"The rising sun!"
The emperor roared, and the entire hall fell silent. As soon as Chaoyang saw the emperor, her aggrieved tears started falling again. However, the emperor had a headache. Just now, Chaoyang had clearly been cursing at Wen Yatou, but now she was acting aggrieved.
Before Chaoyang could say anything more, the emperor ordered someone to take her back to change her clothes. Then, he led his entourage back to the empress's palace. He didn't hear Chuanwen's thoughts along the way. Looking over, he saw that Chuanwen's little face was red from the cold outside. She was looking down and not saying a word. He wondered if she was frightened. The emperor felt quite guilty.
He glanced at the group of people from the Marquis of Changxing's residence. While they weren't all sullen, their expressions weren't pleasant either. After all, no one would be happy if their child was bullied in front of them.
The emperor summoned Chuanwen to his side, his voice several times gentler than usual, and asked her with concern if she was injured or frightened.
The officials sighed inwardly. They usually wanted to strangle her when they read the gossip about them, but now, seeing such a small person being bullied by the fierce Princess of Chaoyang, they felt quite sorry for her.
However, despite outwardly appearing strong and resilient, Chuanwen was inwardly thinking: "Will the stronger I appear now, the fiercer the Emperor will be towards Chaoyang later?"
The emperor's face stiffened for a moment, showing a hint of heartache.
Sigh~, I never imagined my first palace intrigue would be with that idiot Chaoyang. It's not challenging at all; all I had to do was pretend to be wronged...
The Empress, several officials, and a few people from the Changxing Marquis's residence (except for Lady Wang and Chuanyu) all froze for a moment. So... you were just pretending!
Xu Yan was speechless. "Daughter, if only we hadn't overheard your thoughts, you would have easily won this palace intrigue. But now..."
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