Luo Ziyun remained silent for a moment before finally speaking, "Your Majesty, I wish to leave the palace."
If Luo Ziyun still wanted to gamble after the drugging failed, he had just given up completely.
When she learned that she had been given that kind of medicine, her first reaction was to let him go and then call the imperial physician for him.
To put it bluntly, she never intended to touch him. You could even tell from her reaction that he didn't want to at all and even disliked it.
In that instant, Luo Ziyun suddenly wanted to laugh. Perhaps she already knew her own feelings, but just didn't want to face them.
"Okay, I will arrange it as soon as possible." The original owner had promised her childhood friends that she could provide them with protection, and she would also make arrangements for them to leave the palace if they wanted to.
Chief Steward Mu looked at Luo Ziyun in front of him, and then glanced at Wan Ge. He felt that it was not appropriate to remind His Majesty at this time that His Highness the Phoenix Prince was still at the banquet.
But both Luo Ziyun and Wan Ge understood what the steward meant.
Wan Ge cleared his throat and said, "Since Zi Yun is alright, I will take my leave now."
After saying that, she got up to leave, but Luo Ziyun asked again, "I want to ask Your Majesty, did you ever like me?"
Wan Ge turned to look at him and replied, "Zi Yun, I have always only regarded you as a close friend and a younger brother. We grew up together since childhood. If I had feelings for you, I would have shown them long ago. Even without A Xuan, I would never have had those feelings for you. Do you understand?"
Yes, even in the original storyline, even the original owner of this body had no romantic feelings for her childhood friend. So even though she later fell in love with someone like the male lead, she never developed feelings for her childhood friend.
She didn't love Luo Ziyun, nor did she love Chi Heng. In the original storyline, the original owner only liked Feng Fujiu, but in her case, she naturally only liked Ci Xingxuan.
“I understand, that makes sense… If you had loved me all along, we wouldn’t be like this now.” He had always understood that the Empress’s heart was not with him, which was why he desperately tried to hide his feelings for her, just to enter the palace and be with her.
Wan Ge left with her steward and returned to the banquet. She already knew about Prince Yan's arrest.
Therefore, at this moment, all the civil and military officials sat quietly at the banquet, waiting for the empress to return and take charge of the overall situation.
“Your Majesty…” Ci Xingxuan stood up first to greet him, his eyes still filled with worry.
Wan Ge patted his hand to reassure him, then stood angrily in the main seat and said in a cold tone, "Prince Yan's behavior is immoral. After being given twenty strokes of the cane, he will be sent back to the Prince's residence."
The civil and military officials exchanged glances; in truth, they didn't know what the prince had done. They only knew that Prince Yan had apparently committed some offense and been arrested.
To protect Luo Ziyun's reputation, Wan Ge naturally wouldn't allow others to know the reason. Therefore, some people speculated that Prince Yan was simply chosen randomly for a crime, and His Majesty merely wanted to establish his authority.
The banquet was originally intended for Prince Yan, but given the current situation, it was ended early.
Wan Ge pulled Ci Xingxuan along: "Ah Xuan, I have a surprise for you."
With that, she took him away and returned to his palace.
As I pushed open the door, I was greeted by a flurry of peach petals. What came into view was the dazzling beauty of peach blossoms.
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