The Empress Dowager understood that only by bringing this matter up in front of Feng Guche could she prevent the Emperor's anger from affecting others and harming the innocent.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Mu Chenshuang and Feng Xilan both smiled with delight. They hadn't expected things to develop so much more easily and effortlessly than they had imagined.
"I am tired, you may all leave now." The Empress Dowager took Yun Mama's hand and said in a low voice. She then turned around and silently walked slowly towards the bed by herself.
Mu Chenshuang and Feng Xilan did not linger; they immediately bowed, took their leave, and departed from the main hall.
Shortly after they left the main hall, a red figure standing on the distant palace wall narrowed his eyes and, after watching Mu Chenshuang and Feng Xilan disappear below the palace wall, also turned and left.
Inside Yunxi Palace.
Emperor Feng Guche was taking a nap on his bed, while Imperial Concubine Cang Xixue sat at a table to the side, looking at the long robe embroidered with the character "福" (fortune) that Feng Xilan had sent.
A dangerous and disdainful look flashed across Cang Xixue's usually noble, gentle, and composed face.
Her gaze was icy, seemingly filled with a hatred that wanted to destroy the dress. She lightly lifted a corner of the dress with her fingers, then turned back and glanced at Feng Guche on the bed with the same disdainful look.
Cang Xixue turned around, stared silently at the dress in front of her, pondered for a long time, and then suddenly let out a soft, cold laugh.
She put down her clothes, raised her head haughtily, and looked into the distance with a cold and deep gaze. In that instant, the light that flashed in her eyes was like that of Feng Mo Ran, like a venomous snake, and even quite incongruous with her noble and aloof appearance.
About fifteen minutes later, Feng Guche, who had been taking a nap in bed, woke up groggily.
As soon as he woke up, he immediately looked up and searched for Cang Xixue's figure, as if his eyes could not leave her for a moment.
Pale blue smoke lingered around the incense burner in the main hall, refusing to dissipate for a long time.
When Feng Guche saw Cang Xixue sitting alone at a table with her back to him in the quiet hall, his eyes lit up and he quickly walked over.
When he saw Cang Xixue staring blankly at the dress embroidered by Empress Shen Biyun, looking thoughtful, he quickly frowned with heartache and explained, "I know you don't like these things, they shouldn't be here. It was my oversight."
As he spoke, before Cang Xixue could even speak, he hurriedly looked up and angrily shouted at the palace maid, "Hurry up and take it to throw it away for me!"
"Your Majesty, no." The Imperial Noble Consort was slightly taken aback. After realizing what was happening, she quickly grabbed Feng Guche's hand and shook her head at him with understanding and gentleness.
Suppressing her disgust for Feng Guche and her disdain for his heartlessness, Cang Xixue tried her best to appear gentle and charming. She spoke softly and gently, "Your Majesty, this is, after all, the Empress's heartfelt gift to you. How can you just throw it away?"
Cang Xixue's words made Feng Guche feel a little embarrassed. He then pulled her hand over and held it in his own.
"I'm just saddened to see you staring at her like that. It must be because you don't like her, right? My dear consort, if you don't like her, I can get rid of her immediately."
Feng Guche spoke with absolute certainty, and he didn't know why, but after welcoming Cang Xixue back, he was completely captivated by her. He loved her so much that he even felt he had wasted his time before, and that Cang Xixue was his true love.
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