"You want me to seduce the Crown Prince? Why are you crying now that I've entered the pala

Chapter 234

Just as Murong Jing was about to say something, the courtyard gate not far away was suddenly pushed open from the inside.

Two unexpected figures appeared behind the door, and he was completely stunned.

Qin Qionghua, standing to the side, also showed a surprised expression, but when no one was watching, a dark glint flashed in her eyes.

“Sang Sang…”

Upon seeing Qin Su, Murong Jing's already sluggish brain seemed to completely shut down. He knew perfectly well that he shouldn't do anything given their current identities.

But when he saw her, he seemed to lose all ability to think. He just stared at her, and the affection in his eyes made everyone around him worry for him—he probably didn't want those eyes anymore.

Chu Jiang's face darkened as expected, and he said in a deep voice, "Men, arrest the noisy fellow here!"

The guards appeared out of nowhere and rushed forward to grab the person.

Qin Su snapped out of her daze and subconsciously looked at him: "Ling Xiao..."

Chu Jiang looked at her, his jealousy blazing: "What? Feeling sorry for her?"

Qin Su frowned: "I didn't..."

The man had already looked away from her, ignoring her, and stared fiercely at the bastard who had been caught red-handed and was still struggling not far away.

Qin Su looked at Qin Qionghua beside her and couldn't help but laugh: So that's what they were planning?
I thought she had some new trick up her sleeve.

But then I thought, if it were the original owner of this body here today, this scheme that she looked down on might actually be useful.

"What are you looking at?"

She was thinking so seriously that she didn't realize her gaze was fixed on the male lead until everything suddenly went black as the man covered his eyes with his hand. A sinister voice rang in her ears, and Qin Su belatedly realized that she had inadvertently made the male lead take the blame again.

Sure enough, the tyrant's voice, filled with rage, reached my ears the next moment: "Spying on the imperial family, offending the imperial majesty, drag him away and beat him to death!"

hiss--

This shocked not only the person involved, but even the guards who had apprehended him.

No, Your Highness. This is the heir of a Duke, not a beggar on the street.

Even if you dislike him, it's not appropriate to beat him to death like that, is it?

Qin Su's heart skipped a beat: The male lead was to be beaten to death?

Qin Qionghua turned pale. She never expected that His Highness the Crown Prince would value Qin Sangsang, that wretched woman, so much. Instead of punishing or misunderstanding her, he only dealt with Murong Jing.

On the contrary, the person who should have been most alarmed didn't react much. He just looked at the girl next to the man, his eyes seeming to apologize, yet also sad.

Chu Jiang's face darkened even more. Did this damned guy really think he didn't exist?

He took a few steps forward, ready to gouge out someone's eyes with his own hands, but he was stopped by a pair of soft little hands:
"what are you up to?"

Chu Jiang turned around and met the girl's clear, uneasy eyes: "Kill him. You can't bear to?"

He finished speaking in a deep voice, his murderous intent making no attempt to conceal it.

Qin Su shook her head: "You can't kill him."

Chu Jiang sneered, about to say that there was no one in this world he couldn't kill, when he heard the girl's next words:

“Prince Murong has taken good care of my mother and me. Over the years in the Prime Minister’s residence, if it weren’t for his occasional financial assistance, Qin Sangsang would have died countless times. If Your Highness insists on killing him today, it would be repaying kindness with enmity.”

The words were spoken softly, but because the surroundings were so quiet, they were clearly heard by everyone present.

The guards' expressions changed slightly, and they all looked nervously at His Highness the Crown Prince, fearing that the concubine's words would anger him.

Murong Jing felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart and couldn't help but say, "I helped you all voluntarily, and I never expected you to repay me."

Speaking up at this point clearly meant they wanted to die even faster than expected. Qin Su still didn't quite understand what was going on in the minds of these protagonists from old-fashioned tragic novels.

However, she knew that she absolutely couldn't pay attention to him at this moment, or he would definitely go crazy.

She reached out and grabbed the tyrant's hand, her eyes fixed on him alone: ​​"Let him go." Consider it an act of settling everything in the past for her.

Chu Jiang understood the girl's meaning, although he was still indignant and wished he could kill a few people on the spot to vent his anger.

But he held back, gripping the girl's hand tightly: "Drag her away and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"

Qin Su then coldly glanced at the shocked and dazed man: "Aren't you going to thank me?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Jing seemed to suddenly come to his senses, looking completely lost: "Thank you for your mercy, Your Highness."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was dragged away by the guards.

