Song Liu thought of the news she heard from the palace yesterday that Xiao Qingyu had neglected her for nearly a month because of Feng Xilan, and had not even seen her once. It was no different from being banished to the cold palace.
Not only that, in order to smoothly divorce Xiao Qingyu without making a big fuss and attracting the attention of Emperor Feng Guche, Feng Xilan even sent his trusted subordinate yesterday to inform Xiao Qingyu of his intentions.
Feng Xilan originally hoped that Xiao Qingyu would cooperate and give her a letter of divorce and send her back to the Duke's Mansion.
If Xiao Qingyu really cared about the letter of divorce, he could have given her a letter of reconciliation. But to everyone's surprise, Xiao Qingyu refused to agree no matter what, and even went so far as to bang her head against a pillar, seemingly about to bleed on the spot.
Mu Chenshuang didn't care about Xiao Qingyu's situation, so she was unaware of what happened in Feng Xilan's palace yesterday.
However, from Duchess Song Liu's words, Mu Chenshuang still keenly sensed something amiss.
"What, does Xiao Qingyu intend to prove her innocence with her death?" Mu Chenshuang asked coldly, her tone filled with disdain and mockery.
Her words startled Song Liu. Although she could tell that Mu Chenshuang didn't seem to be going to agree, she still suppressed her anger.
In fact, things have come to this point: Consort Rong has fallen out of favor, the Empress is under house arrest, and Feng Mo Ran has suddenly risen to prominence.
Seeing that he was becoming more favored by the Emperor, and that Feng Xilan was no longer as popular as before, and that she had completely lost feelings for Xiao Qingyu, Song Liu had given up hope that Xiao Qingyu would become Empress and be the most favored concubine in the harem.
Song Liu loves her daughter dearly. In the past, when Feng Xilan doted on Xiao Qingyu and Xiao Qingyu wanted to become the future empress, she naturally supported her wholeheartedly and was willing to help her fight for it. But now she hopes that Xiao Qingyu can come to terms with it and accept a divorce and leave the palace.
“Although Yu’er has indeed done many wrong things to the Crown Prince, her feelings for him are genuine. I beg the Princess to have mercy and persuade the Crown Prince to at least consider Yu’er’s life…”
As Song Liu spoke, she began to cry sadly. When Mu Chenshuang saw this, there was no sympathy in her eyes, but rather a deeper understanding.
Did he only do wrong to Feng Xilan?
Mu Chenshuang sneered inwardly.
Even at this critical juncture, Song Liu still hadn't realized that the most pitiful and deeply hurt person in this relationship was the original owner of her body. The original owner had been so tormented that she was heartbroken and had long since given up on her life and her obsession.
Thinking of this, Mu Chenshuang's eyes turned even colder, showing no intention of helping Song Liu.
"It's a pity that the Duchess realized this too late. When I proposed the exchange last time, you agreed on the surface, but only gave me some ambiguous and irrelevant information. Did you really think I was such an easy person to fool?"
Mu Chenshuang smiled faintly, but the murderous intent in her eyes was chilling. "I didn't bother to point it out back then. You didn't actually believe me, did you? Since the Duchess is unwilling to recall what happened back then, I won't force her."
After all this time, although Mu Chenshuang still couldn't be sure of Xie Changqing's true cause of death back then, she had almost identified all the people who were closely related to the matter. Therefore, she no longer needed Song Liu.
When Song Liu heard these words, she froze, as if struck by lightning. Her face immediately turned ashen, as if her last hope had been shattered.
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