Chapter 280: The Scheme of Self-Inflicted Injury
The second prince fell in the imperial garden earlier, not only spraining his ankle, but also a bruise on his face. In order to prevent others from seeing the injury on his face, he did not attend today's banquet.
After seeing the imperial physician, the second prince was bored in his palace. Thinking of the embarrassment of falling in front of Ning Chuyi and Ling Chu, he felt angry and depressed.
Regardless of whether it was broad daylight, he pulled the palace maids around him to hang out.
After venting, it was inevitable that he was hungry.
Although the second prince was not the crown prince, his biological mother, Concubine An, was favored, and the emperor had loved him since he was a child.
Except for not having the title of crown prince, the second prince was not worse than the crown prince in terms of food, clothing and other expenses.
The crown prince's East Palace had a kitchen, and the second prince's Jinghua Palace also had one.
Since he could not attend today's banquet, the second prince ordered the imperial chef to prepare a large table of dishes for him.
At this moment, a group of beautiful maids were waiting for him to eat. The second prince tasted the delicious food and wine, but his hands were not idle either. He embraced people on both sides, and there were many revealing singers singing and dancing in front of him.
Ling Chu followed the guidance of the system and walked forward quickly.
When Concubine An saw that she was going to the direction of Jinghua Palace, her face changed slightly, and she secretly winked at the maid beside her.
The maid turned around and left quietly.
Ling Chu noticed it, but ignored it.
When the maid took a shortcut, Ling Chu put an invisibility talisman on the hammer, summoned it from the system, and knocked the maid unconscious with one hammer.
Concubine An knew nothing about this, but when she arrived at the gate of Jinghua Palace, her face changed.
The emperor listened to the lewd music coming from inside, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
Concubine An and the second prince were favored, and no one dared to go to Jinghua Palace to find trouble. In addition, today's banquet, the eunuchs guarding the gate had never thought that the emperor would suddenly come, and they were hiding somewhere to be lazy.
The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch chief eunuch An Gonggong hurriedly pushed open the palace door.
After entering, Ling Chu thought he would see many palace maids and eunuchs.
Who knew there was not one.
Those palace maids were busy competing for favor in front of the second prince, thinking that if they succeeded in climbing into the bed, they would have a boy and a girl, which would be a step to heaven.
Those eunuchs knew that the second prince didn't want to be disturbed when he was hanging out with the palace maids, so they were happy to hide away.
There was no one to serve, and Concubine An wanted to find someone to remind the second prince, but she couldn't find anyone.
She could only worry.
The emperor had a gloomy face and walked all the way to the main hall.
The second prince was very busy at the moment, his left hand was busy in the palace maid's lapel, and his right hand was holding another singer, moving from the waist down.
His head was tilted back, and there was another palace maid behind him who was lowering her head and feeding him wine with her cherry mouth.
This is not over yet.
Two dancers were kneeling in front of him to serve.
Ning Chuyi saw this obscene scene and hurriedly looked at Ling Chu.
Seeing that she was not dodging and watching intently, the veins on his forehead jumped again and again.
If the emperor was not beside him, he almost couldn't help but rush forward to cover her eyes.
Such a vivid scene made the emperor's face as gloomy as the bottom of a pot.
Concubine An was almost fainted from anger.
She originally thought that her son would at most ask the dancers to dance for him, but she didn't expect that he would do such a thing in broad daylight.
Concubine An's personal maid was knocked unconscious by Ling Chu, but the queen was accompanied by a maid and a nanny. But the queen was annoyed that Concubine An and her son always competed for favor with herself and the prince, which just happened to let the emperor see what kind of person the second prince was.
How could she let her people remind the second prince.
Seeing the emperor's angry face, Concubine An had to bite the bullet and hurriedly shouted, "Mu'er..."
Hearing Concubine An's voice, the second prince turned back subconsciously.
As soon as he saw the emperor, his face changed drastically.
He quickly pushed away the maids around him and was about to rush over to apologize.
But he forgot that he had sprained his ankle.
He didn't stand firmly for a moment and fell down hard.
The emperor's face became even darker.
The maids were so scared when they saw the emperor and others that they knelt on the ground. When they saw the second prince fell, they hurried forward to help him.
In front of the emperor, how could the second prince dare to let them help him.
After struggling to get up while enduring the pain, he limped towards the emperor.
Concubine An glanced at the emperor and saw him frowning and looking at the second prince's leg. She hurriedly stepped forward with sobs, "Mu'er... Why is your leg injured?"
Seeing Concubine An winking, the second prince immediately understood that he was asked to use the self-torture trick.
"Don't worry, mother, it's my son who is unfilial and makes you worry."
After comforting him, he hurriedly limped to the emperor to pay his respects.
During these few steps, the second prince used his inner strength to force out a bead of sweat on his forehead, and at the same time, his face showed a painful and forbearing expression.
The anger on the emperor's face really eased, and he frowned and said, "How is your foot injured? Have you summoned the imperial physician?"
"Don't worry, father, I'm fine. I just accidentally sprained my foot in the imperial garden before. I have asked the imperial physician to see a doctor. I will recover after a few days of rest."
"Since you are injured, why don't you take a good rest? Instead, you are making trouble in broad daylight. How can you be so shameless."
The emperor has always been no worse to the second prince than to the crown prince.
Sometimes, because of Concubine An's relationship, the emperor indulges him more and cares for him more than the crown prince.
Although the emperor still scolded him, his anger had subsided when he saw that he had an injury on his foot.
Concubine An was proud in her heart, but her face was full of heartache, "Your Majesty, calm down. Mu'er must have seen that his foot was injured, so she didn't attend the banquet.
He knows that you are usually busy with court affairs and finally took advantage of the banquet to take a break. He doesn’t want you to see the injury on his foot, lest you worry..."
Ling Chu glanced at Concubine An, and it seemed that her favor was not unreasonable. In just a few words, half of the emperor's remaining anger was gone.
"Okay, since your legs and feet are inconvenient, why don't you hurry up and let someone help you down to rest. My beloved, I'll wait until Sun Yuanzheng comes over and let him see if there are any injured bones."
The emperor's anger subsided, and the anxious hearts of Concubine An and her son also dropped.
The queen was so angry that she almost tore the veil.
"Your Majesty, Miss Ling has calculated that there is a puffer fish in Jinghua Palace. If you are not careful with this thing, it will cause a big disaster. Should the chef of Jinghua Palace be changed?"
Hearing the Queen mention pufferfish, the second prince's expression changed.
Pufferfish is poisonous and is forbidden in the palace.
But the second prince loved the delicacy of puffer fish the most and always secretly asked the royal chef in his palace to cook it for him. I just didn't expect that this matter would be leaked out and the emperor would know about it.
Concubine An was angry. Seeing that the emperor was coaxed away from her anger, she was reminded by the queen again.
The emperor looked at the second prince with a sullen face, "You know that pufferfish is poisonous, but you still risk your life to eat it?"
"My son...my son..."
The second prince hesitated and wanted to deny it, but the emperor came over, so he must have found out everything.
I was about to bite the bullet and plead guilty, but unexpectedly, the maid in pink clothes next to me said first, "Your Majesty, the Second Prince did not eat puffer fish."
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