Chapter 584: Another Plot 1 (1/2)

Within a side room in Qingxi Hall, Muxaing was seated next to a desk. A single candle was lit, its flickering flame causing the shadows on Muxiang’s face to ebb and flow.

Someone knocked on the door at this time, to which Muxiang answered, “Enter.”

A maidservant pushed the door open and came into the room. She turned to lock the door before quickly moving to Muxiang.

Muxiang was seated with her back to the light, dressed in a pretty azure dress embroidered with butterflies, very different from what most maidservants wore. She glanced over at the maidservant, who startled and hurriedly lowered her head, standing to attention.

“How is it?”

“Replying to Miss Muxiang, this servant has already gone out to investigate. Everything happened as we predicted, except for one thing… When Second Young Master drank that sobering soup, there were no changes in him.”

Muxiang let out a peal of laughter. “How lucky for him.”

After a slight pause, she asked, “How did Pan Nianzhen enter Eldest Young Master’s room?”

The maidservant replied in detail, “After she drank that ‘medicine’, she headed straight for Third Young Master’s room. However, Third Young Master had already left, so she entered Second Young Master’s room instead. When Third Young Master went to the inner court, Second Young Master took Third Young Master’s room, leaving her with no choice but to go to Eldest Young Master’s room instead.”

He Dalang had drunk too much that night. His days hadn’t been going smoothly either. In his drunkenness, he had mistaken Pan Nianzhen for Madam Zou…

In order to bolster her courage, Pan Nianzhen had also taken an aphrodisiac. By the time she reached He Changqi’s bedside, her mind had already turned fuzzy, so she didn’t even notice that the man she was with wasn’t He Changdi.

Through this series of mishaps, the two of them had slept together. Of course, Muxiang had her own part to play in causing this mess.

Pan Nianzhen had not wanted to take the drug at first. However, her maidservant Pinglu had persuaded her otherwise and she had taken the aphrodisiac. Otherwise, if Pan Nianzhen had been clear-minded, none of this would have happened.

A mocking curve appeared on Muxiang’s lips.

Even a country bumpkin like Pan Nianzhen wanted to have He Changdi?

She had been practically asking for it.