Guo Li composed herself and curtsied to her, saying, "I acted rashly in a moment of panic, please forgive me, Your Majesty." She then raised her hand to touch her face, "Your Majesty hurt me. Although I am somewhat handsome, I am no match for Your Majesty's beauty. Your Majesty need not take it to heart..."
The implication was that Rong Qingqing was jealous of her beauty and wanted to ruin her appearance.
Feng Xin and the others were dumbfounded. Without even asking, they knew that the other person thought the same thing.
Rong Qingqing scoffed coldly, "You don't need to try to provoke me, it's useless. By the way, the Emperor Emeritus you were hoping for won't be coming, you can give up now."
Upon hearing this, Guo Li's heart sank, but she still refused to show weakness, instead pretending to be indifferent, "Your Majesty is overthinking it, I have no expectations of the Emperor Emeritus..."
"It's good that you don't have one, so you won't be disappointed." Rong Qingqing released her, stared at her face, and said with a smile, "Don't think that just because you have a face similar to Consort Li, you can do whatever you want."
"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Guo Li clenched her fingers and said nonchalantly.
“You know perfectly well.” Rong Qingqing was too lazy to waste words with her. Just as she was about to say something to Xie Jingxuan, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.
"What's going on? Didn't we agree on auctioning off the beauty's virginity? Where is she?"
"Are you kidding us?"
The sounds of swearing and cursing from the guests outside kept drifting in.
Guo Li's heart skipped a beat, and she fixed her gaze on the door not far away.
She could escape as soon as she rushed over and opened the door.
However, before she could make a move, a sharp pain suddenly shot through the back of her head with a "smack".
She only had time to turn her head, and when she saw the person who hit her, she was filled with hatred and anger. Her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed to the ground.
Rong Qingqing glanced at the vase in her hand and said in surprise, "This vase is quite sturdy. Even though the person was knocked unconscious, it didn't crack."
Feng Xin and the others: "..."
It took them a long while to come to their senses.
Feng Xin looked at Rong Qingqing in a daze, "Sister-in-law, why did you knock her unconscious?"
"How can we get her out of Chunyan Tower without knocking her out?" Rong Qingqing put the vase back on the table and said nonchalantly. Although the madam had already given her the girl, Guo Li wouldn't go with her obediently, so she had no choice but to knock her out.
Feng Xin's eyes widened. "You're going to take her away with you?"
“Yes, what else?” Rong Qingqing retorted.
Hearing this, Feng Xin finally understood why her sister-in-law had suddenly come to Chunyan Tower tonight. "So, you came here specifically for her tonight?"
“If I hadn’t come, this piece of dog shit would probably have stuck to your father again.” Rong Qingqing sighed and said helplessly, “She made such a big fuss just to get your father to redeem her. Your father was indeed going to redeem her and had already instructed Haifu. It was only after much persuasion that I managed to convince Haifu to stop.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Xin felt even more disgusted with Guo Li. "How can there be such a shameless person?"
Rong Qingqing walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked downstairs.
She had intended to check the situation outside, but as soon as she opened the window, she saw someone who shouldn't be there at this time.
Her expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly closed the window.
Xie Jingxuan noticed her unusual behavior and asked with concern, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Why are you so flustered?"
Rong Qingqing did not answer, but helped Guo Li up from the ground and pushed her into his arms. "Xie Jingxuan, I remember you still owe me a huge favor. Tonight is the perfect time for you to repay it."
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