late night song

Chapter 272 Want to cover up
Ling Buhuo entered the palace according to the order. When he stepped into the old King Ling's study, he saw the mother and daughter of Princess Helan crying with pear blossoms and rain, and he had an idea.

"Bastard, look what dirty things you have done!" Old King Ling cursed before Ling Buhuo came closer.

"My son, I don't know." Ling Buhuo replied with a cold face.

"Your Highness, Ji He heard today that you invited all the people in the city to choose concubines and committed suicide by hanging from a beam at home. Do you know why?" Princess Helan took the lead in treating people, and she explained Ji He's grievances in one sentence, which is also powerful.

"Aunt Helan is really well-informed. She knows so clearly things that even I don't know about!"

Ling Buhuo retorted, and he finally figured out that the excitement surrounding the visit to the Prince's Mansion in the past few days was just a preparation for today's attack.

Princess Helan also worked hard. After Riji and Zhongyang Palace left, there were no witnesses. She knew that Prince Ling would definitely not reveal his own fault, so she needed to find a very good excuse to mention this matter. Otherwise it all seems too deliberate.

So she ordered people to spread the news throughout the city that the prince had chosen a concubine, and after a few days of preparation, she enacted this painful trick again, magnifying Ji He's grievances to the extreme, and naturally asked the old King Ling to make the decision, in order to better achieve her goal.

"I really want to thank those rumors, otherwise how would I know that Ji He had suffered so much injustice and wanted to die to express his ambition!"

"Are you willing to die to express your ambition or to force yourself to die?! Aunt Helan might as well speak more clearly." Ling Buhuo relied on Ling Ziyu's rogue image in the past and deliberately learned to sarcastically say.

"Prince! Do you have to force me to explain myself clearly? It's okay for you to act recklessly outside. Ji He is your cousin, how can you do something inappropriate to her!"

Princess Helan pointed at Ling Buhuo's nose, took out the identity of the victim's mother and scolded him sternly.

"I was so drunk that night that I can't remember anything."

Although Ling Buhuo didn't want to get involved, he had to tell the truth.

That night, he only remembered that Ji He came to deliver hangover medicine, but after he drank it, he quickly realized something was wrong, but it was too late. He only focused on restraining himself and wanted to knock Ji He out but had no strength. He had no memory of the incident at all. When he woke up in the morning, he found that his clothes were disheveled and Ji He was still in the house. He could not be sure that nothing had happened just to clean himself up.

"You bastard, you don't admit what you did!"

"I'm just stating the facts, but since I'm talking about this matter, I also want to make it clear. Ji He, let me ask you, I was drunk that day and dismissed all the ladies. Why did you show up in my bedroom?"

Although Ling Buhuo was not sure what happened that night, he was sure of one thing. Ji He was by no means innocent. He was more eager to get more information to speculate on what happened that night, so he took this opportunity to start questioning Ji He. The key details.

"I... was worried about the prince's brother's health, so I specially sent him hangover medicine." Ji He lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

Ling Buhuo glanced at Old King Ling, and the meaning was clear.

"Have I taken the hangover medicine?"

"Drink." Ji He lowered his head and replied timidly.

"Even after I drank your hangover potion, I just stopped. Why do I still have the energy to do anything inappropriate?!" Ling Buhuo half teased and half questioned the properties of this hangover potion.

"Prince! Until now, you are still making excuses!" Princess Helan was very angry when she saw that the situation was not going well.

Ling Buhuo ignored it and continued to question Ji He.

"Are you sure I did anything wrong to you?"

Ji He was silent for a while, grabbing her clothes and glanced at her mother in panic. Princess Helan quickly warned.

"He'er, don't be afraid! Just tell the truth today, your mother and your uncle will make the decision for you!"

"I...I don't know, but it was already morning when I woke up." Ji He still had room to do so despite her mother's coercion, and she really didn't remember what happened that night.

"Are you and I sleeping together?" Ling Buhuo then asked in detail.

"I don't know, I just know I was on the bed when I woke up."

"Then where am I?"

"On the Grand Master's chair..."

Ling Buhuo asked all the questions that were beneficial to him and stopped talking, but he still had no answer in his heart.

Princess Helan was anxious and quickly added: "What does this mean? After one night, can you prove that nothing happened?"

"No." Ling Buhutan sighed softly and replied frankly.

