Marrying a wife and a concubine together? Wouldn't it be better to divorce and become the queen

Liu Qi stood in front of the gate of Songcui Garden to guard the thank-you banquet diligently. It is easy to dodge an open attack but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. A strange fragrance wafted from the air. Liu Qi had a keen sense of smell and he quickly detected that the fragrance was mixed with a drug. Before he could react, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Xue Zhimo walked out, looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he quickly dragged Liu Qi into the bushes beside him. When he came out again, he had already changed into Liu Qi's clothes.

Liu Qi came to the stream room where Di Manli was, knocked on the window, and slipped a note inside.

Di Manli saw someone at the window. It was Liu Qi whom she had met before. She quickly walked to the window, only to see Liu Qi's back as he left. There was a note on the window frame. Di Manli picked it up in confusion:

"Songcuiyuan is waiting for you. Don't let anyone know."

This was the handwriting of the King of Chu. Di Manli recognized it and was surprised that Xie Yan sent her away because he didn't want anyone to know. She was extremely excited to receive his message.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu still likes me." Di Manli held the note in her hand and looked infatuated.

Remembering what the King of Chu said not to let anyone know, she walked to the candlestick, lit the letter and burned it, tidied her clothes and hair, left the room happily, and went to Songcui Garden alone to find the King of Chu.

When she walked over, there was no one in front of the gate of Songcui Garden, even Liu Qi, who had been guarding here, was not there. Di Manli became more and more excited. His Highness had sent Liu Qi away to wait for her, so what did he want to look for her for?

She pushed open the door and walked in, calling out softly, "Your Majesty, I am here."

No one responded to her. Di Manli walked to the bed and saw Xie Yan lying on the bed with a flushed face and closed eyes.

Because of the fever from drinking, the front of his shirt was torn open, revealing a large area of ​​his chest. Di Manli swallowed, her heart pounding, and she tentatively shouted:

"Your Highness, Prince Chu, are you still awake? What do you want to say by asking Liu Qi to notify this minister to come over?"

As she asked the question, she climbed up onto the bed with her other leg, sat on it and stared down at the handsome man who was sleeping in front of her.

Xie Yan was very drunk. When he heard someone talking in his ear, he waved his hand and muttered, "Stop making noise." When his hand fell, it happened to land on Di Manli's leg.

Di Manli's heart was burning at this moment. She was sure that even if the King of Chu had great inner strength, he would not be able to resist the drug she had given him. She took Xie Yan's hand and pressed it against him...

at the banquet.

Feng Qingluan was savoring the delicious pastries slowly. Qingxue came in from outside and coughed softly behind her.

Feng Qingluan glanced sideways, meeting Qingxue's eyes that showed that everything was done, and asked with a slight curve in her lips, "Where did your highness go?"

Qingxue replied in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft but loud enough for others to hear:

"My princess, the prince is drunk. I saw Liu Qi send him to rest."

Feng Qingluan said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll go see him."

She stood up from her seat. Xie Ying had been paying attention to her movements. Seeing that she seemed to be about to leave, she quickly came over to stop her:

"Sister-in-law, where are you going? Zhaoyang hasn't toasted you tonight."

She took a glass of wine from the tray held by the maid behind her and handed it to Feng Qingluan.

"Sister-in-law, have a drink with Zhaoyang."

The wine was mellow and tempting, with a hint of a smell that didn't belong to it. Feng Qingluan didn't take it, but declined with a smile:

"This princess never drinks alcohol, and I cannot let Princess Zhaoyang down with her sincerity. How about tea instead of wine? Qingxue, bring me a cup of hot tea."

Qingxue poured a cup of hot tea from the table and brought it to Feng Qingluan. Feng Qingluan took the teacup, clinked it with Zhaoyang's wine glass, and drank the tea in one gulp.

Xie Ying was stunned on the spot.

Feng Qingluan smiled and said, "Princess Zhaoyang, I have drunk my tea, but you won't drink the wine?"

Xie Ying realized that the other party did not drink her wine, and her face turned red with anger. She put something in the wine just to prevent Feng Qingluan from going to see her drunk royal brother and possibly ruining her and Di Manli's plan. But Feng Qingluan didn't buy her account and didn't even touch the wine glass.

After all, when the emperor brother wakes up and finds out that he has had sex with Manli, he will not make the matter public and ask the emperor to marry Manli as a concubine, and this matter will naturally be accomplished;

If the emperor's brother and Manli were accidentally exposed at this time, under pressure from public opinion and reputation, the emperor would also marry Manli into the Prince of Chu's Palace. However, compared with doing it in secret, the latter is tantamount to catching an adulterer in bed. Even if the two get married, it will be a big stain on their reputation.

Therefore, no matter what method she used, she had to stop Feng Qingluan from looking for her royal brother.

Feng Qingluan refused to drink her wine in front of so many people. Xie Ying was very unhappy and put the wine glass back on the tray with a bang:

"Feng Qingluan, what do you mean? As the emperor's sister-in-law, you don't drink the wine I offer you. Do you look down on me?"

This is another unreasonable behavior. Feng Qingluan spoke lazily:

"Princess Zhaoyang, I don't drink. Why do you force me to drink? Besides, I drank the wine you toasted me with tea, but the person you toasted refused to drink it. Did you put something shameful in the wine? Do you want us to test it in front of my father, the emperor, the queen mother, and all the civil and military officials?"

Xie Ying's pupils suddenly shrank and she subconsciously looked at the wine on the tray. How did Feng Qingluan know that there was something in her wine?

Suddenly she remembered something. When the queen was poisoned before, Feng Qingluan was the first to identify the poison from the white feather flowers and incense and rescued the queen in time. Later, she also saved the daughter of Duke Liao who was in emergency. It seemed that this little bitch had some medical skills. She must have smelled something wrong in the wine, so she refused to drink it.

Xie Ying suppressed her panic and raised her neck to say, "This princess is upright in her actions. How could I possibly put drugs in the wine? I was just mad at you for not drinking the wine that I offered you. Since you don't want to drink it, what's the point of replacing wine with tea? Since you don't give me face like this, I don't want to waste my time with you anymore."

She glared at Feng Qingluan and returned to her seat with her maid.

Although her sudden interruption did not succeed, her unusual behavior still allowed Feng Qingluan to discover some clues.

Did Xie Ying drug her wine in order to avenge her for what happened in the Imperial Garden a few days ago? Or was there another trap set specifically for her tonight?

Feng Qingluan became a little alert. She had some important things to do, so she didn't stay any longer. She took Qingxue out of the banquet. When they passed through the corridor, Feng Qingluan called two palace maids on duty:

"The King of Chu is drunk and needs someone to serve him. You should go with this princess."

The two maids responded, "Yes, Princess Chu."

Feng Qingluan led the group towards Songcui Garden, opened the door, and before they reached the bed, they saw a pile of men's and women's clothes scattered on the floor. To the shock of the two palace maids, Feng Qingluan lifted the bed curtain, and as expected, there was a man and a woman lying on the bed. Who else could it be but Xie Yan and Di Manli?