Chapter 99: The Mid-Autumn Banquet (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
The room was messy and the air exuded an obscene smell. Shen Zhonghua stopped and helped her wipe her lower body as he looked lovingly at her sleeping face after she had eaten enough and fell asleep. It was beautiful and peaceful. She was full of traces of love as she curled up at this time. Her arms covered her soft and snow-white chest just like a baby.
She was so pure and beautiful, how could he think that she had deep scheming before?
Shen Zhonghua smiled bitterly, reached out, and brushed the messy hair on Qiqi’s face behind her ear for her then he dressed her and picked her up. Now, this dress was messier than before. The silk was wrinkled and the silk skirt was full of love liquid. It mustn’t be worn again. Fortunately, Shen Zhonghua was prepared in advance......
“It’s my fault, Qiqi is tired and should rest well.” Shen Zhonghua turned a candlestick on the wall and another door slide opened. Shen Zhonghua carried Qiqi and stepped into another secret passage of this secret room......
In the midst of confusion, Qiqi felt like she was embraced in a warm embrace, and then fell into a warm softness......
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On the other side, Princess Anning couldn’t sit still. She cast her eyes at Princess Weilan from time to time to inquire but Princess Weilan turned a blind eye to her. She just sneered and whispered to the servant girl who added wine on the side: “Look at her little family’s appearance, she still wants to marry Prince Xuan?”
Not in a moment, there was a palace eunuch hurried up to report. As soon as Zhou gonggong, who was serving close to his majesty heard the words, his complexion changed. He hesitated a little before coming to the emperor who was talking happily with the imperial concubine and reported in a low voice: “Your Majesty......”
Seeing this, Princess Weilan raised her chin with a cup of wine to Princess Anning. Her mouth said: “It’s done.”
Princess Anning was both happy and afraid as she drank the wine with trembling hands. From the corner of her eye, she watched as the emperor suddenly left his seat, the empress was at a loss and lifted her complicated skirt to follow up, and Imperial Concubine Chen also followed closely behind.......
Everyone was even more unclear, but they dare not speculate......
It was just that there was never a secret in the imperial palace. Not long after, it was passed that Imperial Uncle Cen was confused after drinking and actually forced Handsome Fairness Chen, who went to rest in the warm room!
“Why is it Handsome Fairness Chen?” Princess Anning was fretful and restless, but she was also very angry: “What about Su Tanning that sl*t?”
The servant girl hurriedly reported back the news she’d heard to Princess Anning: “One heard that Miss Su originally went to the warm room to change clothes. However, the slave girl who went to get the clothes didn’t come back after a while. She happened to run into the Nineteenth Princess and was invited by her to change clothes and rest in the princess’s Ziluo Palace......”
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“The Nineteenth Princess? Shen Fanyin?” Princess Weilan heard the news on this side and her face showed miscalculation: “When did she make friends with the Nineteenth Princess?”
“This slave doesn’t know.”
“What about now?” Princess Weilan asked: “What is the situation now?”
“Handsome Fairness Chen couldn’t bear to be humiliated. She knocked against the pillar and died. The imperial uncle had Empress niangniang pleading for mercy and he was temporarily confined in the warm room......” The servant girl’s voice became smaller and smaller. She simply didn’t dare to look at Princess Weilan’s eyes.
Princess Weilan clenched her fists and lowered her voice to ask: “He didn’t talk nonsense, did he?”
The servant girl said tremblingly: “Should...... should not......”
Princess Weilan’s personal servant girl Rong-er listened and comforted her softly: “Princess, Handsome Fairness Chen is just a slave born. The imperial uncle has the back of the empress and the Cen family. How could his majesty be angry? Even if one didn’t give Empress niangniang face, one must also consider the Cen family’s reputation. The imperial uncle also knew, naturally he wouldn’t worry. Of course, he will not confess the thing about Miss Su. After all......”
“After all, the Su family also didn’t dare to easily offend even the Cen family......” Thinking of this here, although her heart was unwilling, Princess Weilan was indeed really relieved: “And if he dragged everything out, how could this princess sit here drinking tea now?”
Princess Weilan thought this matter should end here.