“Haha, now you’re afraid? Too late! By the time the emperor returns, you’ll be gone. What can he do? I’m his mother – would he dare blame me? You overestimate yourself. Kick out this bastard!” the empress dowager said ruthlessly.
“Ah, no! Child, who will save my child?!” She then fainted from the pain. No pain in the world compares to losing a child – how could a mother watch her unborn child die in her womb?
[Author’s Note: Additional text about the story’s progress and gratitude to readers]
“Mother! How can you be so cruel? Isn’t the child in Yuer’s womb also your flesh and blood?” Arriving just in time, Ming Lengchen grabbed the servants’ legs about to kick Yuer’s belly, protecting the unconscious Mei Siyu and looking painfully at his mother.
Liu Gong Gong presented the physical evidence, wondering what she could still argue about. Ming Lengchen carefully held Mei Siyu in his arms, wiping the dirt from her face with his sleeve, sighing softly with distress.
“Yes, this servant obeys,” Liu Gong Gong said, holding up a tray with his pinky raised. “Read!” Ming Lengchen glared at Xia Waner.
“This servant is Chun Xiu, a maid from the Phoenix Ceremony Hall. I left this letter to clear Mei Fei’s name. The doll found in the Yang Feng Hall was the work of the Virtuous Concubine and has nothing to do with Mei Fei. I know people might not believe a lowly maid, but I have evidence! The doll has a ‘wan’ character stabbed into its body, something even the young miss didn’t know…” Liu Gong Gong respectfully read the entire letter.
“Your Majesty, this letter cannot prove that this concubine slandered my sister. I beg you to investigate carefully,” Xia Waner pleaded.
“Read again!”
“Yes. Waner, your adoptive father knows you’ve worked hard. For the greater cause, you must endure. If necessary, you can kill to silence others, but you must never let anyone know about your martial arts or the secret that you are not the real Xia Waner. This would ruin everything, remember!” Liu Gong Gong read out another letter in a soft voice.
“Impossible, I already destroyed it. How did you get this?” Xia Waner shouted uncontrollably.
