Rong Qingqing was incredulous upon hearing this, but after a moment's thought, she realized it was Hua Yin's doing. She did all that to use Xingchun's words to let her know that Xie Jingrun had slept with her, thereby sowing discord between her and Xie Jingrun.
However, Huayin did not expect that Xingchun, in order not to upset her, had not told her about the matter at all, which led to what happened in Nanyuan this morning.
"You saw the blood on the quilt and the torn clothes, so you assumed that the Emperor really slept with Huayin?" she asked.
Xingchun nodded, "Yes." After a pause, she couldn't help but add, "When I saw that scene, I thought..."
She didn't say anything more, but Rong Qingqing knew that she still believed that Xie Jingrun had slept with Hua Yin.
"It's all fake. The Emperor didn't sleep with Huayin. She staged all of that to use you to tell me this."
Xingchun was stunned. "But why is there blood... and when I saw her, she was covered in bruises, it looked like..."
Rong Qingqing said with a laugh, "It's very simple. Just prick the skin anywhere and you can get blood on the blanket. As for the bruises on her body, just pinch them a few times and you'll have them."
Xingchun said incredulously, "It can be done like this? This servant thought that Miss Hua was not yet married, so I thought..."
"You thought she couldn't possibly know these things?" Rong Qingqing said with a smile. "If you're willing, it's not difficult to find out these things."
Xingchun stammered, unable to speak.
Because of this matter, she has been restless and uneasy for some time now, harboring a secret she cannot tell anyone, which is really too painful. But now she has learned that things are not as she thought, and that she was just making trouble for herself.
She suddenly felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.
...
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. At noon, a banquet was held in Nanyuan to entertain the court officials, so no further banquet was held in the evening.
However, because it was a festival, a family banquet was held in the palace that evening. Originally, this banquet should have been held in Shouning Palace, but the Empress Dowager wanted it to be held in Taichen Palace. Taichen Palace and Shouning Palace are relatively close, and it would be quite convenient for the Empress Dowager to go there from Shouning Palace, so no one objected.
There were no other outsiders at the family banquet, just a few people from the palace.
Xie Jingrun, Rong Qingqing, Feng Xin, and then the Empress Dowager and the Emperor Emeritus. There was originally also Princess Huaiyin, but she returned to Huaiyin some time ago.
Therefore, only five people attended this family dinner.
Although there were relatively few people, the atmosphere was still quite harmonious because the Empress Dowager had come to her senses and stopped targeting Rong Qingqing.
When the family gathered for a meal, the happiest person was Emperor Zhaojing.
He was very pleased to see everyone getting along so well.
In his excitement, he drank two more glasses of wine.
He had intended to ask Xie Jingrun to have a drink with him, but considering Xie's alcohol tolerance, he swallowed the words he was about to say.
Rong Qingqing and Feng Xin, however, drank two cups with him.
Everyone enjoyed the meal.
When the party was over, Rong Qingqing noticed that Feng Xin seemed a little drunk, so she said with some concern, "Let us take you home."
Feng Xin waved her hand, "No need, no need. It's so close, why would we need to see you off? You and the Emperor should go back and rest early. I think Father and Grandmother are looking forward to holding their grandchildren and great-grandchildren soon." After saying that, as if afraid that Rong Qingqing would not understand her words, she winked at her.
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