Chapter 193 Consort Ling courts death, the Emperor vomits blood.
"You? You!"
Consort Ling covered her face and looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief. She never expected that Meng Yanzhi would actually attack her.
From childhood to adulthood, when has Consort Ling ever suffered such injustice?
She covered half of her cheek, tears streaming down her face: "How dare you!"
"His Majesty has arrived!"
Wang Huanhai's voice broke the standoff between the two. Xiao Xingyuan strode in and saw Meng Yanzhi with a cold expression and Lingfei with tears in her eyes. His gaze fell directly on Meng Yanzhi's swollen cheeks, and a strange anger rose in his heart.
What are you all making a scene about here?
"Consort Ling, why aren't you staying in your Wanling Palace? What are you doing in the Imperial Kitchen? Didn't you cause enough trouble yesterday?"
Xiao Xingyuan's first words were accusations against Consort Ling, which only made her angrier.
She knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily: "Your Majesty, please do justice for me! I am the daughter of a great general and a concubine of the Emperor, but this lowly servant dared to slap me! I beg Your Majesty to do justice for me!"
Xiao Xingyuan felt a throbbing headache as he listened to these words, and he frowned deeply as he looked at Meng Yanzhi.
Meng Yanzhi seemed completely oblivious to Xiao Xingyuan's helplessness. She knelt on the ground and coldly said, "Your Majesty, please investigate. It was Consort Ling who was being unreasonable, complaining that the palace food was worse than that of pigs and dogs, and even interfering with the personnel changes in the Imperial Kitchen, claiming that these were all her people. I really don't understand. Everyone in the palace is Your Majesty's person. How can Consort Ling be one of them?"
"I know that Consort Ling is the daughter of a great general, and her father and brothers have made great military achievements. But no matter how glorious they are, they are all honors bestowed by His Majesty. How can she possibly step on His Majesty's face?" Meng Yanzhi smiled coldly, her face terribly gloomy.
The words she was saying were exactly what Consort Ling had told her triumphantly, but to say them in front of Xiao Xingyuan was utterly rebellious!
"How dare you, you lowly servant! When did I ever say such a thing? You are clearly targeting me to humiliate me!"
"Your Majesty, please don't listen to this lowly servant's nonsense! My concubine and my family are utterly loyal to Your Majesty! Please, Your Majesty, investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Consort Ling immediately lost her previous arrogance and instead tugged at Xiao Xingyuan's sleeve, pleading desperately.
It doesn't matter if she dies herself, but if she accidentally implicates her family, then she truly deserves to die.
"As a concubine, how dare you speak so carelessly! Get out of here immediately! Without my decree, you are not allowed to leave Wanling Palace!"
Xiao Xingyuan gently kicked the person away and coldly rebuked him.
Consort Ling was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Xingyuan in disbelief, tears streaming down her face: "Your Majesty, are you going to treat me like this for such a woman? I refuse to accept this!"
"Your Majesty is joking. His Majesty is the Son of Heaven. How could the Son of Heaven show favoritism to anyone because of personal reasons? It is Your Majesty's own mistake that has nothing to do with me." Meng Yanzhi looked at Consort Ling coldly.
This woman is truly foolish. Even after things have progressed to this point, she still thinks that the emperor is punishing her because of personal feelings for his children. It's utterly ridiculous!
Xiao Xingyuan didn't want the two of them to continue talking nonsense, so he gave Wang Huanhai a look. Wang Huanhai immediately understood and stepped forward to support Consort Ling: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace first."
After they all left, only the two of them remained in the huge imperial kitchen. The moment their eyes met, Xiao Xingyuan felt helpless.
He thought he could hold on, but when he met Meng Yanzhi's watery eyes, he suddenly lost all his temper and was left with nothing but helplessness.
"Rouge, are you... still angry?"
"This humble woman dares not."
Meng Yanzhi took a step back and replied coldly.
It was as if all the tenderness between the two of them had never happened.
"Rouge, I have already punished Consort Ling. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
"The one who died was nothing more than a servant. Do you want me to kill Consort Ling?"
Xiao Xingyuan frowned, looking at Meng Yanzhi with some confusion.
Meng Yanzhi was clearly very gentle and sensible before, so I don't understand why she is so relentless about this matter.
Upon hearing this, Meng Yanzhi felt even colder.
She knew very well that Xiao Xingyuan shouldn't be blamed for this, but seeing his nonchalant expression still broke her heart.
Her eyebrows furrowed tightly, and finally she sighed helplessly, saying, "This humble woman dares not. This humble woman was only doing what she should do. This humble woman overstepped her bounds before, please forgive her, Your Majesty!"
With that, Meng Yanzhi presented the imperial token to Xiao Xingyuan with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is something I am not worthy of possessing. Please accept it!"
"you?"
Xiao Xingyuan stared at Meng Yanzhi, but he couldn't discern any emotion on the woman's face.
He took a deep breath: "You mean you want to sever all ties with me?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not. I only wish to live my life properly in the palace."
"Your Majesty, please withdraw it!"
With that, Meng Yanzhi handed the token to Xiao Xingyuan, then stood up and walked towards her room.
"His Majesty?"
Wang Huanhai helped Xiao Xingyuan, who almost stumbled and fell.
"Your Majesty? Guards, summon the imperial physician and the Grand Preceptor!"
Wang Huanhai immediately screamed, while Xiao Xingyuan stared in the direction Meng Yanzhi had left, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.
Ling Xiao arrived quickly. Seeing Xiao Xingyuan lying weakly on the bed, he paused for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward to carefully take his pulse.
"Your Majesty, this is due to your anger. Who has the ability to make you so angry?"
Ling Xiao looked at Xiao Xingyuan with a face full of curiosity.
Logically speaking, the two grew up together, and Ling Xiao knew Xiao Xingyuan quite well. He was usually very composed, but he never expected that he would turn out like this, actually vomiting blood from anger.
"Meng Yanzhi wants to sever all ties with me."
When Xiao Xingyuan said this, his chest felt a sharp pain.
His face turned pale with anger, and his hands were even trembling.
this……
Ling Xiao was stunned when he heard this, standing there in disbelief as he looked at Xiao Xingyuan: "How is this possible? Weren't you two perfectly fine before, deeply in love and inseparable? How can you break off all ties now?"
"Her master was beaten to death by Consort Ling, so I have no choice but to execute Consort Ling."
"In a fit of anger, she severed all ties with me."
"Ling Xiao, tell me, how can there be such an unreasonable woman in this world?"
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