"He'er, let me ask you, even if you are not sure, why did you commit suicide today when you heard that the prince was going to choose a concubine?!" Upon seeing this, Princess Helan chased Ji He to confirm the matter.

Ji He remained silent, crying so hard that he couldn't stand still.

"The matter has come to this, what does Aunt Helan want me to do? What does father want me to do?" Ling Buhuo didn't want to have a meaningless argument, and didn't bother to talk anymore, so he went straight to the topic for her.

"Speak for yourself!" Old King Ling looked solemn and threw the question back.

"It's better to ask Aunt Helan to make it clear!" Ling Buhuo responded coldly, forcing Princess Helan to reveal her purpose.

"What else can I do? Of course it's Huan Ji and a man with a legitimate name!"

"Being the Crown Princess?" Ling Buhuo asked and looked at the old King Ling.

"Of course!" Princess Helan replied decisively.

"I'm sorry to accept this!" Ling Buhuo immediately rejected this proposal.

"I already have a candidate in mind for the Crown Princess, and everyone at the birthday banquet heard clearly that day. Besides, General Yuesheng has already agreed to my marriage proposal."

"Brother Imperial, you have to make the decision for Ji He!"

Seeing Ling Buhuo's resolute attitude, Princess Helan plopped down on her knees in front of Old King Ling, grabbed her dragon robe, and cried loudly.

"Prince! You should take responsibility for what you have done!" Old King Ling felt that he was wrong, but could not resist his sister's pleading, so he warned.

"If it is really what I did, I will be responsible for it! But the position of the Crown Princess is not discussed!" Ling Buhuo was fearless and refused to let go.

"If she, Yuchi Yuchu, knew that you were so unsympathetic and unrighteous, and always abandoned you, would she have followed you?!"

Princess Helan raised her eyebrows, with tears in her eyes, and a cold look in her eyes. She pinched his weak spot and threatened him. Ling Buhuo was instantly angered, and without any regard for etiquette, he coldly retorted:
"Are you threatening me?!"

"She will find out sooner or later. Do you think you can keep it a secret? I have already asked someone to notify her of entering the palace. We will make it clear in person soon!"

"Aunt Helan is so brave! Are you going to move into Ziyan Palace soon?"

Their aunt and nephew were tit for tat, quarreling with each other, refusing to give in to each other, and every word they spoke was offensive to Old King Ling's face. His face gradually turned gloomy, he picked up the folding book on the table and threw it down, and shouted: " What does this matter have to do with General Yuesheng!"

Princess Helan's face suddenly changed with fright. She was eager for success. In order to block the way for the prince, she did not hesitate to make her own opinions and pass the news to Gu Yuchu, but she never thought that she would touch the emperor's biggest taboo.

The room in the Imperial Study suddenly became quiet, and Ji He's sobbing voice was amplified. Old King Ling couldn't bear it anymore and changed the subject: "But since everyone has been called, let's make it clear in person."

Then he paused, stared at Princess Helan and pondered for two seconds, and then said: "The future crown princess and queen of a country must have the demeanor of a mother who cares about the world, and advance and retreat with the emperor."

Princess Helan was completely heartbroken. She basically recognized the status of General Yuesheng's Crown Princess, both covertly and overtly. Although the prerequisite was to accept Ji He, it also sealed her defeat in advance. She saw that the Hongmen Banquet she had carefully designed came to fruition. Seeing the springboard for Gu Yuchu's first flight to the sky, I felt itchy with hatred, but I didn't dare to say anything more.

After about a stick of incense, Gu Yuchu appeared.She saw such a situation from a distance. Ji and Chu Chu were pitiful, Princess Helan was furious, Ling Buhuo looked coldly at her, and Old King Ling was sitting with a calm face. The atmosphere was gloomy and tense, and she felt suspicious in her heart.

She walked into the inner hall calmly and calmly, and with all the etiquette in place, she stopped talking, with a calm attitude as if she was waiting for the show to begin.

Ling Buhuo looked straight at her, with mixed feelings in his heart, and refused to leave his eyes for a second.

Gu Yuchu tilted his head slightly, as if asking for another hint.

"General Yuchi, today's matter may or may not be relevant to you, but the prince insists on your attitude, so I called you here to ask you clearly." Old King Ling broke the silence and said.

"I am also very curious about what things are related to me and not related to me."

