Honored Princess Jing still had no idea what was going on.
Wasn’t the Queen residing in the town? Why was she asked to go there?
The Empress Dowager looked at Honored Princess Jing with displeasure. She was always this dumb whenever something major happened. She had no access to any information. The Empress Dowager would have given up on her, if not for her total obedience. She still had no idea what was going on in the Qianqing Palace. What could she be used for?
The Empress Dowager had to repeat the whole incident to Honored Princess Jing right from the start.
Honored Princess Jing finally had a reaction. “How could that be possible?”
“What can we do?!” Honored Princess Jing panicked. “What can we do? Pack and follow me to the town! We should be by the King’s side! We don’t need to do anything, but stand there and watch the King so that he will not promise to make anyone the heir out of impulsiveness! Ling should have taken the position of heir earlier, but you are so focused on making preparations for Lord Huai’s wedding! You are so slow with everything!” The Empress Dowager snapped angrily. She had been very angry and now she got even more angry when faced with such a dull Honored Princess Jing.
Honored Princess Jing was startled too.
She asked her maids to pack hurriedly, then she hurried to the town.
However, the King had already arrived there before everyone else.
The town was the place for the imperial family to spend the hot summer, so it was not very far from the court. It was just located outside the court. Few people visited the place, though.
The King was in such a hurry, that the wagon was moving extremely fast. So he arrived there quickly.
After he came to the town, the King somehow calmed down. After he found out what was going on, he believed that he still had time to save everything
That was why he became slightly more rational
As the King was walking towards the town, he suddenly thought of something and said, “De Fu, get someone to fetch Lord Huai from the Lord Huai’s Mansion. He may not have any idea of what is going on here. The Imperial Army are the guards here, so it would be very difficult for him to pay a visit here. He must have been too busy to understand what is going on.” Although the King had somehow calmed himself down, he was still panicking inwardly. He was in a mess when he spoke of many things, but De Fu could understand what he was talking about.
He instantly started to arrange other eunuchs to inform Lord Huai.
The closer the King was to the Queen’s yard, the more nervous he became.
De Fu had been describing what the Queen was like all this while, but he had no idea what she looked like.
He was not sure whether he would be able to accept Jiang Shuang, who had become very sick, but no matter what happened, he was here to express his own feelings so that Jiang Shuang would not be so much disturbed.
The King was still feeling quite anxious when he came to the yard.
One step further, and he would come to the room where Jiang Shuang was resting.
The King walked in.
No one was stopping him, since the guards were all from the imperial army.
He knocked at the door and asked De Fu to open the door. The moment he walked in, he saw Zhao Yiqiu.
His expression sank instantly as he shouted loudly, “Zhao Yiqiu, what are you doing here?!”
“Get out of here! This is where my Queen is resting, you are not allowed to walk in and out as you wish!” The King became increasingly angry and raised his voice..