She saw a shadowy figure darting past the doorway, which is why she shouted that.
At the same time, Tang Zhuyun chased after her.
Nanny Rong also hurried out the door.
"I have met Your Highness, the Consort, on the Huaishang!"
It's actually on the Huaishang?
"What are you doing here? Do you know this is the inner courtyard?" Tang Zhuyun said coldly.
If Huaishang wasn't acting out of a guilty conscience, how could he have broken into the inner courtyard to eavesdrop? She found Huaishang increasingly suspicious.
How could Huaishang possibly claim that he was covering for his master's "resurrection" and return?
He had originally said that nighttime would be best, but his master insisted on doing so and kept wandering around here, so he was discovered as expected.
However, to be fair, the concubine's vigilance was truly beyond that of ordinary people.
Huaishang, quick-witted, said, "I just saw some servants stealing things, and in my haste I chased them in, disturbing Your Highness. Please forgive me."
"I see." Tang Zhuyun said with a half-smile, "You should be more careful in the future. After all, I am a widow. It's easy to be suspicious. Guard Huai, for the sake of the Prince's and your own reputation, you should both be careful."
The Prince of Jin, hidden in the shadows, couldn't help but grind his teeth.
How could she, a "widow," speak of it so naturally and... with such self-righteousness?
She can even use this as a "weapon of attack," that's really impressive.
When she was talking to Nanny Rong just now, she said, "Let the Prince go up the mountain in style." Please forgive his ignorance, but he didn't hear any reluctance in her voice.
He couldn't help but recall Tang Zhuyun's joking question about his chastity archway; it turned out she really did have such thoughts and wanted to remain a widow.
I've gotten off easy on her; let her dream a few more days.
He had actually believed in her deep affection before, even brainwashing himself into thinking she was kind-hearted but sharp-tongued. Now it seems he was overthinking it.
Anyway, this woman has no heart for him.
"Yes." Huaishang lowered his head.
Tang Zhuyun's voice suddenly turned cold. "Don't ever appear in front of me again!"
Huaishang looked up at her in surprise.
"Is this how you view the widow of your former master?"
Huaishang's knees buckled, and he almost knelt down. "This subordinate dares not."
"Get out of here. I don't want to see you again."
"... yes."
Huaishang retreated to the room of the Prince of Jin.
The Prince of Jin returned to his own room, displaying an astonishing audacity.
"Your Highness, have I offended the concubine today?"
"That's what I want to ask you."
Huaishang: "..."
How would he know?
He listened to the prince obediently and cooperated with his actions, but now he's not only a suspect, but he's also inexplicably offended the concubine. Where can he go to seek justice?
"You knew her before, didn't you?"
"Know her? You mean the concubine?" Huaishang felt Dou E. "I don't know her! Ever since that incident, the prince has been unfriendly to me. I've been running around all day. How could I possibly know the concubine?"
The Prince of Jin actually thought it made sense, but Tang Zhuyun treated Huaishang very differently, including her sudden outburst today and her prohibition against Huaishang appearing again.
Having spent so much time together, Prince of Jin felt he understood her to some extent.
Even though he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong with her emotional fluctuations, he could still sense that something was amiss.
So upon hearing Huaishang's words, he subconsciously asked, "So, you hadn't been to Jiangzhou before?"
Tang Mingfan's ancestral home Jiangzhou.
That fool Huaishang actually considered it seriously for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I've never been to Jiangzhou. The closest I've ever Jiangzhou was several hundred miles away, and that time..."
Which time?
"That time on the pleasure boat." Huaishang's head was almost bowed to his chest.
One wrong step can lead to eternal regret. He felt the water was still too cold to throw the prince into it to detoxify him, wasting a hundred taels of silver and incurring the prince's wrath.
Now think about it, even in the dead of winter, princes can fake their deaths by jumping into the water.
If I had known, I would have just thrown the prince into the water and that would have been the end of it.
Indeed, being too soft-hearted is a bad thing; it hurts your wallet and your future!
It's all tears when I talk about it.
Something seemed to flash through the Prince of Jin's mind, but it was too quick for him to grasp.
Well, he's just baffled; he's actually starting to suspect Huaishang.
Tang Zhuyun was attracted to every man she met, so it was normal for her to take a second look at someone as beautiful as Huaishang.
Perhaps she now realizes that something is wrong, so she simply forbids him from appearing in front of her.
"So Lord Tang is from Jiangzhou," Huaishang muttered softly.
"What's the meaning?"
"Jiangzhou is a pretty poor place."
What do you mean by that?
"Your subordinate... dares not speak."
"Um?"
Huaishang risked everything for one hundred taels of silver. "When I went to the pleasure boat to help the prince find some young ladies, the madam said that the others were one hundred and twenty taels, and the more expensive ones were one hundred and fifty taels; but she had a few from Jiangzhou, who were from the countryside, so she only offered one hundred taels of silver."
I hope Your Highness remembers his one hundred taels of silver!
The Prince of Jin sneered, "Then you must have chosen the one hundred taels."
Huaishang: "... Yes, they're all virgins, clean and tidy. They're all the same with the lights off. I just don't know if she's lying to me..."
Even after all this, the Prince of Jin still hasn't mentioned reimbursement!
The Prince of Jin told him to get lost and rubbed his temples.
That year was the last happy year he spent at home, but a crisis was already looming, so he went to the capital.
Later, on his way home from the capital, he fell into a trap. He was initially poisoned, but during the detoxification process, he was given a tainted drug, and then...
Prince of Jin was taught by his mother from a young age to be self-disciplined and never indulge in lust, but unexpectedly, he had a one-night stand with a woman on a pleasure boat that day.
That was his disgrace.
Later, a series of events occurred, and the family hatred was deeply imprinted on him, leaving him with no energy left to discuss matters of love and relationships.
Nanxing's betrayal made him no longer dare to trust women.
Once they fall in love, they are capable of anything and have no principles whatsoever.
Later, by a twist of fate, Tang Zhuyun was bestowed upon him as a reward.
Tang Zhuyun... Tang Zhuyun said she sold herself for ten taels of silver, but Huaishang said that hundreds of miles away on a pleasure boat, one hundred taels of silver was paid. Haha, how ironic.
Just then, a voice came from outside, interrupting the Prince of Prince of Jin's reverie, and he immediately hid.
"Brother, I'm scared," Yanran said. "Why did we come to Father's room?"
"Don't be afraid. Even if the prince becomes a ghost, he'll be a good ghost."
Prince of Jin: "..."
"I think this matter concerning the Prince is sudden and very strange. I'd like to come to the Prince's study to see who he's corresponding with, and see if I can find any clues," Linlin said. "Keep your voice down, don't let Auntie find out."
Why can't my sister know?
Linlin looked sad. "My aunt probably doesn't want me involved in this."
The Prince of Jin's eyes flickered slightly.