“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…” Li Jieyu kowtowed and begged for mercy, “I am truly innocent… It was Ning Wanyin who pushed me…”

Helian Qi frowned impatiently, "Noisy."

Wang Degui immediately took a few eunuchs with him and dragged Li Jieyu away...

Li Jieyu bit Ning Wanyin and pushed her.

She thought that although there was a witness named Tang Miaoling, she was Ning Wanyin's cousin and her words could not be considered as testimony.

There is no reliable evidence, and she and Ning Wanyin each insist on their own opinions. The emperor will not punish her casually anyway, right?

But unexpectedly, the emperor demoted her and drove her away without even asking a single question.

Helian Qi's eyes fell on the remaining Tang Miaoling, "What are you doing here?"

Tang Miaoling stole a glance at Ning Wanyin and instantly stuttered nervously: "Deliver medicine to... to my cousin."

"You two sisters have a deep affection for each other." Helian Qi looked at her with some surprise.

Ning Wanyin also looked at Tang Miaoling. Was she here to bring her medicine?

Tang Miaoling quickly handed the porcelain bottle in her palm to Ning Wanyin, "This is very good for reducing swelling..."

After saying this, he bowed to the emperor and hurriedly took his leave.

Helian Qi held Ning Wanyin's hand and entered Lingxue Pavilion. The moonlight sprinkled with starlight, reflecting the sparkling lotus pond.

Because of her injured knee, Ning Wanyin still walked unsteadily, with one leg higher than the other, even though she tried her best to control herself.

Helian Qi didn't think she had been wronged, but seeing her struggling to walk, he felt a little sympathy for her and asked out of the blue:

"Do you blame me for not protecting you all the time?"

Ning Wanyin's mind was racing. The emperor was obviously asking about the fact that he did not protect her in the Empress Dowager's palace this morning.

You can’t answer whether it’s strange or not.

Even if you answer that it's not strange, you are admitting that the emperor did not protect you.

As long as this matter exists, who dares to blame the emperor in front of him?

It would be strange if it wasn't strange.

"Your Majesty, why do you say that?" Ning Wanyin's mind was filled with various thoughts for only a moment, and she said in surprise, "Your Majesty has always protected me, hasn't he? If it weren't for you to uphold justice, I would have been bullied by Concubine Li... No, I would have been bullied by Concubine Li!"

Helian Qi's eyes fell on her knees, "What I mean is that the Queen Mother will punish you..."

"It is natural for the Queen Mother to admonish me. How can I let Your Majesty violate the rules of etiquette because of me?" Ning Wanyin smiled lightly and looked at Helian Qi:

"Moreover, the Queen Mother has never liked me. If it weren't for Your Majesty's sake, would you have punished me today?"

"Your Majesty has protected me, and I am grateful."

With the power of the Queen Mother, executing any powerless concubine was just a matter of finding an excuse.

She is still alive because the emperor is protecting her life.

Helian Qi was stunned. He always disliked stupidity and admired intelligent women.

Ning Wanyin seemed spoiled, but in fact she was smart, knowledgeable and interesting, which once again impressed him.

When I first met it, I felt it was a bit novel, but now I am really interested in it.

Helian Qi saw her walking cautiously and tremblingly.

He picked her up by the waist, strode through the flower path, and ordered the eunuch accompanying him, "Wang Degui, go ask the imperial physician to take a look."

Wang Degui bowed and left.

Entering the attic, Helian Qi saw rotten food on the table.

Ning Wanyin tugged at Helian Qi's sleeve and couldn't wait to complain: "Your Majesty, the food sent by the imperial kitchen is simply inedible..."

Her abdomen made a rumbling sound at an inopportune time.

I'm really hungry.

Helian Qi's eyebrows darkened, and he was also a little angry. He said, "Tell the steward of the imperial kitchen to come here immediately. Pass on my oral order and serve the meal!"

The accompanying eunuch immediately went to do it.

In just a moment, the female doctor from the Imperial Medical Bureau and the eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen arrived almost at the same time.

The head eunuch and a little eunuch knelt tremblingly on the ground outside the door, "I am guilty of death! Due to negligence, the servants mistakenly gave the food that was about to be thrown away to Lingxue Pavilion."

"I am guilty of death! It was all my fault for taking the wrong thing due to my negligence." The young eunuch also followed suit and apologized.

Helian Qi ignored them and just asked the female doctor who was checking the injuries behind the curtain:

"How is Lady Ning's injury?"

"The beauty's knee is swollen and congested. She needs blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine. She will be fine after resting for a few days." The female doctor replied respectfully.

Helian Qi's expression eased a little, "I'll leave Lady Ning's injury to you. Use the medicine well."

"Yes!" The female doctor quickly took the order, took out the medicine bottle from the medicine box she carried with her, and carefully applied the ointment to Ning Wanyin.

Helian Qi walked to the door and looked at the eunuch who was kneeling outside the door:

"You can make mistakes in such a small matter. You don't need to be the eunuch in charge of food anymore. You should be exiled to Xinzheku."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong... I know I was wrong..." The eunuch in charge of cooking kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Helian Qi ignored his pleas for mercy. How could a small eunuch dare to do such a thing? The eunuch in charge of the meal must know what happened today.

If he doesn't know, then he doesn't deserve to be in this position.

Wang Degui made a gesture, and the eunuchs accompanying him immediately dragged the chief eunuch and the young eunuch away...

After the female doctor finished giving the medicine, she bowed and left.

The table was once again filled with an exceptionally sumptuous meal.

Ning Wanyin came out with the help of Lian Rui and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for making the decision for me!"

She said this with great sincerity.

She is really hungry.

Seeing her trembling, Helian Qi stepped forward and extended his hand to support her, "Sit down and have your meal. You have been wronged today, and I want to compensate you. What do you want? Just tell me, I will grant you everything."

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