After a moment's thought, Mi Rao kowtowed repeatedly to the ground, saying, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I did all of this. I am guilty and deserve to die! Lord Zhuang was only deceived by me and made all sorts of mistakes!"
"You can execute me, and I'm willing to bear all the blame, but please spare Lord Zhuang; he's innocent!"
Her tears streamed down her face.
Dong Bai angrily said, "His Highness the Crown Prince never said he would severely punish Lord Zhuang. Apart from the stain of trusting you, Lord Zhuang has not committed any substantial mistakes. Why are you pleading for him? Do you want to show how considerate you are? Do you want to show that you are taking the blame for Lord Zhuang by pleading for him?"
Mi Rao: "..."
You slut, you bitch, you dead slut!
She cursed inwardly, but tears continued to fall from Mi Rao's eyes, making her look pitiful: "I didn't mean that, I was just worried that Lord Zhuang would be implicated by me!"
Ye Qingxue looked at her coldly: "What else do the Yun Xun couple want you to do?"
“…The Xuan Prince and his wife don’t want you to get pregnant. As long as the Crown Prince has no heir for many years, his position as heir apparent will be unstable. If they can kill you, that would be best…then they will have a chance to be summoned back to the capital.” Mi Rao said, crying.
"I've been in the Crown Prince's residence for so long, and Lord Zhuang has always taken good care of me. Actually, I really couldn't bring myself to kill him, so... so, since His Highness the Crown Prince is alright now, please, His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, spare my life since I didn't kill him?"
She started kowtowing to the ground again.
Zhuang Xin was dumbfounded; he never expected her to be such a spineless person.
I thought that once she was discovered, she would be willing to die and would never beg for mercy!
“I’d be willing to be your slave for the rest of my life… I was forced into this by the Xuanwang couple. My brother is in their hands, and I dare not disobey them!”
"If I die, my younger brother will not survive either. He is innocent. I beg the Crown Prince and His Highness to have mercy..."
Mi Rao was sobbing uncontrollably, looking utterly pitiful.
She also mentioned her innocent younger brother...
“If my brother hadn’t been in their hands, I would never have done such a thing, especially since Lord Zhuang has been so kind to me! When I poisoned the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, my heart ached terribly, it really ached…”
Ye Qingxue coldly said, "His Highness the Crown Prince and I are fine now, not because you didn't go all out, but because you did go all out but failed. Otherwise, the entire Crown Prince's residence would be yours by now! Dongbai, give the sword to Lord Zhuang. Mi Rao was brought in by him, so he can deal with her!"
Dong Bai drew his longsword and handed it to Zhuang Xin.
Zhuang Xin took the longsword, stared at it for a long time, then looked at Mi Rao kneeling on the ground for a long time before slowly pointing the longsword at her.
"Brother Zhuang, I was wrong! I really know I was wrong, please don't kill me... As long as you don't kill me, I'm willing to marry you, no, be your concubine, and serve you for the rest of my life, please!"
Zhuang Xin's eyes reddened again. With a clatter, he threw down his longsword, knelt down with a thud, and said through tears, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, I beg you, I beg you to spare Mi Rao's life!"
The atmosphere in the study became stagnant.
No one spoke.
Yun Zhuo's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity as he stared at Zhuang Xin: "You already know what kind of person she is, yet you still plead for her?"
"yes!"
"Alright, I can spare her life, but you can no longer stay in the Crown Prince's residence. Are you willing?"
Disappointment was hard to hide in Yun Zhuo's eyes!
"You knelt down and begged me for the sake of a villain—a villain who tried to kill me and the Crown Princess, and who is also on Yun Xun's side, an enemy of our Crown Prince's residence. I don't know what you will do if you continue to stay in the Crown Prince's residence!"
Zhuang Xin's body stiffened, and his kneeling body swayed.
But he still firmly said, "Your subordinate is willing."
Yun Zhuo's breath hitched: "Take her and get out!"
He pulled Ye Qingxue and turned to leave.
Zhuang Xin's voice came from behind: "After I leave, I hope Your Highness will take good care of your health, have all your wishes fulfilled, and live a happy life. Zhuang Xin bids you farewell!"
Yun Zhuo paused for a moment, then continued striding forward without looking back.
That very evening, Zhuang Xin packed his bags and left the Crown Prince's residence with Mi Rao.
Ye Qingxue knew that Zhuang Xin was a very special person to Yun Zhuo. When Yun Zhuo was deposed, the Eastern Palace was filled with blood. All his confidants died to protect him, and in the end, only ten people, including Zhuang Xin, remained.
It can be said that Zhuang Xin was not only a guard, not only a confidant, not only a retainer, but also one of Yun Zhuo's few remaining relatives.
But tonight, for Mi Rao, for Mi Rao who had been using him from beginning to end, Zhuang Xin chose to be expelled from the Crown Prince's residence along with Mi Rao.
This was a huge blow to Yun Zhuo.
However, Ye Qingxue didn't know how to comfort Yun Zhuo besides keeping him company.
"How are you feeling?" As they walked, Yun Zhuo realized he was walking too fast and quickly stopped.
"I'm perfectly healthy, there's nothing wrong with me. The recent acid reflux is just a prelude to something else," Ye Qingxue said.
She had only had a slight stomachache last time, and hadn't felt anything unusual in her body these past few days, so she hadn't called a doctor to check her pulse.
Yun Zhuo glanced at her belly and comforted her, "Don't worry, since we are destined to have a child, it will come sooner or later."
He held Ye Qingxue's hand tightly, but Ye Qingxue noticed that his hand was very cold, and in the blink of an eye it was already late autumn.
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