vstars Chapter 545 Were we set up?
Chapter 545 Were we set up?
Chaos erupted in the tent. The soldiers quickly helped the Crown Prince put on his clothes and then led the others out of the tent.
Ye Qing'an then re-entered the tent, frowning as she looked at the Crown Prince lying on the bed: "Has the Crown Prince not yet woken up?"
"Hmm." Yi Xiao nodded: "I sent someone to invite the military doctor, but some time has passed and I don't know why the military doctor hasn't come over yet."
Yi Xiao sighed: "Apart from this, I don't know how to explain to the Crown Prince or to my father."
Ye Qing'an blinked: "I only vaguely remembered what the general said. I don't know what exactly happened. Why did His Highness the Crown Prince think I was in the tent and choose to rush in alone to rescue me? Why didn't he take the soldiers with him?"
"And why, after discovering the aphrodisiac in the smoke and being drugged, did he not summon the imperial physician, but instead send all his soldiers away?"
Yi Xiao lowered her eyes: "I don't know either. We can only wait until the military doctor arrives and His Highness the Crown Prince wakes up, and then ask him."
Yi Xiao and Ye Qing'an waited for quite a while, but the army doctor still didn't arrive.
Yi Xiao frowned: "Why hasn't the general physician been summoned yet? Someone come here!"
A soldier walked in from outside the tent: "Your Highness."
"Go and fetch a military doctor."
Before the military doctor could arrive, the crown prince had already woken up, his eyes somewhat blank, as if he did not know what had happened.
"Your Majesty." The Fifth Prince hurriedly went over.
"Royal brother?" The Crown Prince frowned, looking puzzled. He tried to get up, but as soon as he moved, he found that his whole body felt like it was falling apart, and he was in excruciating pain...
"Ah..." the prince exclaimed, then suddenly collapsed to the ground: "It hurts."
"What's going on?" the Crown Prince asked, his gaze sweeping across the tent before settling on Ye Qing'an.
Ye Qing'an...
The prince gradually regained his senses, and fragments of memories flashed through his mind.
A fire broke out in the camp, trapping Ye Qing'an inside his tent. He ordered the fire extinguished, then rushed in. Ye Qing'an was found unconscious on the bed, and he conceived a plan to take advantage of the situation and have physical intimacy with her…
He remembered entering the tent, taking off Ye Qing'an's clothes, and then...
Then he had a relationship with Ye Qing'an, he remembered.
But why was Ye Qing'an standing there, as if nothing had happened, while he felt weak all over?
Yi Xiao opened her mouth, but seemed unable to say it, and only turned around to look at Ye Qing'an.
Ye Qing'an quickly said, "If Your Highnesses have something to discuss, I will take my leave now. I am right outside the door. If Your Highnesses need anything, please feel free to summon me."
After saying that, he walked straight out.
"Wait..." The Crown Prince was about to call out to Ye Qing'an when he was interrupted by Yi Xiao, whose eyes were filled with sorrow: "I'm afraid my brother has been tricked."
"Were we set up?" The crown prince looked bewildered.
Yi Xiao took a deep breath and told the Crown Prince what had happened.
"Impossible, how could that be? I remember, when I came in, Ye Qing'an was lying on the bed. What nonsense are you spouting? How could I possibly be with a man..."
"But that's the truth. Many people saw what happened just now. Moreover, I asked the man next to my brother to fetch the army doctor, but he couldn't get one after a long time. I suspect that my brother has planted someone there. The smoke in the camp is probably not just some kind of sleeping potion or aphrodisiac, but also some kind of hallucinogenic drug."
"That's why Your Majesty thought the person in the tent was Miss Ye." The Fifth Prince pursed his lips. "But in fact, Miss Ye has never been in this tent, nor has she ever seen Your Majesty, nor has anything happened between them..."
The prince gripped the bedsheet beneath him tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hands.
"You mean? The commander of my personal guards is missing?"
Yi Xiao nodded: "When my brother came over earlier, I heard him talk about it, and I felt that this matter was really strange. I wanted to come and see, but he stopped me and wouldn't let me get close no matter what."
"Later, while the two of us were arguing, Miss Ye suddenly appeared. Even though Miss Ye appeared, that person still refused to let us come over to check."
"I just asked him to fetch a military doctor, but for some reason, he hasn't been able to come."
The crown prince's face paled even further as he repeatedly recalled what had happened earlier.
"Your Highness, the army doctor has arrived."
The crown prince suddenly raised his head: "Didn't you invite the general physician?"
Having said that, before the Fifth Prince could say anything, he raised his voice and said, "Why aren't you coming in yet?"
A soldier led a military doctor in. The Fifth Prince frowned as he looked at the soldier leading the doctor in: "This shouldn't be the commander of my brother's personal guards, right? This is the person I sent out again after he hadn't returned for a long time."
The crown prince glanced at the soldier before turning to the military doctor: "Did Li You, who was with me earlier, go to the military medical camp?"
"No, not at all," the military doctor hurriedly replied. "I have been in the medical camp the whole time. General Li has not been here."
"Find him!" the crown prince gritted his teeth. "Send people to search, even if it means digging the entire camp three feet deep, you must find him for me."
"Yes!"
"I'll trouble the military physician to examine Your Majesty. I'll take my leave now and wait at the door."
The crown prince remained silent, which seemed to indicate his agreement.
The Fifth Prince retreated to the doorway and looked up at Ye Qing'an, who was standing outside the door.
Ye Qing'an's lips curled up, and he raised his hand to form a soundproof barrier: "Your Highness is indeed amazing. Even after such a change and such a thing, you are still so calm."
"It's just because he didn't witness the scene firsthand, so he doesn't know what a shocking sight we saw. But he'll gradually come to his senses; after all, you and I weren't the only ones who saw it. He doesn't really trust me."
“He didn’t believe everything I just said. He will try to find someone to verify it, and he will only explode when he finds out what happened and what the situation was.”
Ye Qing'an nodded and looked up at Yi Xiao: "When the fire started earlier, didn't the Fifth Prince hear anything?"
"Of course I heard it." Yi Xiao gave a bitter smile. "I originally planned to come over, but the Crown Prince stopped me. There was a sudden night attack, and the Crown Prince sent me to deal with it. I was surrounded by the assassins who came during the night attack. Later, I don't know why, the assassins didn't make things difficult for me and ran away on their own."