readsfreenovel Chapter 444: Heart-breaking
Chapter 444: Heart-breaking
"Whether it's about love or money, I have never helped him before. He needs me the most right now. I must accompany him this time and help him through this difficult time."
gladiolus:"……"
She knew that Concubine Li was just giving it her all this time, so she didn't try to persuade her.
The next morning, Luo Jingshen and Concubine Li got up at the same time, as neither of them had slept all night.
The difference is, one wants to go to the palace to file a complaint, while the other wants to accompany him through the difficult times.
Concubine Li rode in a carriage and headed out of the palace, while Luo Jingshen dressed neatly and walked into the palace.
The two met by chance at the gate of the East Palace.
Luo Jingshen looked at the carriage parked at the door and became suspicious. Today was a holiday, so why would someone come to the East Palace to find him so early?
The curtain was lifted, and Concubine Li walked down from the carriage. When she looked up and saw Luo Jingshen standing in front of her, she was surprised.
"Your Highness, why are you here?"
Luo Jingshen: "..."
He looked at Concubine Li as if she was a fool. This was the entrance to his mansion. Wasn't it normal for him to be here?
But Concubine Li came to see him so early in the morning. Could it be that she already knew that he was going to report her, so she came to stop him?
Luo Jingshen narrowed his eyes and decided to give it a try.
"I have something I want to go to the palace for. I wonder why Concubine Li came so early?"
Concubine Li looked at him and smiled gently, "Your Highness said yesterday that you were short of silver, so I helped you collect another 50,000 taels. I'm not afraid that you'll need it urgently, so I sent it to you early this morning!"
"If Your Highness has other important matters, please go and do them first. I will wait for you here."
When he learned that Concubine Li was here to give him some silver, Luo Jingshen instantly became interested and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"My business is not important. It's okay to do it later."
"I am very pleased that Concubine Li is so concerned about me. Why don't you come in and sit with me?"
Concubine Li was exactly what she wanted when she proposed this, and she agreed without thinking.
"Okay, then I will respectfully obey your command!"
She secretly thought that the prince must have something important to do since he went out so early.
But when he met me, he put his own affairs aside.
So in his heart, am I more important than his affairs?
Concubine Li thought happily and followed Luo Jingshen into the East Palace.
The two came to the front hall, and the maid brought steaming hot tea. Concubine Li naturally took the teapot and poured a cup for Luo Jingshen.
She looked at the ice cream and cold cheese on the table and said, "It's cold today, Your Highness should not eat anything too cold in the morning, as it can easily hurt your stomach."
"You don't have a princess to take care of your daily life. Although Your Highness is still young, you must take good care of your body."
After Concubine Li finished her rambling, she found that the person on the other side did not respond to her.
When she looked up, she saw Luo Jingshen staring at her without blinking, with a very complicated look in his eyes.
Concubine Li thought there was something on her face, so she quickly touched her face.
"Why is your Highness the Crown Prince looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
Luo Jingshen chuckled softly, but the look he gave was intriguing.
"Empress Li is so young and beautiful, she doesn't look like a woman who has given birth to two children at all."
Concubine Li was slightly delighted, as she thought Luo Jingshen was praising her for her good maintenance.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Luo Jingshen say, "I suddenly realized that Concubine Li doesn't look like King Ye at all. Could he be someone's illegitimate child?"
Concubine Li: "..."
Concubine Li: "!!!"
When she heard this, the smile on her face froze instantly. She widened her eyes and asked, "Why do you say that, Your Highness?"
Concubine Li was looking forward to Luo Jingshen's reply, but was also afraid of his answer.
God knows, at this moment, her heart is about to jump out!
She thought Luo Jingshen had discovered something, and she was nervous but more afraid of the unknown.
Luo Jingshen took in Concubine Li's reaction, and the smile in his eyes deepened.
"I heard something recently, and I don't know if it's true or not. Madam Li, please don't be angry after hearing it."
Concubine Li only felt a bad premonition in her heart, and then she heard Luo Jingshen say slowly:
"I heard that before Concubine Li entered the palace, she had already secretly married another man. You were originally going to get married, but by some strange coincidence, you were chosen by our father to enter the palace."
"Although you enjoyed wealth and splendor, you were not happy in the palace. You longed to see that man again, so you deliberately distanced yourself from your father and created an appearance of not competing or being favored."
"You agreed to meet at Huayang Temple outside the city on the first and fifteenth day of every month and stay for a day or a few hours. This secret relationship lasted for twenty-three years."
"I don't know, is what I heard true?"
Concubine Li: "..."
Concubine Li: "!!!"
These words had a huge impact on her.
Her face turned pale and the tea in front of her spilled onto the table without her noticing.
The excessive tension exposed the fear in Concubine Li's heart, and Luo Jingshen sneered.
"It seems that the rumors I heard were not false."
Luo Jingshen's original intention was just to test whether Concubine Li was really having an affair with that man.
Judging from the looks of it, it’s almost correct!
Now he is even more certain that Luo Junhe is not Emperor Jingyang's son!
Luo Jingshen looked at Concubine Li with mockery and contempt in his eyes.
Concubine Li came to her senses belatedly. Although she didn't know where Luo Jingshen heard it from, she knew it was actually pretty close to the truth!
Especially the way the other person looked at her, as if he was looking at something dirty, that look deeply hurt Concubine Li's heart.
With red eyes, she asked, "Your Highness, do you believe this kind of thing of accusing me without any evidence?"
Luo Jingshen sneered and said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. The question is whether Concubine Li has done anything to let down my father."
"Now I have reason to suspect that Luo Junhe is not my father's child at all. It is not difficult to verify this kind of thing. All we need to do is let Luo Junhe and my father do a blood test!"
"If he is not, then Father will have reason to punish him, and I can also get rid of him, a major threat to me. Why not do it?"
Concubine Li's face turned pale and she took a step back, looking at Luo Jingshen in disbelief.
"So, you were in a hurry to go out this morning just to go to the palace to talk to your father about this?"