Ghostly Masked Prince Xiao: Pampering and Spoiling the Little Adorable Consort

(146) The Palm and The Back of The Hand are both Meat

Chu Qing-Yan thought she heard wrong, in disbelief and at a loss, she lifted her head to look at the smiling Eunuch Cao.

"His Majesty summoned me?" Her tone was uncertain.

Eunuch Cao nodded. Seeing her lips were pale with sweat coming out of her her forehead, he felt some pity and said. "Miss quickly get up, don't continue to kneel, the ground is cold."

Chu Qing-Yan immediately nodded with both of her hands being supported she slowly got up.

The blood had already dried, only the skirt was stuck to the wound, so when she stood up, it tore. A pain came through and both legs lost footing and she couldn't stand steadily. She almost kneeled down again.

Eunuch Cao promptly called two palace maids to support her, and after she could stand steadily, Chu Qing-Yan waved her hand to allow the maids to withdraw. Then, she turned towards Eunuch Cao to say. "Let us first go in. Can not let His Majesty wait for too long."

Eunuch Cao was slightly surprised, the young lady in front of him wasn't delicate. She could endure hardship, and he couldn't help but to have a new level of respect for her.

Chu Qing-Yan didn't tarry, she endured the pain in her legs and entered the imperial study.

An incense burner made of gold and silver bamboo joint about a person's height was leaning against a corner giving off spirals of fragrant smoke. The Four-Goat Square Zun was arranged on the table, the palace lamps hanged up high like a long letter chain. The carefully polished jade cup was at the corner of the table.

Everything was the same as the first time she entered the imperial study. Only that time, her heart was nervous, but now everything was already widely different.

Western Xuan Emperor sat up high behind a bright yellow, beautifully covered table. When she entered, he didn't even lift up his eyes.

Chu Qing-Yan with great difficulty bent her knees and knelt. "Pay respects to Your Majesty. Majesty live long for ten thousands years!"

"You can get up!" Western Xuan Emperor put away the document in his hand and looked towards her.

"Thank your Majesty." Chu Qing-Yan slowly got up, the back of her cloth became wet just at this movement, but she bit her teeth, enduring the pain from her legs.

"What words do you want to say to I the emperor?" Western Xuan Emperor's complexion was heavy. No one could tell the four human emotions from his expression.

Chu Qing-Yan lifted up her head, looked straight at Western Xuan Emperor as she firmly said. "Your Majesty, my family's Highness has been wrongly accused. At that time, he was with Qing-Yan together, it was impossible for him to go assassinate Fourth Prince. Qing-Yan can testify on His Highness behalf!"

Western Xuan Emperor took a glance at her. "Sometimes making a move against someone doesn't require the person to personally do so. You saying he wasn't present at the scene doesn't count."

Hearing this tone of Western Xuan Emperor, clearly he was certain this matter was something Big Block of Ice did. She couldn't help but be a bit angry, but she still calmly said. "Your Majesty, based on your many years of understanding of your own son, do you really think he is the kind the person to disregard brotherly affection? A period before this, Fourth Prince was attacked by assassins on the street. If it wasn't for my family's Highness undertaking the task to save him, then Fourth Prince would have been in danger. Do you still feel my family's Highness would slaughter brother based on that event?"

Western Xuan Emperor's eyes flashed. "It's hard to distinguish a person's heart. Imperial power, politics is not as simple as you think."

Chu Qing-Yan somewhat wanted to sneer. "Your Majesty, in fact you don't believe in my family's Highness, your son right?! So based on first impression being the strongest he is being sentenced to the death penalty right?"