The emperor's various strange behaviors not only surprised Zong Zheng Xiaoting, but also made the empress dowager unable to hide her astonishment.

Zong Zheng Xiaoting secretly observed the little interactions and expressions between the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and chose not to give in.

"Since Your Majesty has cleared Xiaoting's name, then I wonder what the emperor should do about this insult?" As soon as Zong Zheng Xiaoting said this, the emperor frowned. Was he being so aggressive on purpose or out of ignorance?

"Princess, it seems that you have completely forgotten what I said that day?" With a warning, Gong Yunyang looked at Zongzheng Xiaoting with a stern face.

"It's not that Xiaoting has forgotten, but a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Everything has its second chance. Rather than being bullied by others, it is better to perish together with the queen." Zongzheng Xiaoting looked at the empress dowager. The smile on his face seemed to be tainted with murderous intent and had a chilling aura.

"I can guarantee that this will not happen again!" Gong Yunyang looked at Zong Zheng Xiaoting without giving any explanation and said, "If the princess doesn't understand, I will tell you myself."

"Oh? Really?" With a look of disdain, Zong Zheng Xiaoting remained noncommittal.

Situ Xunxiao, who had been silent for too long, only frowned slightly, but before he opened his mouth, he heard the emperor's threat, "I respect the princess, so I gave her the ability to be arrogant and lawless. If the princess still refuses to stop, my Yunguang Kingdom is not afraid of trouble! Of course, mother and Yunluo, I also think that you need to apologize to the princess!"

Using both soft and hard tactics? Zongzheng Xiaoting smiled secretly.

As expected, she looked at the Queen Mother and Gong Yunluo provocatively, "If the Queen Mother and the two princesses admit their mistakes and swear that there will be no next time, I can forget the grudge with a smile."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she was about to explode, but she heard the Emperor's words without hesitation, "Very good! Yunluo, mother, you should know that because of your actions, you almost destroyed the diplomatic relations between the two countries. And at this moment, Prime Minister Bai is still in Yunguang Kingdom. Isn't your action a naked provocation? Hmm?"

Gong Yunyang spoke more forcefully, with an air of oppression in his voice, not allowing the empress dowager and the others to say anything more. The empress dowager, who had never seen the emperor act like this, had to look at Zong Zheng Xiaoting's smug look and endure it again, looking at him reluctantly, "I was angry for a moment and acted inappropriately, please forgive me, princess."

Gong Yunfei, who was standing aside, knew that he could no longer stir up trouble due to the general trend of the situation. He could only suppress his anger, and pulled Gong Yunluo aside, smiling and making excuses.

"Well, my lord, I will not bear grudges. Let it go." Zong Zheng Xiaoting said reluctantly. There was sarcasm on his face, but no gentle smile.

At this moment, the commotion was gradually calmed down in the midst of reluctance. Although the emperor's handling of the situation was just a blunt excuse, at least a big thing was resolved. At this moment, Situ Xunxiao spoke again, "Princess, the wound on your face is red and swollen again. Come on, I will apply some on you."

After he finished speaking, Situ Xunxiao nodded to the emperor, ignored everyone, took Zongzheng Xiaoting's hand, and left the side hall.

"This!" Gong Yunluo was so angry that he wanted to say something, but was scolded by the emperor, "Isn't it embarrassing enough? Drive back to the palace!"

Putting aside his anger, Gong Yunyang left Tianxue Palace in a hurry, leaving everyone behind.

The empress dowager, who had long felt ashamed, left Tianxue Palace in anger, along with Gong Yunluo and others.

At this moment, Zong Zheng Xiaoting, who was pulled back to the inner hall by Situ Xunxiao, couldn't help but turn around and signal Qingqing to put out the fire. Unfortunately, when Qingqing and Ningshuang hurriedly caught up, they met the cold gaze of the War King. They couldn't help but feel timid. They just watched the War King, with anger in his eyes, slammed the door shut with a bang.

Ning Shuang stared at the wooden door and couldn't help but worry, "Qingqing, do you think the prince will do anything bad to the princess?"

"Isn't that possible?" Qingqing swallowed and looked at Nighthawk and Qinxiao hopefully. "Do you think our princess won't be hurt?"

"How is that possible!" Nighthawk and Qinxiao blurted out.

Seeing the tacit understanding between the two, Ningshuang and Qingqing asked in unison, "Why?"

"I say, you two little girls, don't you understand this?" Qin Xiao shook his head with a look of disgust.

"That's right, the prince is clearly showing that he feels sorry for her!" Nighthawk quickly agreed.

Qingqing and Ningshuang couldn't help but frown. Is this what it means to feel heartbroken? Qingqing pursed her lips and shook her head to deny it. "From what I can see from the prince's demeanor, he is clearly furious."

"You don't understand this. The prince just showed disdain for the emperor and didn't give him any face. That's how he was furious." Nighthawk stretched out his index finger and waved it left and right. "Now, looking at his angry look, isn't it because he feels sorry for the princess who framed someone else and got slapped in the face for no reason?"

Hearing this, Ning Shuang's eyes brightened up, "You mean, the prince likes the princess?"

Outside the inner hall, the two sides' confidants were excitedly leaking secrets to each other, but inside the hall, people were not as enthusiastic as outside.

Sitting quietly on the couch, Zong Zheng Xiaoting rubbed his brows helplessly. It was ok that Situ Xunxiao looked like he wanted to kill someone, yet he applied medicine to him so gently, but after applying the medicine, he sat like an ice sculpture, motionless. What on earth was he trying to do?

Looking at Situ Xunxiao who had been silent for a long time, Zong Zheng Xiaoting slightly opened his lips, but then felt something was wrong and closed them again. At this time, Situ Xunxiao seemed to be easily irritated. When he was unsure, he would naturally say more and make more mistakes, and say less and make fewer mistakes, right? In this case, silence is better! Zong Zheng Xiaoting, who had made up his mind, closed his mouth tightly again, imitating Situ Xunxiao to sit quietly, not daring to move.

There was silence, and the stalemate lasted for half an hour. During the stalemate, Zong Zheng Xiaoting couldn't help but doze off.

"Zong Zheng Xiaoting!" Situ Xunxiao's anger made him grit his teeth, which sounded scary and woke up the drowsy person.

"Here!" Zongzheng Xiaoting sat up straight, looking at Situ Xunxiao with a smile, like a good boy, "I wonder if the prince has any advice for me?"

"Stop playing dumb in front of me." After a cold snort, Situ Xunxiao's expression softened a little.

"Eh? Hehe..." Zongzheng Xiaoting laughed dryly a few times, "Xiaoting really doesn't know how to guess the prince's thoughts. Could it be that the prince was angry and ate the bug because of Xiaoting? I tell you, that is really nutritious, I swear!"

Zong Zheng Xiaoting was determined to play dumb, and she raised her right hand towards Situ Xunxiao with great sincerity, as if swearing an oath.

"Zong Zheng Xiaoting!" Another angry roar rang out in the house. At this moment, Situ Xunxiao could no longer suppress his mad anger and glared at Zong Zheng Xiaoting viciously.