Upon hearing her words, Xie Wenjun scooped her up in his arms and headed straight for the door.
Before leaving the house, Wan Ge saw the people still standing there and said, "What are you all still standing there for? Hurry up and get down."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, the guards all left Consort Ruan's bedchamber.
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On the way back, Xie Wenjun asked, "Why did you want to save her?"
Wan Ge ran her fingers through his hair, looked at his handsome face in the sunlight, and kissed him on the cheek in a bad mood: "I wasn't saving her, I just didn't want His Majesty to have something to say. After all, Consort Ruan didn't do anything too serious, a small punishment is enough."
Moreover, Wan Ge realized that it was because she came with him that he combined Xie Wenjun's personality and memories with his feelings for her, which is why he wanted to kill Consort Ruan.
If it weren't for him and me, even if it were Xie Wenjun from the original storyline, we might not have gone so far as to kill him.
Although Consort Ruan made a mistake, it did not warrant death. Moreover, to kill a concubine for such a trivial matter would only solidify his reputation as a tyrant.
"Moreover, as an important figure in the Qingliu faction, Your Majesty has thoroughly offended Lord Ruan. He will likely face even more criticism in the future, and I do not want Your Majesty to bear such a bad reputation."
When Xie Wenjun heard that she seemed to be doing all this for his sake, his expression softened considerably. He stroked her hair with his fingers and then hugged her tightly in his arms.
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Wan Ge woke up with a sore back again, but it was much better than the first time.
Upon waking up, the palace maid announced that Consort Ruan wished to invite her over.
Because she is currently under house arrest, Consort Ruan cannot leave her palace, so she can only invite Wan Ge to come.
Wan Ge nodded, washed up, ate a meal, and then went to Consort Ruan's palace.
Wan Ge's legs were weak, so she couldn't walk very fast and needed a little support from the palace maid beside her.
When Consort Ruan saw Wan Ge enter in this state, she didn't realize anything and mistakenly thought that Xie Wenjun was angry with her and punished her because she had helped her.
"Your Majesty the Empress..." Consort Ruan's eyes instantly reddened, and she knelt down in front of Wan Ge.
Wange was startled by the situation, and then had someone quickly help her up: "What are you doing?"
Consort Ruan replied, "I was wrong, Your Highness. I was jealous of you. I thought I could gloat now that you've fallen out of favor, but I didn't expect..."
Little did he know that he almost lost his life.
"My life was saved by Her Majesty the Empress, and from now on I will obey Her Majesty's orders."
"Alright, you don't need to be so polite to me. I didn't do this to save you, I just didn't want His Majesty to be infamous, and I didn't want your father to be sad."
As an important figure in the Qingliu faction, Lord Ruan was indeed a conscientious and incorruptible official.
He doted on his daughter and cared deeply for her, otherwise he wouldn't have knelt outside the palace begging His Majesty for mercy.
Such a good father should not have to suffer the pain of losing his daughter, and she certainly shouldn't have been punished so severely.
Although the other party was wrong first, the reasons behind it all lie with her, Consort Ruan, and Xie Wenjun.
Therefore, it's not appropriate to say who is right and who is wrong.
"I don't care anymore. Anyway, it was Your Majesty who saved my life. From now on, I belong to Your Majesty."
"There's no need to be so polite." Although the other party wasn't even a rival in love, she was still Xie Wenjun's woman in name and someone who liked Xie Wenjun. It would feel strange to get along well with her.
Of course, after this incident, it's hard to say whether the other party still dares to like Xie Wenjun.
"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Wan Ge was about to get up, but she felt unwell and took a deep breath.
Upon seeing this, Consort Ruan burst into tears: "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Your Highness wouldn't have been punished by His Majesty."
"Punished by His Majesty?" Wan Ge was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening, and her cheeks turned bright red.
After coughing lightly twice, he replied, "It's not what you think."
"What?" Consort Ruan hadn't even reacted yet when she saw the other woman's blushing face, and then she instantly realized what was happening: "I'm sorry! I...I..."
Wan Ge patted her shoulder, then had a palace maid help her out of the door before getting into a sedan chair and leaving.
In fact, Wan Ge is not too far from Consort Ruan's place. Normally, she might have walked directly here, but now she needs someone to help her even for a few steps, so she went out in a sedan chair today.
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On the way back, even in the swaying sedan chair, Wan Ge still fell asleep.
When Xie Wenjun heard the Empress's voice, he found that she had fallen asleep in the sedan chair. With a sense of helplessness, he picked her up and carried her slowly back to the palace.
Looking at the other person's peaceful sleeping face and the slightly tired look on their face, a pang of heartache welled up in my eyes again.
He heard her pleading for mercy, but he couldn't resist, so while he was coaxing her, he didn't stop and tormented her all night.
He kept telling himself that she had just recovered and he absolutely couldn't do what he did the first time, but he just couldn't resist.
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When Wan Ge woke up, she found Xie Wenjun looking through some things beside her.
The original owner had nothing that he couldn't see, so Wan Ge didn't stop him and let him flip through it.
Xie Wenjun had been looking at the painting for a while when he seemed to realize that the other person had woken up. So he put down what he was holding and turned around, but accidentally bumped into a scroll next to him as he turned around, and a painting fell down.
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