Chapter 155 What does the Queen mean?
Feng Xiyao heard the news about Concubine Li from Ying'er.
When Concubine Li was forced to kneel, Ying'er secretly ran over and begged him to save Concubine Li.
Kneeling outside in such a cold weather, how could Concubine Li, with her delicate body, endure it?
Feng Xiyao frowned: "Did Concubine Li really not do anything?"
Ying'er cried and shook her head, and told her everything that happened yesterday.
"My mother really didn't hit her yesterday, she didn't even touch her, she ran over and bumped into me, then she slapped herself. My mother really didn't hit her!"
After hearing this, Feng Xiyao felt that Concubine Li had really changed a lot. If it were in the past, she would never let someone off without beating him up, but now she just let him go!
Ying'er knelt on the ground, begging with tears streaming down her face: "Empress, the Emperor does not allow anyone to plead for mercy. I can only beg you. Please go and explain things to the Emperor."
…
Feng Xiyao brought Ruyi and several palace maids to the Purple Gold Palace. From a distance, they saw a pretty figure kneeling in the snow, shivering from the cold.
She walked over quickly, untied her cloak and put it on Concubine Li.
Concubine Li suddenly felt warm and when she raised her eyes she met Feng Xiyao.
"What's wrong?"
Feeling suddenly cared for, Concubine Li's eyes turned red, but she still raised her chin proudly.
"Don't make fun of me!"
Knowing that she was a proud and coquettish girl, Feng Xiyao didn't take it seriously. He held her arm and asked, "Can you get up again?"
“…”
After kneeling for a while, Concubine Li shook her head embarrassedly.
Nanny Fang immediately stopped them when she saw this: "Your Majesty, Concubine Li did something wrong, and the Emperor personally punished her to kneel here!"
Feng Xiyao raised her eyes and cast a cold gaze on Nanny Fang.
"What did Concubine Li do wrong?"
“…”
Nanny Fang was about to say something, but was frightened by her cold eyes and retreated back, not daring to speak.
Feng Xiyao withdrew his gaze coldly, asked Ying'er and Ruyi to help Concubine Li up, and then walked towards the Purple Gold Palace with difficulty.
After entering, she looked up and saw the woman standing next to Mo Cangyan. She clasped her hands and stood obediently beside the man.
When Mo Cangyan heard the voice, he shifted his gaze from the memorial to the people who walked in.
Seeing Feng Xiyao and Concubine Li walking in, he frowned deeply.
"What does the Queen mean?"
Feng Xiyao met Mo Cangyan's cold eyes and walked straight up to him.
"Your Majesty, it's too much to punish Concubine Li without any investigation. After all, she is also your concubine!"
Mo Cangyan said in a cold tone: "We all know what kind of personality Concubine Li has..."
Feng Xiyao met his gaze: "Then the emperor must have made a mistake this time!"
Then, she looked at Song Qianxue and asked, "Did Concubine Li beat you?"
“…”
Song Qianxue was stunned by the question and looked at Mo Cangyan nervously and aggrieved.
Mo Cangyan frowned: "Is the Queen forcing Miss Qianxue?"
Hearing his defensive tone, Feng Xiyao suppressed the anger in her heart and sneered.
"Your Majesty is so protective of Miss Xue, how could I possibly force her? I am only here to state the facts!"
“…”
Feng Xiyao specially brought over a few palace maids who passed by Yu Garden yesterday and asked them.
"You passed by Yu Garden yesterday and ran into Concubine Li and Snow Girl. Did you see Concubine Li slap her in the face?"
Several palace maids knelt on the ground and shook their heads when they thought of what they saw yesterday.
One of them stood up and said, "I didn't see Concubine Li hitting Miss Xue. I just looked at her a few more times because I saw Miss Xue crying!"
Feng Xiyao then asked the others: "Did you see Concubine Li hitting anyone?"
The palace maids shook their heads: "We didn't see anything!"
Feng Xiyao was angry: "Then why did you let the emperor mistakenly think that Concubine Li hit someone?"
