior is also a bit strange. The old minister suggested that Zongzheng Temple investigate the matter thoroughly!"
He took the initiative to talk about Wu Chengsi's weird behavior, which made people think that his words were more objective, and they accepted the conclusion of his previous sentence.
Li Zhi originally believed Wu Chengsi's words more, but now he was a little hesitant.
Wu Chengsi winked at Princess Taiping, who nodded and said: "Father, just imagine, if my second cousin hadn't gone to sober up during the trip, what would we have seen when we came here?
Vice scene?"
Li Zhi thought for a moment, and a chill suddenly arose in his heart.
If Wu Chengsi had come earlier than them, they might have seen Wu Chengsi insulting Concubine Xue Xian instead of Wei Daizi!
This situation is completely consistent with what Xue Shao and Concubine Xue Xian said. He must have believed that Wu Chengsi was drunk and that was why he committed such a beastly act.
Although Wu Chengsi will be able to defend himself when the time comes, as long as Chun Liang is called over and asked, Wu Chengsi's defense will be self-defeating and he will be charged with deceiving the emperor.
In his rage, he would not give Wu Chengsi any chance to defend himself!
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.