Chapter 4: There's Something Even More Exciting

Just then, a guard came over and said: "Princess, the Prince asks you to come over."

Princess Qing'an frowned slightly: "It's just dawn, and brother is calling me over? Could it be that he discovered Lin Qingyue's scandal?"

Thinking of this, she didn't even care about dressing up, threw on an outer garment, and rushed out.

She didn't know how her brother would deal with that promiscuous slut.

Although it was a marriage bestowed by the Emperor, and it was not easy to drown her in a pig cage, it was still a legitimate reason to divorce her.

Or, not divorce her for now? Keep her in the Wangfu to scrub toilets?

Thinking about it, Princess Qing'an couldn't help but laugh out loud.

When she arrived in front of Jin Wang Dongfang Yan, she asked with a smile: "Brother, where is that slut Lin Qingyue?"

"Slap!" A slap landed on Princess Qing'an's face unexpectedly, shattering her good mood.

She covered her face, a little incredulous: "Brother, why did you hit me?"

Before this, no matter how outrageous she was, Dongfang Yan had never touched her with a finger.

"Why hit you?"

Dongfang Yan's face was as cold as frost: "That beggar, you found him?"

"Ah?" Princess Qing'an was a little surprised, he found out so quickly? She thought it would take two days to investigate.

She pouted and said indifferently: "That's right, I found him. Brother, I know you don't like Lin Qingyue, and you only had to marry her because of the imperial order. So I thought of this method for you, to give you a legitimate reason to divorce her. Her reputation is already bad, and if she does such a thing, no one will believe she is innocent. As long as brother..."

"Enough!" Dongfang Yan was furious, "You are truly..."

Truly stupid!

Otherwise, how could she do something like giving her own brother a green hat?

Ruining Lin Qingyue was one thing, but she also implicated his Jin Wang reputation.

What was even more hateful was that she could mess up framing someone, getting that beggar onto his, Dongfang Yan's, bed, disgusting him so much that he washed eight times in one night, his skin almost rubbed raw!

Thinking of the filth last night, Dongfang Yan's anger surged, and he wanted to beat this stupid sister to death.

"Do you really think your methods are clever? Things that even I can easily find out, do you think the Emperor won't find out? If the Emperor finds out, he will think I am disobeying him! If this ruins my future, isn't it losing big for small?"

"Brother, I just feel it's not worth it for you! You were born noble, as bright as the moon in the sky, how can Lin Qingyue, such a vulgar person, be worthy of you? I'm not reconciled, brother! So I, so I..."

As she spoke, Princess Qing'an's eyes turned red, and two lines of tears flowed down.

Once she cried, Dongfang Yan couldn't bear to scold her; after all, she was the sister he loved the most, and she had done this stupid thing for his sake.

"Forget it, don't mention this again in the future. As for Lin Qingyue... before the situation in the court is clear, it is not suitable to move her. I have already ordered her not to come out easily, you just don't look at her, there is no need to dirty your hands for that kind of person."

"Hmm, I'll listen to brother."

Princess Qing'an pulled Dongfang Yan's hand, her whole heart softened: "I knew it, brother loves Qing'an the most."

Dongfang Yan's expression also softened a bit, and he raised his hand to pat Princess Qing'an's head—

"By the way, brother, was Lin Qingyue defiled by the beggar?"

The raised hand froze, and Dongfang Yan's expression turned cold again: "I already said, don't mention this again! Go back, you are not allowed to step out of your courtyard for a month!"

"Brother..."

Princess Qing'an was a little puzzled, hadn't he already forgiven her? Why was he suddenly angry again, and even grounded her?

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Qiushui Yuan.

"Princess Consort, Princess Consort, the servant just heard that Princess Qing'an was grounded."

The one speaking was Lin Qingyue's maid, Bi'er, who was also a little orphan girl she had saved from human traffickers not long ago.

There were not many maids and nannies for the legitimate daughter of the Hou Mansion, and when Princess Qing'an came to find trouble last night, only Bi'er blocked the door and was beaten by Princess Qing'an's people.

The other servants had long been scared away, not caring about her life or death at all.

At this moment, although Bi'er's butt was still injured, she still came early in the morning to serve.

"It must be because the Princess bullied the Princess Consort last night that the Prince issued the punishment. It seems that the Prince still cares about you, as long as you spend more time together, the Prince will realize the Princess Consort's goodness and fall in love with the Princess Consort!"

Lin Qingyue smiled faintly: "You're wrong, he punished Princess Qing'an just because of himself."

And it was just a light "grounding," sure enough, he was extremely biased.

