"I am well, thank you for your concern, Your Highness!"
"Your Majesty, may I dismiss all attendants? I have something to say."
"I am upright and honest, and there is nothing I cannot say to others." Xiao Ling smiled, but his face was full of desolation.
"Feng Jun!" Jiang Xinwei bit her lip. "Forgive my boldness, but I once had a servant who looked remarkably like Feng Jun. However, he later disappeared without a trace. I wonder if Feng Jun recognizes him?"
"Untraceable?" Xiao Ling chuckled.
"You can even lose face like this, Your Highness, you'd better take this seriously. Are you implying that you share the same taste as His Majesty? That you both like someone like me? Or are you flirting with me?"
Jiang Xinwei's face flushed red. Embarrassing?
Is this implying that she's shameful?
"Your Majesty, I dare not! I admit my mistake. I was rash. Please forgive me!"
"..."
Xiao Ling stopped speaking, but the palace maid beside him spoke up.
"Those who commit insubordination shall, according to palace law, be punished with twenty strokes of the cane. However, considering this is the first offense committed by the imperial son-in-law, he shall be punished with ten strokes as a warning to others!"
Jiang Xinwei was shocked.
The person before her was no longer the little servant who once loved her deeply, but a despicable woman who coveted wealth and wanted to kill her.
In a fit of anger, she finally disregarded everything else.
"Xiao Ling, are you going to kill me to silence me? Are you afraid I'll expose that you were once my servant..."
The palace maid shouted, "Slap him!"
Immediately, a palace servant took a board and struck Jiang Xinwei twice on the mouth.
Jiang Xinwei's lips immediately swelled up, and she couldn't even speak.
Next, several palace servants pressed him down onto a bench, where he obediently endured ten strokes of the cane.
Tears streamed down her face from the pain, her eyes filled with resentment.
The riches and glory I had dreamed of when I came here have vanished once again, leaving only hatred and numbness.
People despise me, belittle me, insult me, and curse me. Turns out, you're nothing more than that!
...
The Seventh Prince learned of the news.
The horse galloped into the palace.
Riding horses in the palace was a serious crime, but she couldn't care less.
She rushed to Qinghua Palace, but was stopped by the palace servants.
Xiao Ling waved his hand, letting her in.
The Seventh Prince immediately spotted the dignified and elegant Xiao Ling, and then saw Jiang Xinwei, who had been beaten unconscious.
A burning rage raged within him.
This vile woman in front of me not only killed my father, but she also wants to kill her husband.
"Phoenix Lord! What wrong has the Prince Consort committed that you want to put her to death?"
The palace maid coldly retorted, "How dare you! As a subject, how dare you speak to the Phoenix Prince like that? Does the Seventh Prince also wish to be slapped?"
The seventh prince's face was pale.
On the day his father was captured and imprisoned in the torture chamber, he knelt before his mother's palace gates for an entire night, but his mother did not utter a word.
At that moment, he understood that he was no longer the pampered seventh prince he once was.
On the contrary, from now on he should keep a low profile.
In these days, he has experienced the full spectrum of human emotions and seen through the coldness and indifference of the world.
In that instant, he understood what his father meant when he said not to underestimate anyone, not even a lowly servant.
Xiao Ling is back.
He returned with a prestigious identity.
They've come back for revenge.
He and Jiang Xinwei were the targets of Xiao Ling's revenge.
From now on, we'll have to count down the days.
In the blink of an eye, he had thought of many things, and his legs went weak, causing him to kneel down.
"Your subject pays homage to Your Majesty. I was wrong in the past. I beg Your Majesty to spare the life of the Prince Consort in consideration of our past relationship."
"Ha, what past relationship do I have with you? Have you gone mad like the Prince Consort, thinking that I am a mere servant in your household, deceiving the emperor and slandering him? This is a grave crime. Seventh Prince, think it over before you speak."
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