The palace maid shook her head: "We didn't say that Concubine Li beat anyone, we only said that we saw Miss Xue crying in front of Concubine Li yesterday..."
Feng Xiyao glanced at the pale-faced Song Qianxue, and signaled Ying'er to tell him in detail what happened yesterday.
Ying'er lay on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it was Miss Xue who ran over and bumped into Concubine Li yesterday, and she knocked her down. Concubine Li didn't blame her, but just asked who she was and asked her to bow. Unexpectedly, she started crying.
Then she not only refused to bow but also kept crying. Concubine Li asked her loudly why she was crying, and she suddenly slapped herself. Concubine Li really had never hit her before!"
“…”
With the testimony of Ying'er and the palace maid who accompanied them yesterday, Song Qianxue's face turned red and white.
After everything was explained clearly, Feng Xiyao looked at her and said, "So, Miss Xue, why did you tell the Emperor that you were beaten by Concubine Li?"
Song Qianxue shook her head, aggrieved and whispered: "I didn't tell the emperor that it was Concubine Li who beat me..."
Looking at her expression, Feng Xiyao knew what was going on. She didn't say it explicitly, but deliberately misled Mo Cangyan, making him think that it was Concubine Li who did it.
Looking at the man on the platform, Feng Xiyao just felt that he was a stranger.
"Your Majesty, now that the matter has been made clear, Concubine Li cannot be punished for nothing. Do you want Miss Xue to apologize to Concubine Li?"
“…”
Song Qianxue opened her innocent eyes and looked at Mo Cangyan with grievance and forbearance.
Mo Cangyan looked at Song Qianxue with complicated eyes for a few times, then withdrew his gaze indifferently.
Seeing this, Song Qianxue's heart sank, and she apologized to Concubine Li with red eyes: "I'm sorry, Concubine Li, I didn't explain it clearly and let the emperor misunderstand you!"
"snort!"
Concubine Li glared at her fiercely and didn't want to accept her apology.
“…”
Song Qianxue clenched her hands awkwardly, looking at a loss.
"I wrongly blamed Concubine Li!"
Concubine Li nodded aggrievedly: "My cousin just wrongly blamed me!"
Mo Cangyan sighed: "You go back first, I will come to see you later!"
All the affection from yesterday disappeared at this moment. Feng Xiyao didn't want to stay here anymore, so she bowed to Mo Cangyan and said, "I'm leaving now!"
After saying this, she no longer looked at Mo Cangyan, and left the Purple Gold Palace with Concubine Li.
“…”
Looking at Feng Xiyao's leaving back, Mo Cangyan's dark eyes narrowed slightly.
He didn't know what was wrong with him recently. He had an illusion that he seemed to no longer love Feng Xiyao. Compared to yesterday, the feeling was even stronger today.
"emperor……"
Song Qianxue clenched her hands tightly, not knowing what to say.
When Mo Cangyan heard her voice again now, he just felt annoyed.
"You go down first!"
Song Qianxue's face turned pale. Listening to his cold tone, a wave of sadness surged in her heart. She lowered her head and ran away in grievance.
Mo Cangyan is feeling very upset now and doesn't know what's wrong with him. He thinks he is not a heartless person, so why does he feel that he doesn't love Feng Xiyao anymore?
There was always a voice in my heart resisting and preventing me from letting go of Feng Xiyao.
His heart wanted to love her, but his mind wanted to push her away. These two strange forces made him furious, and he swept everything on the desk to the ground.
He really wanted to prove that he still loved Feng Xiyao, but when he faced her just now, apart from a slight throbbing in his heart, he didn't feel any love at all.
Mo Cangyan knew very well that he loved Feng Xiyao, but he just didn't know why he had become like this.
His eyes were bloodshot and he punched the dragon chair angrily. Bright red blood flowed from his hand and slowly flowed down the armrest.
The piercing pain spread throughout his body, allowing Mo Cangyan to sober up for a moment...
"Why is this happening? I clearly... clearly... should love her..."