Even if that dog king knew that the real Lin Qingyue had been killed by Princess Qing'an, he probably wouldn't punish the culprit.

But it doesn't matter, there will be retribution for doing too much evil.

Lin Qingyue smiled playfully: This Seat is your retribution!

After dealing with the family affairs, Dongfang Yan prepared to go to court.

He wore court robes of crimson gauze, a golden jade belt around his waist, and with his cold and stern face and tall figure, he had quite the bearing of a dragon and phoenix.

Unfortunately, in Lin Qingyue's eyes, he was just gold and jade on the outside, rotten on the inside.

Seeing Lin Qingyue coming, Dongfang Yan's eyes were cold, his tone unkind: "Didn't I tell you to stay in Qiushui Yuan and not come out easily?"

Lin Qingyue held her forehead, looking weak and wind-blown: "I injured my head last night, it really hurts, please, Prince, show mercy and help this concubine invite a doctor to take a look."

The little maid Bi'er was puzzled, the Princess Consort was walking like flying just now, why was she suddenly like this?

But she still cooperated very well to support the Princess Consort and helped: "The Princess Consort has a big wound on the back of her head, it hurt so much she didn't sleep well all night. Please, Prince, have pity on our Princess Consort!"

After hearing this, Dongfang Yan didn't have much expression, just scanned her with a faint look.

Lin Qingyue had a white silk scarf wrapped around her head, which looked like she had bandaged it herself, but the way it was tied was a bit familiar.

Suddenly, he thought of the time he was seriously injured by an assassin in the suburbs of the capital, his wounds bleeding uncontrollably, and he almost died.

Later, "Lin Ruzhen" tore off her skirt to bandage his wounds. The knot she tied at that time was the same as the one on Lin Qingyue's head now.

——Could it be that Zhen'er taught her? Zhen'er is so good to her, yet she actually plotted against me, snatched Zhen'er's marriage, it's truly hateful!

But he heard Lin Qingyue say weakly: "The wound kept bleeding last night, bleeding everywhere. Fortunately, I grew up in the mountains as a child and learned some bandaging techniques from the hunters in the mountains, so I just bandaged it randomly. Prince, please don't laugh."

Dongfang Yan's eyes showed a touch of doubt: "You said this bandaging technique was learned from hunters in the mountains?"

Lin Qingyue nodded, her eyes pure and clear: "This is a bandaging technique that all hunters in the Nanping area know. It's hot and there are many poisonous insects there, if you get injured and don't bandage it properly, it's easy to get infected and die. Poor people don't have money to hire a doctor. Over time, this unique bandaging method was derived, which is both firm and allows the wound to breathe, accelerating recovery. It's just that the appearance is a bit ugly, Prince, please don't laugh."

Dongfang Yan pondered without speaking, just staring at Lin Qingyue.

After he was saved from his serious injury, a royal physician soon treated him. Afterwards, the royal physician still had lingering fears and said: "Fortunately, it was bandaged in time to reduce bleeding, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Dongfang Yan's consciousness was hazy that night, and he didn't see the face of the person who saved him at all, only vaguely remembering the surname "Lin," and he didn't hear the name clearly.

Later, Lin Ruzhen stood up to claim the credit for saving his life and was able to produce the jade pendant he had given her.

But at this moment, after hearing Lin Qingyue's words, he began to doubt: Could it be that the person who saved me that day wasn't Zhen'er?

But thinking of Lin Ruzhen's eyes that seemed to be able to speak, looking at him with tenderness like water and shyness.

Dongfang Yan felt that his thoughts were absurd!

How could I doubt Zhen'er? She is such a beautiful woman, and she is deeply in love with me. It's just a bandaging technique, it doesn't explain anything.

"Find a female physician to take a look at the Princess Consort's wound." Dongfang Yan finally relented.

Lin Qingyue: "Thank you, Prince."

The dog king is always self-righteous.

If she told him the truth directly, he might not believe it.

A person like him would rather believe the truth he discovered himself.

So Lin Qingyue wanted to slowly guide him to discover the truth bit by bit.

Even if he didn't believe it now, once the seed of doubt was planted, it would take root and sprout.

When one day, he discovers that Lin Ruzhen is also a rotten person on the inside, and even has the lowly bloodline he looks down on the most, he doesn't know how he will react.

Oh my, just thinking about it is interesting.

So, a smile unconsciously hung on the corner of Lin Qingyue's lips.

Dongfang Yan was confused: "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Qingyue didn't restrain herself, smiling and saying: "This concubine is just seeing the Prince wearing court robes, dressed elegantly, and exceptionally handsome, so I couldn't help but feel admiration, and laughed out loud without realizing it."

