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Qing Feng woodenly sat on the floor as her hands tightly hugged her kneels, not caring or stopping the trickle of blood dripping onto the floor. Tears silently covered her face as she fell silent. She had such a heartbroken look that even though Ming Ze did not regret saying those words, he felt the real heartache. He reached out to support her but stopped the moment when he touched her shoulder.
When Fu Ling returned after finding the medication and cotton cloth, she saw her Mistress curling up her body and sitting quietly on the floor. Both of Ming Ze’s hands was hanging at his side but was very close with Mistress, close enough to be able to embrace her. As the night was dark and she was unable to see their expression, but that pair of eyes that she thought was always cold was hiding a little heartache and pity?! Fu Ling was stunned motionless. He…
Just when Fu Ling was at a loss, the main doors of Qing Feng Hall was opened from the outside and the doors was slammed onto the nearby wall. It seems that the person coming had enormous strength.
Fu Ling hurriedly took two steps back from the door and see and was so shocked that her eyes widen. The person coming was… The Emperor?!
In front of the dark courtyard, the Emperor’s black robe seems to blend into the night and his pace was very fast. The Emperor actually came alone, without any eunuchs or Imperial Physician, and even Gao Jing who often followed the Emperor around was not seen. Fu Ling was alarmed as she thought about the two person in the inner chambers. If the Emperor saw them together…
Fu Ling’s heart was beating wildly as she ran back to the inner chambers. She did not gave any thoughts as she use an arm to put Qing Feng in her arms before the room doors were open as Fu Ling pushed Ming Ze away with the other as she exclaimed loudly, “Mistress, this servant will dress your wound.”
It was dark in the inner chambers, Qing Feng long hair was draped behind her as she sat on the floor barefooted, wearing only middle layer of clothes with its sleeves and area around the knees filled with blood. Even the small inner chambers was filled with traces of blood. When that tall figure entered, not one word was spoken but no one in the room could have mistaken his anger as that deep unfathomable black eyes lock tightly on Qing Feng. Because of his person terrible anger, Fu Ling’s hand that was holding onto the bottle of medication keep trembling. Seeing her being clumsy, Yan Hong Tian’s face became even darker.
“Leave! Zhen want all of you to leave!”
Fu Ling was afraid to look at Yan Hong Tian and also dare not wait any longer. She place the medicine to stop the bleeding and the cotton cloth on a short table. When she pa.s.sed by Ming Ze and was stunned to see that he was still there and thus grabbed his sleeve to pull him out of there.
Hastily closing the doors up, Fu Ling’s racing heart then could only eased down a little. After recovering her senses back, she turned around and noticed that Ming Ze was no longer behind her and was back to his usual position. His hands was also filled with blood and she did not know that it belonged to Mistress or was he hurt when he s.n.a.t.c.h the porcelain pieces over. Fu Ling wanted to go over to ask him but that figure exudes an aloof atmosphere that no one could get close too and that pair of eyes had returned back to its’ indifference state.
Fu Ling looked at Ming Ze then looked back to the room, her mind full of thoughts.
Just now… Did she see wrongly?
In the inner chamber, Qing Feng was still squatting on the floor as her head rest on her knees, as if she was the only one in the house. Yan Hong Tian walked to Qing Feng’s side and that tall figure squatted down by her side. Qing Feng’s thin and weak body was immediately enveloped by darkness as Yan Hong Tian’s scent enveloped her. The indifferent Qing Feng suddenly moved and slightly raised her head to see that figure clad in black robe before looking down again.
Her hands were filled with blood and there were still blood dripping down to the floor. Yan Hong Tian grabbed onto her wrist. He thought that Qing Feng would struggle like she did in the afternoon and bit him ferociously but she did not.
She let him dress her wound up and let him carry her to the couch. He lifted her chin to raise her face up and forced her to look at his eyes.
The candlelight reflected from the screen outside. Yan Hong Tian just stood like that in front of the bed with his back facing the candlelight, so she was unable to see his face.
“Zhi-er is dead.” That calm but hoa.r.s.e voice said.
Yan Hong Tian’s back stiffen and the hand that held her chin up tightened. Quite some time pa.s.sed before one could hear him responding with an, “En.”
“Zhi-er is dead!” Every word seem to be forced out of her teeth. Qing Feng’s hands reached out to his lapel and grabbed onto it as she stared at the face that she could not see clearly in the dark. Qing Feng asked word by word, “Did you not say that he would be alright? Did you not say you will protect us? He is dead…”
“You liar! Liar! Liar…” Each interrogating question accompanied with Qing Feng cries echoed by his ears over and over again. That night, Qing Feng tightly grabbed onto his collar as she buried her face into his embrace. The first time she lost her voice in pain as her body kept trembling and burning tears kept following as waves of pain took over. From the beginning to end, Yan Hong Tian just stood there. Listening. Receiving.
*****
“Who allowed you to kill that child?”
In the dark tunnel, a young man stood deep in the tunnel, cloaked in a blue robe that excludes extravagance, speaking in a suppressed soft voice filled with anger. Beside him, there stood a shadow, which was cladded with a big black cloak. Hearing the male las.h.i.+ng out, a slender hand reached out of the cloak and gently lifted it, exposing a fair face. It was a female.
The female slightly raise her head and it was the Empress’s female official – Shui Xin. The big black cloak enveloped her and she lost the gentle and dignified air that everyone knew in the Palace but there was a scary air around her as there was a trace of smile on her lips and she had a look of leisure on her face, without any panic at all. “Didn’t that old man said that there should only be one Prince in the Palace?” That voice spoke with a bit of laziness in it, making Xin Yi Heng angry as it seems that she looked down on him.
Xin Yi Heng’s tone was increasing getting worst, “That would also depend on timing and opportunity. If there are no orders, you should not have acted on your own initiative!”
“You are now blaming me?” Shui Xin’s voice was still as per normal soft as her eyes slightly raised. Xin Yi Heng could not help but s.h.i.+ver a little as her eyes swept to him and his voice also did not sound as powerful as before, “I… Did not say that.”
Seeing him putting up that look, Shui Xin coldly snorted, “Yan Hong Tian had already let Dan Yu Lan investigate the case of the army rations, so it is obvious he wants to touch your Xin family. If the child is not dead, he would have handed over the position of the Crown Prince to him. The old things in court are old hands at setting the helm according to the wind and would have most likely defected to Lou Xi Yan and Su Ling. Now that the child is dead, there is one threat lesser. This is something I do to help you all.”
He always felt that he was being led by the nose by this female and Xin Yi Heng got irritated as he replied, “In short, father said that must not create any other problems and just watch over Ning-er so that she would not get into trouble.”
She no longer need to care? That would be good. She will now wait to watch a good show. Shui Xin smiled at Xin Yi Heng and gave a rare polite reply, “Yes～”. Finis.h.i.+ng, Shui Xin did not give another glance to Xin Yi Heng before her slender figure quickly disappeared to the depths of the tunnel.
Over the past decade, he had seen many this female means and actions so that smile that she just gave, gave him the goose b.u.mps. Xin Yi Heng secretly spitted. This female was truly too unpredictable, he did not know why father could use her so a.s.suredly.
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