"The prince said that you have agreed to his marriage proposal. Is it true?" Old Prince Ling favored his son in his heart and confirmed the marriage proposal first, without mentioning anything else.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed true." Gu Yuchu was very calm. After answering, he looked at Ling Buhuo with a smile. His eyes were also filled with joy and emotion.

"I have something to ask General Yuchi. If your fiancé-in-law defiled someone else's daughter, what would you do?!"

Before King Lao Ling could express his stance, Princess Helan asked first. However, she was so desperate to anger Gu Yuchu and force her to break the marriage that she forgot to use her words properly.

Old King Ling frowned and was extremely disgusted. Just now Princess Helan's fake transmission of the holy order had already made him unhappy, and then the word "defile" completely ignored the face and majesty of the royal family.

Gu Yuchu stared at Ling Buhuo in disbelief, his mind buzzing.

Ling Buhuo was silent. The thing that made him most uncertain that night was that he vaguely remembered that Gu Yuchu had been entangled with him. It was like a dream but not a dream. But when he got up in the morning, there was only Ji He in the palace, which made him have to doubt himself.

Facing Gu Yuchu's disappointed and sad inspection, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed, and it was very complicated. There was a mountain of guilt, a surge of uneasiness, and an unwavering determination.

Gu Yuchu withdrew his gaze sullenly, held back the sadness in his heart, forced away the confusion in his mind, and said to Princess Helan: "Princess Helan must be careful about the word defilement. The love between a man and a woman cannot be compared to your love for me." I wish, how could it become the fault of the prince alone?"

"One night in the Zhongyang Palace, he turned his back and chose a concubine. My son and I were so ashamed, and a white silk silk almost died. What is his fault if it's not his fault?!"

In order to achieve her goal, Princess Helan did not hesitate to throw dirty water on the prince's body, but her drama of being deeply affectionate and caring was too much, and she completely ignored the wishes of the Holy Heart.

"A night in Zhongyang Palace? As far as I know, the prince was so drunk that night that he was unconscious. He was carried to the bed, entered the palace and never left. The little princess was originally staying in Princess Yanyang's Shenci Zhai, how did she get in and out of Zhongyang? If the palace has lost its virginity again, the whole story may not be that simple."

"Don't talk nonsense here. My son and I just sent hangover medicine specially because we cared about our brother, and then we suffered such a huge injustice. You actually accused her of having ulterior motives."

Princess Helan cursed when she saw that Gu Yuchu's eloquent words had gone off the rails, and then she glanced at the old King Ling in panic, who was sitting there without saying a word.

"The little princess is really unpredictable. She actually carries hangover medicine with her." Gu Yuchu caught his opponent's weak spot and defended Ling Buhuo every word.

"How cruel are you! Brother Emperor, that hangover medicine belongs to Princess Yanyang's palace. My son just sent it to Zhongyang Palace on your behalf!" At this point, Princess Helan had to involve Yanyang. Come in so that Ji He can be cleared of suspicion.

"Princess Helan, calm down. I am just discussing the matter. Since it is said that the little princess was entrusted by Princess Yanyang to deliver medicine to Zhongyang Palace, in order to find out the whole story and give justice to the little princess, why don't we invite Princess Yanyang to come? Let's clarify." Gu Yuchu suggested to Old King Ling regarding the situation.

"Accurate!" Another one of his children was involved. The anger in Old Ling Wang's eyes obviously couldn't be suppressed, but now that the matter was over, he also wanted to find out the whole story and didn't want his son to be wrongly accused.

Princess Yanyang got the message and rushed over in a panic, forgetting all the etiquette.

"I ask you, on the night of the birthday banquet, did you ask Ji He to deliver hangover medicine to your brother?" Old King Ling was too lazy to waste time and asked directly with a cold face.

Yan Yang didn't show any surprise. She instinctively glanced at Princess Helan, then lowered her head, hesitated, and did not answer immediately.

"The king asked, why is the princess looking at Princess Helan?" Gu Yuchu caught this detail again and asked.

"Stop confusing the public here!" Princess Helan scolded, the expression on her face could no longer be tense, and her heart became panicked.

Gu Yuchu hunched his shoulders, looked at Old King Ling, and stopped answering.

"Hurry up and answer, yes or no." Old King Ling urged impatiently.