This flattery was so well-received that even though Dongfang Yan had someone in his heart, he was very pleased.

After all, most people like to be flattered.

But on the surface, he still had a serious expression, wanting to warn Lin Qingyue not to have delusions.

Lin Qingyue suddenly exclaimed: "Ah, Prince, there seems to be a small white bug crawling on your head! Could it be... could it be that you have head lice?"

The usually calm and self-possessed noble king suddenly changed color: "Head, head lice?"

Could it be that he was infected when he was pressed by the beggar last night?

Thinking of that dirty little bug crawling on his head, Dongfang Yan felt even more uncomfortable than being killed.

He turned and left, ordering in a panic: "Someone, prepare water!"

Then he suddenly remembered something and turned back to warn Lin Qingyue angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, otherwise I won't spare you!"

Lin Qingyue stood there quietly, watching with a smile as the dog king finally lost his composure:

Can't take it anymore? There's something even more exciting tonight!

Princess Qing'an was grounded for the first time, and she couldn't figure it out:

"Why was brother so angry? He clearly knew I was doing it for his own good, even if I wasn't thoughtful, he shouldn't blame me, let alone punish me!"

"And that slut Lin Qingyue, did she lose her virginity or not?"

She sent servants to inquire, only to learn that Lin Qingyue's Qiushui Yuan had been very quiet all night, with no signs of any outsiders entering.

As for Dongfang Yan, an assassin appeared last night, and it was said that when the guards arrived, the assassin had already been killed.

Princess Qing'an connected the dots and suddenly realized:

Could it be that the assassin was the male beggar she brought?

But she clearly ordered people to throw the beggar into Lin Qingyue's bedroom, why did he run to her brother's place inexplicably?

Their residences were thousands of miles apart! How could he go to the wrong place?

Lin Qingyue!

It was her, it must be her who used some special means to trick the beggar into assassinating her brother.

Lin Qingyue, you are truly vicious, if you can't get my brother, you want to ruin him!

If she wasn't grounded now, she would have rushed out to settle the score with Lin Qingyue.

When the sun set and night arrived as scheduled, Princess Qing'an finally remembered the nightmare of last night.

Originally, she planned to go to the temple to pray today to get rid of the bad luck.

Who knew that such messy things would happen, and later she was grounded, so she couldn't go to the temple.

So she inevitably attributed everything to Lin Qingyue, and couldn't help but hate her even more.

Princess Qing'an thought again: Last night's nightmare should just be an accident, tonight she would keep a few more maids on night duty, light all the candles, and burn some calming incense, it should be fine.

So when it was time to sleep, she ordered the four big maids around her: "None of you are allowed to close your eyes tonight, guard here well. Once you find me having a nightmare, wake me up immediately. Whoever dares to neglect her duty, I will never spare her!"

The maids all agreed.

The room was brightly lit, blue smoke curled out from the incense burner, and the calming fragrance permeated the curtains.

In the warm bed, Princess Qing'an's expression relaxed, and she gradually fell into a dream.

Several maids guarded the bed, breathing lightly, afraid of disturbing the Junzhu's good dream.

A quarter of an hour later, Princess Qing'an's eyebrows suddenly frowned, her eyeballs turned wildly behind her eyelids, and she fell into a nightmare again.

Torrential rain, a house leaking everywhere, a wet head floating out from the water under the bed, revealing an eerie smile.

Princess Qing'an wanted to scream, wanted to call someone, but her throat seemed to be blocked, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a sound.

That head had completely floated out of the water, revealing its upper body, a thin girl's appearance.

But her hands were pale and swollen, slowly raising, beckoning to Princess Qing'an.

Princess Qing'an's body couldn't help but crawl forward, crawling off the bed, wading in the water.

Even though her consciousness was still clear, clearly knowing that this was in a dream, her body was out of control, following that thing outside.

Where to go?

She didn't know, just full of anxiety: "Why haven't those sluts woken me up yet? Are they slacking off again? Someone, come here, save this Junzhu!"

At this time, she heard voices calling in her ears:

"Junzhu, wake up!"

"Junzhu, where are you going? Come back!"

"Junzhu, Junzhu..."

She wanted to respond, wanted to wake up, but just couldn't control it...

"Junzhu, Junzhu!" The maids were already in a mess.

Just now, they found that the Junzhu was not right, so they kept trying to wake her up.

But Princess Qing'an not only didn't wake up, but also walked out of bed with her eyes closed like sleepwalking.

Chunmei wanted to stop her, but was bumped away, her strength surprisingly great.

"Go notify the Prince!"

... ===== CHAPTER 5 =====