Chapter 892: The Young Empress (29)

The moment those words left Tang Nuoyue's mouth, Su Qing and Nan Yunchuan exchanged glances.

Even Xiao Jin felt a headache coming on.

Sometimes, scheming against a fool wasn't nearly as easy as people imagined.

Who knew how a fool's mind worked?

Now their plan to win over Yin Qiu and Shan Ge had become impossible.

After all, they had just finished telling Tang Nuoyue that the Empress was likely plotting against her.

Tang Nuoyue now suspected that Yin Qiu and Shan Ge were the Empress's people. Until they could prove the two men's innocence, getting involved with them would only deepen Tang Nuoyue's suspicions.

Just thinking about it was enough to make their heads hurt.

The entire purpose of this trip outside the palace had been to plant doubts in Tang Nuoyue's mind and make her believe the Empress intended to harm her.

Of course, for the sake of future plans, they intended to arrange many more incidents that would gradually convince Tang Nuoyue to trust only them.

But for today...

There was nothing more to do.

The three men exchanged looks before Su Qing and Nan Yunchuan finally bid Tang Nuoyue farewell and left.

Tang Guo and the system had watched the entire scene unfold.

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

Then Tang Guo spoke first.

"System, doesn't this situation seem strangely familiar?"

【Now that you mention it, Host, it really does.】

"Have you remembered where you've seen it before?"

【I have! Host, isn't this exactly like those prince novels we used to read years ago? The really scummy prince type. The only difference is that this time the prince happens to be a woman.】

Tang Guo nodded.

She had remembered as well.

This Tang Nuoyue...

It seemed she had decided to follow the route of a scumbag prince.

Neither of them spoke further because they suddenly noticed something unexpected.

Tang Nuoyue had gone to Shan Ge's residence.

【Host, what is the Moon Prince planning to do now?】

Tang Guo shook her head.

At first, she had assumed Tang Nuoyue was driven entirely by hatred and focused solely on revenge.

Yet later, Tang Nuoyue had managed to coexist peacefully with these men.

Not only that, she hadn't rejected their flirtations or ambiguous advances.

She had married Xiao Jin and even shared a bed with him, appearing perfectly satisfied.

In many ways, she behaved exactly like a genuine noblewoman of a female-dominated kingdom—one who doted on her husbands and consorts.

Even after Su Qing and Nan Yunchuan appeared, despite knowing their motives, Tang Nuoyue hadn't rejected them.

Instead, she had continued following the original script.

Tang Guo was genuinely curious.

What exactly was Tang Nuoyue trying to do?

Now, after everyone else had left, she had come to Shan Ge's chambers.

That made things rather interesting.

"Principal Husband, I've wronged you today."

Shan Ge truly felt aggrieved.

His fate had never been a fortunate one.

Years ago, he had been forced to marry the foolish Prince of the Western Saint Kingdom, becoming the target of endless ridicule.

And recently...

The grievances had only piled up.

Yet what choice did he have?

Tang Nuoyue was a prince of the Western Saint Kingdom.

He had no ability to resist her.

"What is Your Highness saying?" Shan Ge replied softly. "Your Highness was right to reprimand me earlier. Shan Ge should not have appeared outside and disturbed Your Highness's enjoyment."

Tang Nuoyue sighed.

Walking to his side, she reached out and lightly tugged on his sleeve.

"Principal Husband..."

A chill ran through Shan Ge.

What was the Prince doing now?

Tang Nuoyue wore a deeply wronged expression.

"I didn't want to treat you that way either. I had no choice."

Shan Ge felt suspicious, but he still wanted to hear her explanation.

"I suspect those people have ulterior motives for approaching me."

Shan Ge was startled.

"Why would Your Highness think that?"

Tang Nuoyue immediately pulled him over to sit down.

Then she recounted everything that had happened between herself, Su Qing, and Nan Yunchuan.

Shan Ge was actually a very intelligent man.

As he listened to her description, he gradually began to feel that the entire situation was indeed rather suspicious.