Yan Yang was frightened and knelt down with a plop. Due to her instinctive fear of Old King Ling, her body began to tremble involuntarily. Princess Helan held her breath nervously.

But she was still somewhat confident in her heart. After all, she had something secret about Yanyang in her hands, and she had threatened her several times that if she didn't cover up the matter, she would make it public.

How could Yanyang not know the price of bullying the emperor, but she had no way out, so she clenched her fists and finally said:
"My son was also a little drunk that day. He drank the hangover medicine and fell asleep. However, thinking that the prince's brother was very drunk, he asked Ji and He to take him to Zhongyang Palace on his behalf."

Princess Helan's heart finally let go, and then she hugged her daughter aggrievedly and looked at Old King Ling with tears in her eyes.

"The love between brother and sister is really deep. I wonder if Princess Yanyang sent hangover medicine to the other noble masters in the palace, or was it only the prince who had a share?" Gu Yu could tell at first that she was lying, so he sarcastically praised her.

Princess Yanyang just knelt down and lowered her head and stopped answering.

King Lao Ling had a plan in mind and sent her out directly.

"The matter has come to this, what else does Prince Ling have to say?" Princess Helan thought that she had an absolute advantage and pursued the victory.

"I really don't remember what happened that night. I've already said what needs to be said." Ling Buhuo didn't want to say more or quibble.

"What about you?" Old King Ling asked Gu Yuchu.

"Me? This matter probably has nothing to do with me. But I don't think that just because Prince Ling was uninhibited in the past, everything he does is ridiculous. Even if the little princess is entrusted by Princess Yanyang, she should think that she doesn't have to do anything. It is inappropriate to do things personally, even for cousins, to go in and out of the palace at night to deliver medicine. The prince is drunk and confused, but the little princess is sober. Even if something happens, she will never let it be tainted. "

Although Gu Yuchu felt sad, he still replied pertinently.

King Lao Ling nodded, very satisfied with this answer. Princess Helan also saw the attitude of King Lao Ling, so she turned around, grabbed the solution, and asked Gu Yuchu:
"Okay, then we won't care about the reason. Tell us what to do if something like this happened."

"Princess Helan asked for no reason. I am not qualified to handle this matter." Gu Yuchu refused to fall for her trap.

"What if you are the prince?"

"The prince insists that you make the decision in this matter!" King Lao Ling expressed his position in time, interrupting Princess Helan's aggressiveness.

"I'm not in a position to be the prince's boss." Gu Yuchu still declined.

"You are my sweetheart who I want to marry, the future crown princess. Just tell me what you think and I will follow you!" Ling Buhuo looked at her firmly and left all the decision-making power in her hands.

"Since no one can tell what happened that day, and it involves the innocence of the little princess and the royal dignity, why not marry her back and have an explanation for everyone." Gu Yuchu was silent for a while, and glanced at the people beside him. Princess Helan stared at Ling Buhuo for a long time and said calmly.

"Then how should you deal with yourself?" Old King Ling asked again.

"Since I agreed to the prince's marriage proposal, I believe in his character and am willing to commit myself to him for the rest of my life. Regardless of whether I can be recognized by the king or not, and whether I am the crown prince or not, I am also willing to advance and retreat with him."

Gu Yuchu replied firmly. As soon as he said this, he broke Princess Helan's last hope, moved Ling Buhuo who was already feeling extremely sad, and even made the old King Ling look at her with admiration.

"Okay. I also believe in the Crown Prince's vision, that she is the person he has identified. I should recognize that from now on, General Yuesheng will be the future Crown Princess."

The old King Ling paused, looked at Princess Helan, and continued: "Although the matter of the Zhongyang Palace has not been finalized, in order to protect the concubine, honor, and the reputation of the prince, he will be named a side concubine until the ceremony is completed. After the East Palace, we will tell the world again. Helan, are you satisfied with this result?"

"My dear sister... thank you for your kindness!" Princess Helan's plan failed and she had no choice but to obey for the sake of the long term. However, she was still furious in her heart, but it was not because her daughter lived in the side room, but because Gu Yuchu had gained power. Enter the East Palace.

No one expected that this Hongmen banquet would turn into the Dragon's Choice. Gu Yuchu passed the test set by the old King Ling, dispelling all his previous concerns about her and fulfilling his son's longing.

(End of this chapter)