Chapter 190: Reap the Sow

Emperor Zhaowen had to force himself to attend the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and after this incident, he was exhausted both mentally and physically.

After hearing what Xiao Bicheng said, he waved his hand and said, "Just follow what the prince said."

After saying this, he asked the Queen to help him leave.

The guards stepped forward, ready to escort Bai Yingxue to custody.

Xie Zhuoning called out, "Your Highness, can I have a word with Miss Bai alone?"

After looking at her and then at Bai Yingxue, Xiao Bicheng did not refuse in the end. He raised his hand and asked everyone to leave.

His eyes fell on Xiao Jinxuan again, "Uncle, please come in."

Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyes and glanced at Xie Zhuoning inconspicuously, then walked out of Qianqiu Palace with Xiao Bicheng.

When they got outside the palace, Xiao Bicheng suddenly asked, "The emperor's uncle seems to care about Miss Xie?"

Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyes calmly, "The Crown Prince is busy with state affairs, but he still finds time to care about such a small matter. It is really admirable."

Xiao Bicheng was furious and a fire was rising in his heart.

Knowing that he had just been relieved of his post as regent because of an auspicious event, he had no choice but to let Prince Yong share state affairs with him.

Now you are saying that he is busy with state affairs. Isn't that a deliberate mockery of him?

Taking a deep breath, he said, "I have been engaged to my sister Zhuoning since we were young, but because of some mistakes, I had no choice but to break off the engagement with her. Now that the position of Crown Princess is vacant, she will always be the most suitable candidate!"

When he said this, he was confident that as long as he turned back, Xie Zhuoning would definitely accept him again!

Xiao Jinxuan's lips were tightly drawn, and his dark eyes were like the rippling waves of a cold pond. When he looked over at me solemnly, it made people inexplicably scared.

"Oh? Really? I think Miss Xie and the Crown Prince are not suitable. Don't you know that it's hard to mend a broken mirror?"

It is difficult to make a broken mirror whole, and even if it is, there will still be cracks.

Xiao Jinxuan curled his fingers and raised his chin slightly with pride, "As long as I want it, I will get it. What does it matter whether it is suitable or not?"

Only what you get and hold in your hands belongs to you.

Xiao Jinxuan's eyes suddenly became sharp, and his eyes were cold, as if wrapped in cold air, "Then this king will wait and see."

The two men stared at each other, their swords drawn, and neither of them was willing to give in.

Xiao Bicheng finally confirmed his guess - his seventeenth uncle was really interested in Xie Zhuoning!

Inside the palace.

Xie Zhuoning walked up to Bai Yingxue, half-knelt down, lowered his eyes, and looked down at her.

"Bai Yingxue, maybe it's time to call your Bai family?"

Being stripped of her position as Crown Princess on the wedding day was equivalent to being divorced on the wedding day.

She is no longer the pampered young lady at home, but a woman who has been married once.

Bai Yingxue raised her head and stared at Xie Zhuoning. Her carefully groomed hair was now in disarray and her eyes were filled with hatred and ferocity.

"Xie Zhuoning, now that things have come to this, you are very proud, right?"

Xie Zhuoning raised the corner of his lips, "Yes, seeing you soar to the sky and then fall down with a bang; seeing you have everything and lose everything in an instant; seeing the saint and the prince's true love now lying on the ground like a wolf and a dog, it really makes me feel relieved!"

In the previous life, Bai Yingxue had been hiding quietly in the back, using her to attract everyone's hatred and becoming the target of public criticism.

But he was jealous of her because she could stay by Xiao Bicheng's side with good reason and become the envied and praised concubine by everyone.

So when she was completely of no use, she was met with Bai Yingxue's crazy revenge.

As long as Bai Yingxue put on a show, cried a few times, and then made up a crime, Xiao Bicheng would be furious and would punish her tenfold or a hundredfold.

I still remember that Bai Yingxue just broke her fingernail, but Xiao Bicheng had someone pull out all ten of her fingernails as punishment!

Scalding hands with hot water, leaving scars from burning charcoal, and pulling out hair...

Even the palace maids who served her were not spared.

It's not that she didn't think about resisting, but if she didn't obey, Xiao Bicheng would take her father and brother's lives.

But later, Bai Yingxue told her lightly:

The Zhenyang Marquisate colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, and the entire family was executed!

She didn't believe it, so Bai Yingxue had someone drag her to the city gate to have a look.

The densely packed heads hanging on the top of the city wall made her so frightened that she dared not open her eyes.

Bai Yingxue asked the palace maid to hold her eyelids open tightly, and whispered in her ear, "Didn't you say you missed your family? Now they are all here. Look, your father's eyes are so wide open, he refuses to close them even after he dies."

At that moment, she felt worse than death.

She swore that she would return to them everything they had done to her a thousand fold!

But now, it’s just the beginning.

Bai Yingxue heard her words but misunderstood something. She raised the corner of her mouth and sneered, "Xie Zhuoning, you finally revealed your true colors. From the beginning to the end, you resented me for taking your position as Crown Princess, so you have always hated me, right!"

"Seize?" Xie Zhuoning couldn't help curling up his lips when he heard this word, "This position of Crown Princess was clearly given to you for free. Otherwise, how do you think you became a saint?"

Bai Yingxue's eyes widened in disbelief, "It's you...it's you who is behind this! I want to tell Ah Cheng that you framed me, it's you who framed me..."

She rolled and crawled, rushing impatiently towards the palace gate, but was stopped in her tracks by a few words.

"Oh? Did I force you to become a saint?"

Even if the rumor about the saint was spread by herself, she could have come out to deny and clarify it at the time, and then nothing would have happened, right?

If she was honest and had a little conscience, maybe I would give her another chance.

But she was obsessed with the fame and status that the saint rumor brought her, and even though she knew she was nothing, she still stood up and admitted it.

Isn't it her own fault that she is facing the backlash today?

Even if she said she was framed, who would believe her?

The biggest beneficiary is obviously herself!

Bai Yingxue collapsed to the ground, as if all her energy and spirit had been drained away in an instant.

Her eyes were red, and she looked at Xie Zhuoning with hatred and confusion, "Why did you do that? What do you want? You don't want the position of Crown Princess... Could it be that you want the Crown Prince to change his mind?"

Xie Zhuoning said nothing, just smiled lightly and walked away.

Let her guess what she wants.

That kind of heart-wrenching feeling that she can't even think of getting over will torment her every day and night, and she won't have any peace!

When Xie Zhuoning came out of Qianqiu Palace, the two men outside the door immediately stepped forward.

"Sister Zhuoning, let me take you back home." Xiao Bicheng spoke first.

Xie Zhuoning took a step back and kept his distance from him, his expression indifferent, "No need, Your Highness the Crown Prince should pay more attention to the Crown Princess."

Xiao Bicheng quickly explained, "She is no longer my Crown Princess."

Hearing this, Xie Zhuoning raised the corners of his mouth with a fake smile, "Bai is still pregnant, and the prince has cut off the relationship so clearly. Aren't you afraid that others will say you are heartless?"

Xiao Bicheng was blocked and had nothing to say. He could only go into the palace to see Bai Yingxue.

Xie Zhuoning turned to look at Xiao Jinxuan, but his expression immediately changed, his eyebrows wrinkled, and his dimples appeared.

"Your Highness Prince Xuan, the journey to the Zhenyang Marquis's Mansion is long and I'm afraid of danger. Could you please give me a ride?"

Xiao Jinxuan also raised his lips, "I'm very happy to do so."