This time, perhaps out of despair, he made no further struggle.

After witnessing this scene, Qin Qionghua's expression turned sour. Just then, Qin Su suddenly looked at her.

"Your Highness, may I speak with my second sister for a moment?"

She even smiled at her as she spoke.

For some reason, seeing her smile made Qin Qionghua's heart sink.

Chu Jiang naturally also saw the woman who was jumping around in front of him like a flea.

He really wanted to slap her to death.

"You go."

The man agreed, but his tone was clearly not very pleasant.

Qin Su smiled and walked towards her.

The closer she got, the more flustered Qin Qionghua became, even though she had just thought her scheme had succeeded.

She even wanted to back away.

However, her long-held dignity as the legitimate daughter prevented her from showing weakness or backing down in front of Qin Sangsang.

But she forgot that from the moment Qin Su became the Crown Prince's concubine, their identities had been completely reversed.

"Second sister, are you happy about what happened today?" Qin Su smiled at her.

A clean and beautiful smile, yet it sent a chill down Qin Qionghua's spine.

"I don't understand what you're saying. Murong Jing invited me here. I didn't expect you... His Highness the Crown Prince to be here."

Of course it's a lie. If she didn't know Qin Su and the Crown Prince were here, she wouldn't have deliberately lured them here.

"Really?" Qin Su clearly didn't believe it, but she still smiled. "But none of that matters anymore."

What is unimportant?

Qin Qionghua was somewhat puzzled, then her pupils contracted slightly—

"Sangsang!"

Chu Jiang was waiting not far away. He didn't like Sang Sang having too much contact with other people, even women, which annoyed him.

But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the girl would be pushed to the ground.

Qin Qionghua was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at her hands.

The girl's delicate explanation rang out even faster: "Your Highness, it has nothing to do with my sister. She really didn't push me."

Qin Qionghua froze, finally realizing that the girl's lips had been lip-syncing to "Watch me imitate you~"

At that moment, she felt so cold that her bones were trembling.

Chu Jiang rushed over, picked the person up from the snow, and his sinister, terrifying voice rang out: "Arrest him! Interrogate him thoroughly!"

When the news of Qin Qionghua's arrest reached Zhang's ears, the Buddhist prayer beads in her hand suddenly snapped with a "crack".

The wooden beads fell to the ground, just like her heart: it's over, everything is over...
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When Qin Su woke up again, she was already in a warm palace.

While she was unconscious, she vaguely heard the imperial physician's voice: "The concubine fainted suddenly because she was overwhelmed with worry and joy, and also caught a cold..."

What happened after that is unknown.

Because it was so warm and comfortable, her eyelids drooped, and she fell asleep again.

Unbeknownst to Her Majesty, the imperial physician continued, “Your Majesty is already weak, and these days your qi and blood have been severely depleted. You need to take good care of yourself. Your Highness, please exercise restraint and do not indulge in any more passions…” “depletion of qi and blood,” “restraint,” and “indulgence”—each of these phrases, when put together, is a blush-inducing and lewd expression.

Chu Jiang's face was as black as could be, making the imperial physician's scalp tingle. He couldn't understand why His Highness was acting as if he had been cuckolded when it was all his own doing.

Not daring to linger, the imperial physician hastily took his leave after prescribing the medicine.

Chu Jiang looked at the sleeping girl on the bed, and his initial anger turned into heartache and self-reproach after glancing at the wounds on her neck:

"I'm sorry, Sangsang, it's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

The girl was simply asleep and did not react much.

When Qin Su woke up again, it was already evening.

These days of fighting against the Crown Prince, although it was all an act, had truly taken a toll on her mental and physical strength. Now that the tyrant had finally returned, she suddenly let down her guard, and all the pent-up fatigue came rushing back like a tidal wave.

She really slept for a very, very long time.

"Sangsang."

The moment she moved, the people guarding her noticed.

Hearing the familiar voice, she was momentarily dazed: "Ling...Xiao?"

Even his voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

"it's me."

There were no lights in the hall, and in the dim light, only a black figure could be seen.

"Have you been staying here the whole time?" She only realized how hoarse her voice was when she spoke.

She tried to use her fingers to get up by placing them on the man's wrist, but he noticed her intention first and picked her up from under the covers.

