Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

97. Zhao Zheng Talking Nonsense

Translator: Antonia

Although there were things that the Emperor couldn’t discern, this kind of news couldn’t escape his eyes.

“Since it’s Miss. Zhao, my empress, please take the trouble to check it. The girls have delicate hearts, and if she really can’t get herself out of the dead corner, give her some advice.” Seeing the Zhaos were to speak, the Emperor was more annoyed and directly shut them up.

Old Master Zhao’s expression froze and at this point, he daren’t to say more. He slightly turned around to take a look at Du Chuxuan’s seat and was taken aback. Shouldn’t this person be out of here? How did he suddenly come back?

Seeing Du Chuxuan sitting there steadily, Old Master Zhao was completely startled. For an instant, for the reason he knew not what, he suddenly had a foreboding feeling in his heart. He turned around to see Old Madam Zhao and discovered the same panic in her eyes. At this moment, the two realized that their plan failed.

Du Chuxan naturally witnessed all the looks of Old Master and Madam Zhao. Just now, he had left the Yaoran Palace, not knowing where to go, because late in the night, the palaces were quite dim and had nothing nice to see. Therefore, he took the servants back to the East Palace and changed his clothes before returning to the banquet.

After he had left the Yaoran Palace, and if there wasn’t a change in him, he would absolutely fall into other’s suspicion, so he got changed so that if later someone tried to throw dirty water at him, the attempt would make no sense. With this idea in mind, Du Chuxuan now put on an expression of enjoying the drama.

The Empress was going to have a check, and of course she wouldn’t go alone. She turned around and gave Du Chuxuan a glance, obviously motioning him to follow her. No doubts that Du Chuxuan wouldn’t give up this great opportunity. After all, it would be a novel plot on-the-site. What a thrill!

The other people went together were Madam Zhao and several other madams who got alone well with the Empress. Because of Miss. Zhao’s identity, if her crying was really not to be stopped, it’d be better to mobilize more people to suppress the drama.

The Emperor sat there motionless, but anyone who knew him understood that he was in wrath. Yuxing Tianrui peacefully helped himself a cup of tea, in a posture of watching a show, looking indifferent to what was happening.

The wing palace wasn’t very far away, and the group of people arrived there after taking a turn. The Empress stood at the gate and saw it was open and Zhao Zheng sitting on the threshold in a daze, and murmuring, “Why not me? Why am I not chosen?” The two questions were repeated again and again, and she looked extremely pinched.

Seeing her like this, Yingge finally took a breath of relief. This wasn’t something to blame on her. Such an eccentric thing, even she had served the Empress for so long, was rarely seen. If the Empress didn’t believe her, she would have been dragged out and beaten to death with sticks.

The Empress was also slightly surprised at the scene, her eyes subtly crossing Madam Zhao, and then walked forward in a grave manner, “Zhao Zheng, why are you sitting here?”

Unexpectedly, hearing this voice, Zhao Zheng slowly looked up and when she saw it was the Empress, rushed to the Empress’s feet, “Your Majesty. I’m begging you. I’m in love with Fei; we are in love with each other. If the country needs a person for the marriage, I’d like to be the one. I really do.”

“What nonsense!” The Empress looked displeased. Luckily, no Turkic people followed here, or this could be regarded as a scandal. Everyone knew that the best outlook of the person marrying off was to become a Turkic princess, or at least the bedmate of the Turkic King.

Though the Empress had no idea of this Fei Zhao Zheng was talking of, it couldn’t be one of the men she should marry. Very likely, he was one of the Turkic Envoys, as the rumors said. What an embarrassing fact! As the Empress stared longer at Zhao Zheng, her expression became graver.

Madam Zhao certainly read the look and, in view of the situation, gave a sad wail and threw herself to Zhao Zheng, “My dear daughter, what curse do you have on you? Why are you talking nonsense?” Saying that, she desperately pinched Zhao Zheng in secrecy, hoping she could become sober.

The Empress looked grimmer, and the way she gazed at Madam Zhao indicated her dissatisfaction. Du Chuxuan understood that there wasn’t a moment to stand aside and watch drama and at once he stood out, “What are you taking about, Madam Zhao? The entire palace is shrouded with father’s dragon air. Not to mention other things, there is even not the slightest filthy air.”

He put it vaguely but very much to the Empress’s desire. She finally had a touch of smile, “Yue is right. The whole palace is protected by the Emperor. I suppose it’d be better that Madam Zhao doesn’t talk nonsense to cause yourself a fatal trouble.”

Only then did Madam Zhao realize what she had said. She had been too obsessed with making Zhao Zheng sober and forgotten that here was the palace where no casual words shall be used. Any sensible person could tell that Zhao Zheng was out of her head and that her words shouldn’t be taken seriously.

“Sorry, Your Majesty. I shouldn’t have said that; I shall be punished, but please Your Majesty, you know that Zheng is nice and obedient and has been raised in the inner mansion. How could she have a beloved one when she never met any people outside our mansion? Obviously she is cast with a spell. Her words now can’t be trusted!”

A madam at the side gave a sneer, “Oh my, what have you said Madam Zhao! Remember here’s the imperial palace. Besides, I don’t see Miss Zhao is too silly to recognize people. Didn’t she just now hold Her Majesty’s legs and beg her?”

If the madam didn’t mention this, others would have forgotten it, but once she did, others were more convinced that Zhao Zheng was truly in love with a Turkic Envoy.

The Empress waved her hand, not caring to waste a breath with Madam Zhao anymore, “The Emperor never split a couple. Since Miss. Zhao loves the Turkic Envoy so much, then His Majesty will do everything to do you a favor!”

Finishing the remark, she didn’t want to stay there and turned around to leave. She just took a step, when there was a sound in another wing palace of candlestick falling down. The Empress was annoyed instantly, “Yingge, go and check what’s going on over there?”

Though she had entrusted Yingge with it, the Empress didn’t think too much. It happened when a cat or mouse knocked down the candlestick or something. She just blamed the servants for not managing things properly.