Instead, a large hand was helping her up. Xu Heming gently supported Li Zhiwei, untied the ropes binding her, and removed the cloth from her mouth.
Li Zhiwei then realized that Xu Heming had finally arrived.
"Who goes there..." Liu Ruyan was about to reprimand who dared to interfere in her affairs when she realized that the person in front of her was Xu Heming.
"Heming, you've finally come to see me?" Liu Ruyan looked at Xu Heming with excitement and said in a shy voice.
To the uninitiated, one might assume the two were close friends.
Li Zhiwei, who was initially quite happy that Xu Heming had come to rescue her, turned around immediately upon hearing this and helped Xu Qingshi untie himself.
Hmph! These two are indeed entangled in something improper!
Li Zhiwei was already thinking about how she could break off her engagement with Xu Heming.
However, his affair with the emperor's concubines might actually have helped him break off his engagement.
It's just a pity for Xu Qingshi. That woman is definitely not a kind person, and she probably won't treat Xu Qingshi well either.
"Mother, I'll protect you!" Although Xu Qingshi was just a child, he remembered what that wicked woman had said.
Now, looking at Xu Heming's attitude, she also had a bad feeling.
What would he do if his father really wanted to marry that wicked woman?
"It's alright." Li Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she could leave this palace, her fate would be rewritten.
God gave me a second chance, not so that I would suffer injustice.
Zhu Jingchen and the Empress, who had just been led over by Cai'er, also heard what Liu Ruyan said to Xu Heming.
Xu Heming was speechless. He had initially tried to comfort himself, thinking that there might be more to the story about his affair with Consort Liu.
But now, seeing is believing!
Zhu Jingchen's face was as black as ink. He had trusted Xu Heming so much, but he never expected that this was how Xu Heming would repay him.
very good!
"Your Majesty, perhaps we should ask Prince An about this later?" The Empress still didn't want to believe that Xu Heming and Consort Liu were having an affair. After all, it was just Consort Liu speaking to Prince An on her own wishful thinking.
The palace maids and eunuchs behind them all lowered their heads, afraid that they had overheard something they shouldn't have.
The emperor will punish them later.
"Hmph!" Zhu Jingchen's face was full of displeasure. Wasn't that obvious enough? What was there to ask?
These two have both hooked up with me.
The palace maids and eunuchs beside Liu Ruyan were startled when they saw Xu Heming and all lowered their heads.
They often helped Liu Ruyan with chores, but only when no one was watching.
As long as they obediently listen to Consort Liu, they will naturally reap the benefits.
However, they also knew that once these things were exposed, what awaited them would not be resolved by a simple punishment.
"Who are you? Hmph, how dare you lay a hand on my heir and queen? Who gave you the authority?" Xu Heming did not recognize Liu Ruyan.
But this woman actually dared to hit his wife and son, does she have a death wish?
"Father, she said she wants to marry you and that she wants to kill me and Mother!" Xu Qingshi didn't understand, but as a child, he didn't see anything wrong with complaining to his parents about things he was unhappy about.
Xu Qingshi's words not only made Liu Ruyan nervous, but even Li Zhiwei looked at Xu Heming with a scrutinizing expression. If he agreed to something that didn't satisfy her, she might as well not accept the marriage.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor and Empress, who were not far away, also stared intently at Xu Heming.
There was no trace of love in Xu Heming's eyes when he looked at Liu Ruyan; instead, he looked at her like she was a stranger.
This discovery eased Zhu Jingchen's expression somewhat.
He did not want his trusted minister to actually covet his concubines, especially since that person was Xu Heming.
However, not being able to get a definite answer from Xu Heming, his heart remained undecided.
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