As Xie Wanying spoke, it seemed as if she was really feeling the emotions, and even her tone of voice became a lot more lively.
"Another time, it was the middle of winter, and you had no charcoal fire to warm yourself, nor thick clothes to wear. I asked the palace maid to bring you a pink fox fur cloak. The outer edge of the cloak was rolled with a circle of white fur. Do you remember it?"
"Based on your body shape, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to wear such a big cloak at that time?"
Xiao Yuqi still didn't believe it.
It was not for any other reason, but he simply did not believe that Xie Wanying would be the kind of person who would fall in love with a poor prince at first sight.
Since she was young, she was brought up by Madam Xie according to the standards of a queen.
Even if she cannot become the queen, her goal should be to become the wife of a prince who holds real power, or a noble concubine of the first rank who is favored by His Majesty, or the wife of the eldest son of a duke's family.
How could a poor prince catch her eye?
There might be someone with good intentions in Jian'an City, but that person would definitely not be Xie Wanying.
"You said that person was sent by you, so can you tell me what happened when I last met her?"
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"I……"
Xie Wanying lowered her head.
She couldn't answer.
"It's such a long time ago, I really can't remember it clearly."
Xiao Yuqi sneered.
"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child who can be easily fooled?"
"I dare not!"
Xie Wanying immediately kowtowed, "Your Majesty, I really did not deceive Your Majesty!"
Xiao Yuqi helped Su Jianyue up.
He asked sternly, "Xie Wanying, you first plotted to murder my beloved, secretly sent her to Dancheng, sold her to Zuihonglou, and tried to destroy her. Then you took advantage of someone's kindness and deceived me in front of me. You deserve death for your crime!"
"Your Majesty, I didn't do that. Everything I said is true!"
Why is this happening?
Why doesn't Your Majesty believe what she said?
She obviously knew so much.
Why doesn't Your Majesty believe it?
It must be this bitch. It was she who drugged His Majesty and made him hate and distrust himself.
It would be better if this bitch died.
Why doesn't she die?
It seemed as if fire was about to burst out of Xie Wanying's eyes.
Xiao Yuqi cautiously held Su Jianyue in his arms.
"Your Majesty, why don't you believe me?"
Her tears fell one after another, her throat choked with sobs, and she looked even more pitiful.
"Your Majesty, don't you want to know where the maid is now?"
She suddenly smiled, and her tone of voice softened a little.
"As long as your majesty agrees to one condition from me, I will tell you the whereabouts of that palace maid. How about that?"
"I have been looking for someone for years but have not found him yet. How can you know him just by yourself?"
Xiao Yuqi was determined not to trust Xie Wanying.
This seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back for Xie Wanying.
She became angry and her eyes turned cold.
"Since Your Majesty has no regard for the friendship between us and each other for many years, and has no regard for the hard work my father has put in for the country for many years, and insists on executing us, then Your Majesty can you ask the late emperor if he agrees?"
Xiao Yuqi pretended to be surprised.
"What do you mean by that?"
Xie Wanying took out a gold medal of immunity from death from her waist.
"This is a gift from the late emperor. It can protect the Xie family from death."
She stood up, endured the piercing pain in her knees, gritted her teeth, and said angrily: "If Your Majesty wants to easily execute the entire Xie family, I'm afraid it's impossible!"
Xie Wanying wants to use a token to protect the entire Xie family?
Little did she know that her action was exactly what Xiao Yuqi wanted.
In two days at most, he would go to Liaoyuan Pass to provide disaster relief. He had gone through so much trouble just to bring down the Xie family and take back the golden medal of immunity from death.
"It is true that this plaque was bestowed upon the Xie family by the late emperor, but did the late emperor ever say that this plaque could protect the entire Xie family from death?"
Su Jianyue found a loophole and asked questions that made Xie Wanying feel flustered.
When the late emperor bestowed this plaque on her, she was still ignorant. How could she know what the late emperor had said to her father?
"Yes, the late emperor once said that if the Xie family has this item, it will ensure the prosperity of the Xie family!"
"good."
Su Jianyue pulled Xiao Yuqi's sleeve and said, "Since Miss Xie has said so, Your Majesty should take this sign!"
Xiao Yuqi was somewhat reluctant.
"If you let them go like this, does that mean that all your sins were in vain?"
Su Jianyue covered her face and wiped away the non-existent tears.
"Then what should we do? Your Majesty, if you disobey the order of the late emperor, wouldn't that be unfilial? I don't want Your Majesty to be branded as unfilial!"
Finally, Xiao Yuqi agreed reluctantly.
"In that case, Duofu, I will take back the gold medal. This time, I will spare the lives of the entire Xie family."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Xie Wanying was overjoyed.
"Your Majesty must first draft an order before I can hand over the gold medal!"
Xiao Yuqi held his breath.
"Good, you, very good!"
He picked up his pen and wrote quickly.
After a while, he wrote an edict to pardon the entire Xie family.
Afterwards, Xie Wanying and Duofu handed over the gold medal in one hand and the imperial edict in the other.
The goods and money have been paid, and neither party owes the other anything.
After the gold medal was taken back, Xiao Yuqi took a look to identify the authenticity and then said, "Taifu Xie, this is a serious matter. You can be spared the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of life. I order you to be dismissed from all official positions, demoted to a commoner, and fined twenty strokes of the cane to serve as a warning to others."
Xie Wanying unfolded the imperial edict, and sure enough, this item was clearly written on it.
The extraordinary wealth is like a passing cloud.
It's fleeting.
It falls apart with just a poke.
"As long as you're still alive!"
Xie Wanying knelt down to thank the emperor for his grace.
She exits the palace.
There was a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.
The moment she stepped over the high threshold.
Xie Wanying turned her head and looked at Su Jianyue: "Do you think His Majesty really loves you? If you use your beauty to please others, your love will fade away when your beauty fades. You won't be so arrogant for long."
After she finished speaking, Xie Wanying raised her hand and pressed down the arrow on her wrist when no one was noticing.
The sharp sword broke through the air and pointed directly towards Su Jianyue.
Ziyuan pulled out her hairpin and flew out.
There was a clanging sound as the silver hairpin collided with the sleeve arrow, which suddenly lost its power and fell to the ground.
Xie Wanying's heart also fell to the ground.
She no longer has a chance!
Immediately afterwards, countless long knives pointed at Xie Wanying's neck.
She held the imperial edict in her hand and laughed loudly towards the sky.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Red and swollen eyes, so dry that they hurt.
Xie Wanying looked at Xiao Yuqi affectionately.
"As long as I die, Your Majesty will never know the whereabouts of your benefactor in this life. Even if I die, I will leave a mark in Your Majesty's heart. Your Majesty, you will never be able to get rid of me in this life." Can't get rid of, hahahaha!
Xie Wanying turned her head and used her thin body to rush towards the sharp knife.
The intestines are punctured and the stomach is rotten.
There was a strange smile on the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Yuqi covered Su Jianyue’s eyes immediately.
Su Jianyue had no desire to go and see.
She simply buried herself in Xiao Yuqi's chest.
"Xiao Yuqi, I will accompany you to find her."
What Su Jianyue got was an even deeper and heavier hug from Xiao Yuqi.
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