N-A-A Chapter 1696 Something's Wrong with the Wine
Chapter 1696 Something's Wrong with the Wine
"It's alright, someone's watching."
After the Crown Prince finished speaking, Zhou Shiyue glanced around the room and, not seeing Sheng San Niangzi, knew that she must have gone to the backyard.
He had specifically told Madam Sheng that today was the wedding day, and he could leave the people outside to him at the banquet. He had also arranged for Zhong Qing to keep a close eye on them. As for the female guests, Lu Zhaoling was in the bridal chamber in the backyard, and she was in charge of that as well.
Today, Zhou Shiyue doesn't care about anything else, he just won't let anyone ruin his happy occasion or spoil Lu Zhaoling's mood.
No one is paying attention to the Crown Prince's affairs because the Crown Prince is not someone he is focusing on today.
"But most people probably couldn't stop the Empress Dowager..."
The crown prince was still somewhat worried.
He was afraid that the people in the Prince's mansion wouldn't dare to stop the Empress, let alone scold her. He was afraid that if the Empress went in and met a maid from the Prince's mansion who asked to see the Princess Consort of Jin, the maid wouldn't dare to disobey.
"Don't worry, it's not an ordinary person." It's a ghost. And not just any ordinary ghost.
It is a ghost immortal who has swallowed two great demons.
Zhou Shiyue simply did not believe that Lady Sheng could not keep the Empress in check.
Seeing that he was not worried, the Crown Prince's anxious mood also relaxed.
Zhou Shiyue had already noticed the water stain on his chest, which was still wet.
What happened to your clothes?
"Oh, it's nothing. Someone just spilled some wine," the Crown Prince said. "Uncle, could you lend me some clothes so I can change?"
The Crown Prince was quite relaxed around the Prince of Jin. He was only slightly shorter than the Prince of Jin, and his shoulders were not as broad, but he could at least wear the Prince of Jin's clothes.
He had stayed at the Prince of Jin's residence before, gotten drunk there, and even borrowed Zhou Shiyue's clothes.
After hearing his words, Zhou Shiyue beckoned a servant over.
"Go to the storeroom and find one of my old clothes from a few years ago for the Crown Prince."
The crown prince was stunned. "From a few years ago? Old clothes?"
How old should he wear?
Are the clothes we're still wearing not good enough?
"Uncle, are you being so stingy with your nephew these days...?"
The retired emperor also clicked his tongue twice beside him.
Zhou Shiyue said matter-of-factly, “Your royal aunt has seen and touched all the clothes I’ve worn in the past two or three years, so they’re not suitable for you to wear.”
His clothes, when worn by him, became a point of memory. If they were suddenly worn by someone else, it would blur the only memory Lu Zhaoling had of him when those clothes were on him.
What if they say that the Crown Prince is more suited to wear that outfit?
The Retired Emperor: "..."
Prince: "..."
That's really enough.
"Your Highness, this way please." A servant quickly led the Crown Prince to change his clothes.
The prince's old clothes were carefully kept; it was impossible for him to give old clothes to the crown prince...
At most, he would choose a new outfit that the prince had never worn before.
The crown prince then followed the servants.
"Your Majesty~"
Then came Lord Chen's voice from the other side. He held his hand in one hand and waved with the other.
"Your Highness, we all wish to offer you a toast," said Lord Chen.
The others at the table: Lord Chen is so courageous.
Lord Chen thought to himself smugly: You know nothing. I'm very familiar with the Prince.
Zhou Shiyue felt his eyes hurt just looking at Lord Chen's appearance.
But he still walked over there.
Fine, considering Chen Deshan's respect for Lu Xiaoer, I'll go over and have a drink with them.
When Lord Chen saw him approaching, his tail practically wagged proudly.
However, Zhou Shiyue had only walked halfway when he suddenly stopped, his expression changing slightly.
He turned and walked in the direction the crown prince had just left.
The retired emperor immediately caught up with him and asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong? Weren't you going to drink with Chen Deshan and Lin Rong?"
Zhou Shiyue said in a deep voice, "The smell of alcohol on Aze just now was not right."
"The Prince's Mansion only serves two kinds of wine today: one for the male guests and one for the female guests. Neither of them tastes like this."
"So what A-Ze got on him just now wasn't wine from the Prince's manor?"
The retired emperor understood his words and his expression changed instantly.
"Yes."
Zhou Shiyue made a gesture as he spoke. Qinglin quickly walked over, "Your Highness?"
"Go, subdue the person who bumped into the prince earlier."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Anfan rushed over. "Brother-in-law, I've got him! I just had two servants from the Prince's mansion tie him up and threw him into the woodshed."
Zhou Shiyue glanced at him with some surprise.
Lu Anfan explained, "After he bumped into the Crown Prince, he suddenly smiled as the Crown Prince left. I felt that his smile was a bit strange, so I followed him."
"It turned out that when he went to wash his hands, he secretly poured out a small bottle from his pocket. It smelled like the prince's scent, so I felt something was off about him."
Zhou Shiyue gave him an approving look and said, "You've improved now. Alright, then you can come with me to find the Crown Prince."
"Yes."
Lu Anfan immediately raised his head and straightened his chest in response, then followed Zhou Shiyue toward the guest courtyard.
They discovered that to get to the guest quarters, one had to pass through a covered walkway next to the women's banquet area, and the prince had just passed by there, so he should have been seen by all the female guests.
Upon seeing this, Zhou Shiyue immediately glanced towards the female guests. He then noticed two empty seats.
"Go and ask who was sitting in those two seats just now," Zhou Shiyue immediately ordered Qinglin.
Just as Qinglin was about to go over and ask someone, she saw Qiu Yunzhen running over quickly, lifting her skirt.
"Senior Brother Prince Jin, I have something I want to tell you." Qiu Yunzhen looked somewhat anxious and uneasy.
She was also worried that the Prince of Jin would ignore her, because he had never been very patient with her before and didn't care about their childhood friendship at all.
Fearing that the Prince of Jin would have her taken away, Qiu Yunzhen hurriedly said, "I wanted to tell you that two young ladies had stomach problems at the same time and left one after the other."
Qiu Yunzhen has made considerable progress in the past year or two. When she saw that the two ladies had suddenly felt unwell and left the table, she immediately took it to heart and kept an eye on them, only to find that they had not returned yet.
"Who is it?"
"I don't know one of them, but one of them is Consort Shu's niece, named Jinxi."
Because she was going to marry the second prince, she had run into the second prince's relatives quite a few times in the capital over the past two years.
These people had different attitudes toward her. Some came to put on airs, some wanted to take advantage of her, and others just couldn't stand her. For some reason, they would make sarcastic remarks to her whenever they met her.
Qiu Yunzhen had argued with them quite a bit in the past, and Jin Xi was one of them.
Jin Xi's eldest brother is a junior officer in the camp, and she came with him today.
Qiu Yunzhen knew it wasn't a good day to cause trouble, so she had been avoiding Jin Xi.
But when she saw that Qiu Yunzhen felt unwell and left her seat, she had a feeling that something was wrong.