"Ah."

Chu Jiang responded in a deep voice, his hand already expertly touching the girl's forehead.

Thankfully, it's not hot.

The fever has indeed subsided.

"You slept all afternoon, are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?"

He was about to ring the bell to call someone when he was suddenly enveloped by a warm and soft body.

The girl's soft, muffled voice reached my ears: "Don't move."

His warm breath brushed against his earlobe, and he stiffened, his body changing almost instantly.

But he remembered the imperial physician's instructions, and even though he was in so much pain, he just held her quietly without making any unnecessary movements.

In that brief, heartwarming moment, Qin Su had already learned what had happened from the system.

She actually fainted.

While the Prime Minister's residence was initially filled with joy at the return of the concubine, it was now desolate because the eldest daughter had been imprisoned.

The moment Chu Jiang held the person in his arms, his previously restless heart seemed to finally find its home and settle down.

In the darkness, no one knew how cold his eyes were as he seriously considered how to get rid of the prince.

"You can't kill him."

Suddenly, the voice appeared again.

He instantly became alert: "Who exactly are you?"

The voice seemed to sigh: "Alas, you really have forgotten."

For some reason, Chu Jiang felt that the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"What did I forget?"

"You've forgotten why you came out..."

"What purpose?"

His heart tightened, and something important seemed to flash through his mind as he heard those words.

But when he tried to think about it seriously, it disappeared again.

Even the voice that had just spoken was gone.

"You've been watching over me the whole time, you probably haven't eaten either, right?"

The girl's warm fingers gently brushed across his sculpted, handsome features, and her voice was gentle: "Then let's go eat."

Chu Jiang caught her mischievous fingers and kissed them, giving her nonsensical replies, but his mind inexplicably drifted to someone—

Dr. Su, perhaps she could do something?
Chu Jiang finally "got out," but he refused to return to the palace no matter what.

He then took Qin Su to live in the same house they had lived in before.

The emperor knew it was him who had returned, but he had no choice but to compromise and let him go.

As long as he doesn't kill indiscriminately and tarnish the Crown Prince's reputation, then he can stay away from the palace.

However, as his wife, seeing his absent-mindedness and frequent daydreaming, Qin Su felt that the time might have come...
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"Long time no see, you seem much more stable."

Meeting again in a dream, both Qin Su and the tyrant felt like they were from another world.

And whether it was her imagination or not, she felt that the tyrant was much more composed than before.

Even the way he looked at her was gentler than before, with less defensiveness and sharpness.

"So, are you willing to undergo hypnosis this time?"

Dr. Su tilted her head and smiled, her frameless glasses flashing under the light.

Chu Jiang looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman opposite him, his phoenix eyes lowered slightly, glancing at his long, jade-like fingers clasped on the table: "I can agree to your request, but there is one condition."

Even though she had a feeling he might agree this time, Qin Su couldn't help but get excited when she actually heard it: "Go ahead."

Chu Jiang raised his head, his obsidian-black and bright eyes appearing exceptionally deep and alluring, carrying a mysterious charm: "I want to know the whole truth."

Qin Su raised an eyebrow: "Of course, I won't hide it from you."

Chu Jiang was silent for a moment.

"Then let's get started."
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As the hypnosis began, the surrounding environment changed, and Qin Su saw the little prince from before again.

However, the environment changed from a quiet and peaceful meadow to a dark little house without a single ray of light.

"You came."

If the boy hadn't spoken up, she wouldn't have known he was there.

"you……"

She gradually became accustomed to the dark environment, but didn't really like it.

So instead of answering him immediately, he walked to the side and gave it a hard push... well, it didn't budge.

The young prince's calm and gentle voice rang out: "It's no use, the door is locked tight, it can't be opened without the Empress's permission."

Queen Mother...

Qin Su quickly grasped the key words and realized that this must have been what the old palace maid had said before: the Empress was very strict with the young crown prince, and would confine him if he failed to meet her requirements.

She encountered this situation after seeing it.

"is it?"

She smiled, knowing there were no windows, and stopped looking. Instead, she reached into her clothes and rummaged around...

The young prince waited for a long time but she didn't speak, so he asked curiously, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Because I am..."

Before she finished speaking, the room suddenly brightened, and a small, star-shaped nightlight appeared in her hand, casting a soft glow in the dim light.