Chapter 24: Caught in adultery: Waking up in his arms

Zhao Shizhu leaned forward slightly and opened his thin lips: "Aci, you must have drunk too much and are talking nonsense. Why would I drug you for no reason?"

Su Ci wanted to say something, but he felt dizzy and as if a thousand pounds weighed on his head: "Just, just you..."

Before she could finish the word "medicine", she fell backwards.

Zhao Shizhu acted in time and grabbed Su Ci who was about to fall to the ground, and his consciousness fell into unconsciousness.

Qi Xi, who was eavesdropping outside, felt that the time was about right, so he went inside and asked, "Your Highness, are you sure you want to do this?"

His Highness could have any kind of woman he wanted, but why he had to "put so much thought into" Su Ci? He really couldn't understand why.

Even if Su Ci didn't want to marry His Highness, there was no need for His Highness to drug her, right? It had to be said that His Highness was actually a vengeful person.

"This is just the result she wants, and I will fulfill her wish!" Zhao Shizhu curled his lips indifferently.

If this method could make Su Ci accept her fate and marry him, it would save a lot of trouble.

He was going to marry her after all.

Give him to another woman? How dare she!
Su Hua, who was hiding in the dormitory and eavesdropping, felt her heart sink when she heard this.

The lover she had been thinking about so much actually drugged Su Ci. It was obvious that he was trying to take revenge on Su Ci and tricked Su Ci.

Although Su Ci had only revealed a little before, she guessed that Su Ci wanted to match her up with Zhao Shizhu. In order to clear herself, she pretended to be drunk, thinking that when the truth came to light, no one would blame her, after all, these things were all done by Su Ci.

As it turned out, she was right. Su Ci actually sent her to Zhao Shizhu's bed.

Although she didn't understand why Su Ci was so stupid as to give her to Zhao Shizhu, this was exactly what she wanted. She was only worried that she would not have the chance to get close to a dragon among men like Zhao Shizhu.

Even if she was just Zhao Shizhu's concubine, it would be her luck.

Unfortunately, at the critical moment, Zhao Shizhu suddenly woke up. To be precise, Zhao Shizhu was pretending to be drunk just like her.

She was just glad that she was more careful and Zhao Shizhu did not suspect her.

Seeing that Zhao Shizhu had drugged Su Ci, she felt jealous, but was certain that Zhao Shizhu had no romantic feelings for Su Ci.

From the way Zhao Shizhu looked at Su Ci, it was clear that Zhao Shizhu didn't like Su Ci at all.

The one Zhao Shizhu wanted to marry was only the daughter of Marquis Xuanping.

In fact, she couldn't understand why Zhao Shizhu was so interested in Xuanping Marquis's Mansion. Although her father had made great military achievements in the past, he was also suspected by the current emperor because his achievements were greater than his master. Therefore, her father took the initiative to hand over the military power and stay away from the capital.

In this case, what did Zhao Shizhu like about the Xuanping Marquis Mansion?

She lay back on the bed quietly, her thoughts in a mess.

Knowing that Zhao Shizhu had drugged Su Ci and might have done the same thing as Su Ci, she could not stop him and could do nothing but watch the marriage being finalized.

Soon, Qi Xi's voice came from outside: "Your Highness, how do you deal with Miss Su San?"

Su Hua pricked up her ears and eavesdropped for a while before she heard Zhao Shizhu reply, "Send the third young lady out of the west side hall and place her wherever you like."

When Su Hua heard this, her heart sank.

It was true that Zhao Shizhu didn't like Su Ci, and he wasn't that special to her. It was only thanks to the fact that she was a girl from the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion that she had the opportunity to meet Zhao Shizhu.

Although she was unable to sleep with him today, as long as Su Ci was around, she would always have the chance to become Zhao Shizhu's bedside companion in the future.

It was almost midnight when Su Fu came out of the Qianhu Residence. At this time, two drunken military officers happened to pass by him. One of them said incoherently: "Are you sure Miss Su is really going to serve Prince Duan?"

"Don't say anymore, this is probably just a rumor..." another military officer replied hurriedly.

Su Fu frowned as he looked at the two military officers going away, then quickly mounted his horse and rode towards the Marquis Xuanping's mansion.

Su Lian had already gone to bed and did not expect to be pulled out of bed by his eldest son.

"Can't you say it tomorrow? Why do you have to disturb your father's sleep at this time?" Su Lian said unhappily.

"I went to Shangxinyuan just now, but didn't see Aci. I heard from Sanmei that Aci went to serve Prince Duan?" Su Fu asked anxiously.

Su Lian knew that he could not keep this secret, so he told his eldest son what had happened during the day.

"Ah Ci was so reckless that he had the guts to drug Prince Duan, and now he's been caught. I have no choice but to let him take Ah Ci away!"

"Are you still Ah Ci's father? How important is a daughter's reputation? You actually asked her to serve His Royal Highness Prince Duan. If she fails to marry into Prince Duan's mansion, how can she marry in the future?" Su Fu became more and more anxious. "No, I have to take Ah Ci home."

"If you go there at this hour, they will only think you are an assassin and arrest you. Now that things have come to this, you should wait until dawn before going. Ah Ci has been smart since she was a child, she will be fine. Although Prince Duan is scheming, he will not do anything to Ah Ci. I am worried that Ah Ci will lose control and do something to Prince Duan..."

Su Fu couldn't listen any more. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked too. It was his father's pampering that made Ah Ci act more and more absurd.

He couldn't sleep that night, so he left home before dawn and went to Prince Duan's Mansion.

He originally thought that he would have to go through some twists and turns before he could meet Zhao Shizhu, but after he entered the palace, a maid led the way in front of him, and soon he arrived at Jingyuanzhai.

He was not bound by etiquette and just wanted to see Su Ci as soon as possible and bring Su Ci home.

If he went to see Zhao Shizhu first, he might not be able to take Su Ci away.

"Master Su, Miss Su stayed in the west side hall yesterday. I will take you to see her." Just as the maid finished her words, there was a noise outside.

Soon, a middle-aged woman in plain clothes appeared. She was about 40 years old and had very few ornaments on her body. Although she was old, it was still possible to see that she was very graceful when she was young.

It was Zhao Shizhu's adoptive mother, Zhang, the lady dowager of Prince Duan's mansion.

Zhang was one of the emperor's concubines. Because she had no children for many years and Zhao Shizhu's mother died early, she adopted Zhao Shizhu. Unfortunately, Zhao Shizhu was not valued by the emperor, and she was also neglected in the harem.

In the year when Zhao Shizhu was crowned king, Zhang left the harem and moved to Liangzhou with Zhao Shizhu.

Su Fu had met Zhang before, and when he saw Zhang appear, he hurried forward to greet her.

Zhang exempted Su Fu from the gift and smiled kindly: "I heard that Miss Su lived in the West Side Hall, so I prepared some snacks and sent them to Miss Su."

Speaking of this, she looked around and asked, "Why is there no servant serving in the West Side Hall?"

At this time, Lu Yi hurried in and called another maid into the bedroom. Then Lu Yi's scream was heard from the room.

Everyone's faces changed. Zhang went to the bedroom with the help of her maid. Su Hua also happened to come and rushed into the room when she heard the noise.

Su Fu was extremely anxious, but he couldn't rush in to see what was going on.

In the dormitory, Su Ci opened his eyes when he heard the noise, only to find that someone was holding him in the chest and he couldn't move.

She opened her eyes drowsily, only to meet Zhao Shizhu's sleepy eyes.

There were gasps coming from all around her, and she would have had to be deaf to not hear them.

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