Upon hearing Mu Chenshuang's words, Fu Junheng's previously relaxed mood instantly sombered, and his brows furrowed slightly. "So you care a lot about Feng Anxue's matter?"
Mu Chenshuang felt a pang of guilt at his question, but she quickly composed herself and said, "I only care about my own affairs."
After Mu Chenshuang finished speaking, she picked up Xiao Qingyu and headed towards Nuanxin Pavilion. She ignored Fu Junheng and didn't want to know what his mood was now.
Inside the Warm Heart Pavilion.
The Empress and Feng Xilan did not see what they did not want to see; only Feng Moran and a few maids serving him were there.
Mu Chenshuang was not there.
The Empress breathed a sigh of relief and, after exchanging a few words with Feng Mo Ran, prepared to leave.
Just as the group was about to leave, a scream suddenly came from inside the hall on the left.
Everyone was immediately taken aback.
Who's inside?
"Could it be..."
Feng Xilan's face darkened, and he was the first to rush forward, push open the door, and his eyes narrowed instantly when he saw the person on the bed.
Xiao Qingyu, disheveled and in a state of panic, heard a noise outside the door. She looked towards the doorway in terror, and when she saw the person who came into view, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her heart trembled violently.
Her mind went blank for a moment, filled only with fear and unease.
"Your Highness..."
Feng Xilan stopped in his tracks, frowning as he looked at the woman on the bed. He couldn't bring himself to ask her the question, but he also didn't know how to approach her.
Xiao Qingyu snapped out of her daze and scrambled to Feng Xilan's side, grabbing his arm with both hands and frantically protesting, "Your Highness, it's not what you see! I don't know why I'm here!"
Immediately afterwards.
The Empress strode in and was greatly shocked to see Xiao Qingyu's disheveled clothes and ambiguous red marks on her body.
"Xiao Qingyu, what are you doing here?!" the Empress shouted angrily.
Xiao Qingyu was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, at a loss for what to do, her eyes filled with tears of fear. She choked back tears as she explained, "Mother, it's not what you see. I don't know how I got here. I was clearly in the Imperial Garden with Princess Anxue..."
At this point, Xiao Qingyu's mind cleared instantly, and she raised her voice, "Mother, Princess Anxue can testify for me. She and I were just in the Imperial Garden, taking a walk, when we were attacked by someone and suddenly fainted. When I woke up, I was here. My loyalty to the Crown Prince is as clear as day. I have never done anything to betray the Crown Prince. I was framed."
As Xiao Qingyu spoke, she looked at Feng Xilan pleadingly, her lips trembling, "Your Highness, you must believe me."
Xiao Qingyu hugged herself tightly, shivering from the cold.
Upon seeing this, Consort Rong, who had followed in, changed her expression drastically and hurriedly stepped forward, taking off her fox fur coat and draping it over Xiao Qingyu.
"Your Majesty, Yu'er was in Fengyi Palace just half an hour ago. How could she suddenly appear here and be having a secret rendezvous with someone? Yu'er must have been kidnapped and framed. I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly and clear Yu'er's name."
Xiao Qingyu felt the warmth in her body, and her rationality gradually returned.
Feng Xilan looked at Xiao Qingyu with complicated eyes, then turned to the Empress, "Mother, what Consort Rong said is not without reason. It takes at least half an hour to get here from Fengyi Palace. Yu'er does not know lightness skill, so it is impossible for her to get here so quickly."
Xiao Qingyu felt comforted when she heard Feng Xilan's words of defense.
Shen Biyun turned around with a sullen face to look at Feng Moran standing outside the door and said, "Does the Second Prince have anything to explain?"
Feng Moran explained without changing his expression, "Your Majesty, I also do not know why Consort Xiao is here."
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