Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 430: Believe in My Innocence

Chapter 430: Chapter 430: Believe in My Innocence

Consort Jing felt overwhelmingly bashful.

"At my age, how can I still think about having children?"

"In my eyes, Lianlian, you haven’t changed at all and are still as young as ever."

Consort Jing’s heart swelled with sweetness, the Emperor had said she was too old to act charming, but only her Yu Lang treasured her as a peerless gem.

It would take the duration of drinking a cup of tea for the medicine stuffed into Consort Qi and that handsome young actor to take full effect. By then, all they needed was to be woken up and the two would lose their senses and indulge fiercely in each other’s presence.

For the first time, Consort Jing felt that the time it took to drink a cup of tea was too short.

It seemed as if it would pass in the blink of an eye.

So, when Mei Yuzong lowered his head and their breaths mingled, she kissed him without thinking.

However, Mei Yuzong dodged, and her kiss landed on his chin.

Before Consort Jing could react, Mei Yuzong had left a trail of marks on her neck.

She became even more aroused.

With sweet nothings lingering in her ear from Mei Yuzong, she was lost in a sea of sweetness, answering his every word.

"Lianlian, how wonderful it would be if the Third Prince were our son."

Mei Yuzong’s gentle voice immersed Consort Jing, who said, "The Third Prince is a filial child. Once he becomes the Emperor, he will surely respect you as much as he respects his father. Why not treat him as your own son, Yu Lang?"

As she spoke these sweet words, her eyes became hazy and a fire seemed to burn within her. Therefore, she didn’t notice Mei Yuzong’s satisfied smile as he watched the figures outside the door.

Bang!

A loud noise!

"You adulterers!"

The doors were violently kicked open.

A bloated figure in bright yellow burst in, accompanied by an Imperial Bodyguard wielding a sword, and the harem’s concubines and Imperial Woman deliberately led there by Murong Jiu from outside the door.

In an instant, Consort Jing felt as if ice-cold water had been poured over red-hot coals — her whole body chilled, and her blood seemed to stop flowing.

She saw the furious Emperor, the crowd of people rushing toward them from outside, and before she could catch her bearings, she fell to her knees and shouted:

"Your Majesty, I came to catch the cheaters! Consort Qi and the charming actor are behind the screen on the bed! Please, look!"

"Do you think I’m deaf? I heard everything you said just now! Oh, Consort Jing, when I first took pity on you as a little farm girl, thinking you came from a pure background, I never had it investigated. I never expected that you had already been involved with someone else!"

Consort Jing’s heart sank — how could it be, how could the Emperor have heard so much?

The Emperor had been outside the door all along!

Someone must have deliberately led the Emperor here to frame her!

"Your Majesty, I am wronged, I was pure and clean when I was with you, and just now I truly said nothing, the one speaking was Consort Qi Eldest Sister on the bed! Please, look!"

Consort Jing could only try to shift the blame. Compared to her, still fully dressed and standing properly, Consort Qi was completely naked and lying with a man. With such a commotion, they should have been awakened by now.

Once the Emperor saw that scene, in his great fury, she might still have a chance to think about how to escape today’s predicament.

The Emperor’s face looked worse than if he had eaten spoiled liver, and seeing the shadows behind the screen, he trembled with rage.

He walked over personally, unable to contain his fury, kicked the screen aside, pulled off the brocade and found, to his shock, only two pillows inside!

Consort Jing was stunned. How could this be possible?

She angrily turned her head to look at Mei Yuzong. Even a fool would understand that Mei Yuzong had deceived her.

Otherwise, could people simply vanish into thin air?

But before she could question him, a harsh slap landed on her face.

"Wench! You dare deceive Your Majesty! You think you can play me for a fool?"

"Your Majesty! I did not! It’s a trap! Consort Qi was just inside there, and on the floor were the clothes she and that actor changed out of!"

Consort Jing pointed desperately at the ground, but the torn clothes were nowhere to be seen!

How could this be possible!

Where had the clothes gone?

Just now, only she and Mei Yuzong had been in the room... It was Mei Yuzong! While they were being intimate, he must have hidden the clothes on the floor while she was not paying attention!

Perhaps under the cabinet or some other crevice!

"Your Majesty, the clothes are..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was struck by another heavy slap!

The Emperor, who had never laid a hand on her before, was furious to the extreme, her face numbing and burning from the slap.

She was not willing to give up, she shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, I truly saw Consort Qi committing adultery with that actor! The clothes are in this room, please have someone search for them!"

If Consort Qi’s clothes were found, it would prove that Consort Qi had been in this room, and would also make the Emperor believe that she had been framed by Consort Qi.

"Consort Jing, you were caught in the act by His Majesty himself, yet you still falsely accuse me with empty words. Your hatred for me must be really tremendous," said Consort Qi.

Just then, Consort Qi’s voice came from the crowd.

Dressed neatly and with not a hair out of place, Consort Qi walked in.

Consort Jing turned pale.

"Your Majesty, I merely went to change my clothes, how come I got splashed with so much dirt? I am too wronged. It was clearly Consort Jing and the troupe leader who were indulging in an affair. I mentioned before that Consort Jing has been radiant with a youthful glow, dressing prettily, apparently having a discreet resurgence of youth, such audacity! Caught in adultery, yet she still attempts to defend herself, Your Majesty, your discerning eye sees through to the truth, your belief in my innocence moves me profoundly!"

Consort Qi not only deliberately provoked the Emperor but also glorified herself.

Whether favored or not didn’t matter, status was fought for by oneself, and at least in the eyes of the unaware public, her words did somewhat sound like the Emperor trusted her.

Furthermore, those words "innocence", were a glaring slap to Consort Jing’s face. The more the Emperor thought about the words he had heard earlier, the more he felt that he had been insulted by Consort Jing.

How dare she!

The Emperor roared furiously, "Consort Jing! You were an insignificant farm girl, it was I who brought you to the Capital City, gave you wealth and honor, what more could you want!"

"Your Majesty! I have been falsely accused! There was absolutely nothing between that man and me! I beg you, considering the many years I have been with you, and for the sake of the Third Prince, please believe me this time!"

Consort Jing had no choice but to bring up the Third Prince.

For she knew the place the Third Prince held in the Emperor’s heart, who the Emperor had always considered as his and the Empress Dowager’s son, favored from birth and incomparable to the other Princes over these years.

If the Emperor thought about the Third Prince’s future, thinking of making the Third Prince the Crown Prince, he couldn’t deal with her harshly.

At the very least, he would first dismiss everyone around, silencing them.

That way, she still had room to maneuver.

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