AWB Chapter 212 His Highness is currently working, please do not disturb him
Chapter 212 His Highness is currently working, please do not disturb him
Upon seeing this, the ladies did not dare to stay there any longer, and they all ran out in a swarm, each looking for their own mother.
The ladies were going with the dowager and the others to catch the Fourth Prince and join in the fun. They had not gone far when the girls hurriedly followed them.
Shi Yao was between the two teams, with only a few maids with her. She was all alone and looked so pitiful.
Soon, everyone followed the maids' instructions and arrived at Lanpei Courtyard.
The area from the gate of Lanpei Courtyard to the door of the main house was guarded by palace guards.
The guards and eunuchs were like dead sculptures, without any sound.
It was this dead silence that made the man's roar and the woman's crying coming from the room seem particularly clear and audible.
The lady was so frightened that her body was shaking.
Even if Zhou Shao entered the Guanju Courtyard next door, she would not be so shocked!
After all, Shi Mingzhu is the only legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion and the apple of their eye who has been pampered by the Mansion for more than ten years. She represents the style of the Duke's Mansion and her clean reputation cannot be tarnished in the slightest.
The lady seemed to be in a dream and did not move forward. Le An Ning moved her mouth and was about to scream, but Fu Nanjun grabbed her wrist tightly, and her nails almost pinched it to bleed.
Le Anning grinned and swallowed the exclamation that was about to come out of his mouth.
But the ladies who had frequent contact with the Shi family did not lose their memories. Someone immediately asked in surprise, "Lanpei Courtyard? Isn't this the courtyard of the eldest daughter of the Shi family?"
The lady's eyes suddenly went dark.
Zheng suddenly fell limply into the maid's arms.
Lian Qiao, who was pinned to the ground by the guards, cried out as if she had found a savior: "Old lady! Madam! Please save our girl! The Fourth Prince has broken in! Old lady, Madam, help me!"
Shi Yao, who was standing at the end of the team, stood on tiptoe and saw Lian Qiao, whose face was bruised and gray, and shook her head: It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything, everyone could have thought that the Fourth Prince went to find Shi Mingzhu to have a heart-to-heart talk. By saying this, it was confirmed that the Fourth Prince and Shi Mingzhu had committed adultery in broad daylight. I'm afraid this girl won't survive tomorrow.
The lady's face was as gloomy as water, and her heart ached as if blood was dripping from it.
How dare the Fourth Prince?
Even the royal family cannot bully people like this!
Her beads!
The lady didn't dare to move her eyes, and she wished she could faint immediately or find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
The ladies who came along to watch the scandal all regretted their decision. How could they have run into such a scandal?
There was a hint of excitement mixed with the feeling of regret.
The lady hesitated and didn't dare to go in, fearing that the situation would become even more difficult to resolve. Zheng listened to her daughter's crying and faint cries for help, her head felt like it was exploding, and she was about to rush in, but was stopped by the guards at the door.
"Madam, our Highness is busy with his work, please do not disturb him."
Zheng struggled and cried, "Get out! This is my daughter's yard. How can a prince trespass into my daughter's boudoir? I will go to the emperor and the empress to sue you!"
Zhou Shao's personal eunuch frowned, walked slowly from the main room door to the courtyard door, bowed to the old lady, bowed to Zheng, and said with a fake smile:
"Greetings to the old lady and the Duke's wife. Allow me to be fair. Our prince is not a beast. He ate unclean food at the banquet and lost his mind. He only wants Miss Shi and no one else.
Speaking of which, the banquet needs to be investigated carefully. The third and fourth sons of the mansion fainted for unknown reasons."
When the ladies of the various families heard this, their faces turned pale. One asked, "Madam, we must ask for an explanation today. Did the Shi family tamper with our food?"
Someone was so scared that he cried, "Daughter, where is my daughter?"
"My master is in the outer courtyard, where is their food?"
"What is the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion going to do? We came here to celebrate the birthday sincerely, but you put unclean things in the food. Are you going to rebel?"
"..."
The lady had never expected that the Fourth Prince had eaten something from the Shi family before he broke into the inner courtyard. Her idea of launching an aggressive attack to hold the Fourth Prince accountable immediately disappeared.
If the Fourth Prince himself becomes beastly, the Shi family, as the victim, would be justified and legitimate in asking the Emperor for a legitimate wife as compensation.
But now, I’m afraid I can’t even be a concubine.
Listening to everyone's questioning and looking at the eunuch's sarcastic smile, the old lady's body could no longer support herself. She swayed and fell straight to the ground.
"Grandma, grandma!" Shi Yao saw this and squeezed through the crowd with great difficulty, and helped the upper body of the old lady, tears streaming down her face. "Everyone, please make way. My grandmother has nothing to do with this matter. No matter what, she will not harm her own grandson and granddaughter. Please be kind and make way!"
The ladies were also afraid that if they pushed the old lady like the Dowager, something bad would happen to her. Not only would they not be able to seek justice for themselves, but they would be the ones who harmed her life, so they hurriedly made way.
Then they pushed Zheng and asked her whether she had drugged them and whether she had harmed their husbands and children.
Zheng was only thinking about her daughter who was suffering and whose reputation was ruined, so she was not willing to pay any attention to these unreasonable ladies. She rushed in to save Shi Mingzhu.
The guards blocked her outside the door.
During the shoving, Zheng tripped over the threshold. She sat on the ground and cried loudly: "Stop pushing, stop pushing, save my daughter, save my daughter! I don't know, I don't know anything, go ask Mingwu's wife, she is the one who runs the household!"
She and Gong Xuan knew about Shi Mingzhu's "prophetic dream" a few days ago.
She was also one of the masterminds of today's plan, determined to kill Shi Yao, ruin the Fourth Prince's reputation, and create an opportunity for Shi Mingzhu and the Fifth Prince Zhou Xu to "encounter".
Sadly, it's all ruined!
She just couldn't understand why Shi Yao wasn't knocked unconscious and taken to the front yard?
Why did Zhou Shao break into the backyard and Lanpei Courtyard?
Why did the third brother Shi Mingzhen and the fourth brother Shi Mingkui faint at the critical moment?
Zheng was truly despairing.
The ladies were accusing her, but she couldn't answer them because she didn't know what was going on, so she just pretended to faint.
Shi Yao looked back.
No one cared about Zheng's fainting. An angry lady was shaking her shoulders. Some ladies found their families and left in a hurry, while others surrounded Fu Nanjun.
She ignored Zheng, wiped her tears, and carried the lady to her Guanju Courtyard next door with the maids.
After entering, lock the door immediately.
Shi Yao settled the lady in the east wing.
Muxiang wiped her tears and asked in panic, "Miss, why is there no one in our yard? Why is it locked? Where is the gatekeeper? Where is Rendong?"
The maids from Guanju Courtyard and Ganlu Hall all looked towards Shi Yao.
Shi Yao sighed and pointed to the west wing: "They are all in the west wing..."
After that, he briefly told what had happened before.
The maids were dumbfounded. Xing Mi was tongue-tied: "How...how could Fourth Madam do such a thing?"
Shi Yao said innocently and aggrievedly: "How do I know why she is crazy? I will hand her over to the old lady and interrogate her carefully."