coobybook Chapter 377 Autumn Banquet Incident
Chapter 377 Autumn Banquet Incident
Shen Wanning was caught off guard and looked towards the door.
I saw a man with stern brows and a high nose bridge, frowning slightly and pushing the door in with an anxious look on his face.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Although she was startled by this person, Shen Wanning remained alert at all times and kept reading the comments in the live broadcast room.
Just now, a netizen figured out from the four-clawed five-dragon python robe on his body that this person should be the prince.
"Get up! Who are you? Why are you here? Have you seen my ninth brother?" The prince didn't even look at Shen Wanning and continued to look inside.
While the prince was looking inside, Shen Wanning stood up and quickly took out a bottle of medicated oil from the express station and drank it.
Never mind, the Fengyoujing is cold, so I’ll just drink it first. I can only try my best.
Not finding the Ninth Prince, the Crown Prince was about to leave when Shen Wanning stood up and staggered.
The prince subconsciously caught Shen Wanning's body, and Shen Wanning fell directly into the prince's arms.
Suddenly a group of people rushed out from the door. The emperor and the empress walked in front, and the crown princess, the eighth prince and others followed behind. They all looked aggressive and seemed to have bad intentions.
"Brother Crown Prince, on our mother's birthday, you are secretly meeting with other women here?" The Eighth Prince pointed at the Crown Prince and said.
Shen Wanning was anxious. The aphrodisiac and the wind oil in her body were intertwined with each other, one cold and one hot, making her feel very uncomfortable.
While reading netizens' comments, she was thinking about how to get out of the predicament.
At this moment, the quiet evening breeze suddenly sent her a message: Quick, take out your lotus jade pendant, put it in your sleeve, pretend to faint immediately, and I will tell you the rest later.
Since the two of them had always had a good relationship and Ning Jing Wanfeng had helped her a lot, Shen Wanning did not suspect anything and just did what she said.
Sensing Shen Wanning fainting, the prince held her tightly to prevent her from falling. At the same time, he pulled her closer to him, preventing others from seeing her face. "Greetings, Father, Mother. It's a birthday banquet today, and I wonder why you're here?"
"Prince, I should be the one asking you this! Today is your mother's birthday, and you are actually meeting other women here. Where are the righteousness, integrity, and shame that the Grand Tutor taught you?" The emperor scolded with a very ugly expression.
"Your Majesty, perhaps Yu'er did this for a reason. Please listen to what Yu'er has to say first." The Queen knew that the Prince was not such a tactless person, so she pleaded.
"Mother, on your birthday, your royal brother was secretly meeting a woman here, and they were hugging each other. We all saw it with our own eyes. He doesn't take you seriously! You are kind-hearted and try to excuse him, but your royal brother seems..." The eighth prince continued.
His word "excuse" seemed to have already determined the prince's guilt.
"Prince, what else do you have to say?" Seeing that the prince did not speak for a long time, the emperor thought that the prince had tacitly agreed to the matter, and thus became even angrier.
"Father, I was framed. Someone told me today that my ninth brother had disappeared while playing nearby. Worried about him, I went looking for him myself. Upon entering the room, I discovered the woman was already there, and the incense had been lit with aphrodisiac incense. She has been poisoned. Please, Father, ask the imperial physician to detoxify her."
The prince told the story slowly, while at the same time protecting Shen Wanning and preventing everyone from seeing her face.
"Oh, your explanation clears yourself completely. Since my ninth brother is missing, why don't you let the servants go look for him? Instead of troubling you to come in person?" The Eighth Prince continued to ask.
Anyway, he was young, and even if his tone was wrong, the emperor would at most punish him by making him copy books or put him in solitary confinement, so he was naturally fearless.
The Crown Prince's eyes shot towards him like sharp arrows. "Recently, I received a secret report that many people from Daliang have appeared in the capital. They are very likely spies or assassins. I am worried that my ninth brother has been abducted by the Daliang people, so I have come here in person to look for him."
"Since your royal brother has a legitimate reason, it means that this woman deliberately burned aphrodisiac incense here to lure your royal brother here. I just don't know who this woman is and why your royal brother is so protective of her? Could it be that your royal brother is bewitched by her beauty and that's why he is protecting her?" The Eighth Prince turned the topic to Shen Wanning.
"Oh? Eighth brother, you have never seen this woman's face, so how do you know that she is young and beautiful?" the prince asked.
"This... Is there any other young lady in the capital who is ugly?" the eighth prince replied.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please call the imperial physician as soon as possible to detoxify her. She just took effect of the aphrodisiac and fainted again for some reason. The most urgent task is to detoxify her." The prince said anxiously.
"Wait, this prince wants to see which family's young lady is so bold as to run around everywhere at the Qianqiu Banquet and even dare to seduce my royal brother!" The eighth prince relied on his young age and was about to come forward to help Shen Wanning.
A hint of mockery flashed across the prince's eyes, and he let him turn Shen Wanning's body over so that she faced everyone.
"Ah! Wan Ning, it's Wan Ning!" The queen screamed as soon as she saw Shen Wan Ning's face.
Then he quickly ran to the prince and snatched Shen Wanning from his hands, "Yes, it's my Wanning, it's really my Wanning."
When the queen saw Shen Wanning's appearance clearly, she burst into tears.
"Wan Ning, why is it Wan Ning? Prince, what is going on?" The emperor was excited and ran to Shen Wan Ning, looking at her carefully.
"Father, Mother, I don't know what's going on. It was like this when I arrived." The prince shook his head. He also wanted to know what was going on.
The Eighth Prince was stunned. He didn't know what was happening. "Father, Mother, what happened to you?"
"Someone, come, call the imperial physician quickly, quickly, call the imperial physician!" the emperor shouted excitedly.
Eunuch Xi was in tears. He wiped his tears and asked, "Your Majesty, regarding the Qianqiu Banquet..."
"Let them wait! Go and ask the imperial physician to come quickly." The emperor took Shen Wanning from the queen and carried her into the room beside.
"Father, there is aphrodisiac incense in this room. Let's go to the one next to it." The prince said, pointing to another room.
Eunuch Xi immediately opened the door and went in to check. Seeing that there was no incense in the incense burner, he let the emperor carry Shen Wanning in with confidence.
The queen followed behind, looking at Shen Wanning eagerly without blinking, as if she was afraid that Shen Wanning would disappear if she closed her eyes.
"Your Majesty, tell me, am I dreaming? It's really Wanning, it's really Wanning!" The Queen pulled the Emperor's sleeve, unable to stop crying.
The emperor held Shen Wanning in his arms and gently placed her on the bed. "It's true, it's true. Our Wanning is back."