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"I don't dare."

"Ha, I dare not. What else can you not dare to do? A palace maid dares to harm me. Are you going to do the same to me, Lu Shian?"

Seeing Lu Shian lowering his head and not speaking, Li Hongting became furious: "Speak."

Lu Shian looked up and locked eyes with Li Hongting: "What does Your Majesty want me to say? Or what does Your Majesty want to hear?"

Li Hongting narrowed his eyes and did not hide his murderous intent: "Is it because I love you too much that you dare to talk to me like this?"

"Has the emperor really ever favored me? If I were just a worthless piece of trash, I wouldn't have the chance to stand here today."

"What do you mean?"

Lu Shian didn't want to continue talking, she lowered her head and said: "Today, I didn't discipline my children well enough, Your Majesty, please punish me."

"Oh, oh, my beloved concubine is so responsible, I can't let her down. Xing'er, right? No, I should call her Nanxing. Since she dared to murder me, drag her out and beat her to death."

Nanxing sat on the ground limply. She was finished. She knew she was finished.

When Li Hongting called out the name Nanxing, Lu Shian knew something was wrong: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"As for you, my beloved concubine, you will be confined to your room for three months."

Lu Shian stood up from the ground: "Your Majesty, please think twice."

"Someone ask Concubine Xian to go back."

Cheng An turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation, but Lu Shian ignored him and took another step forward.

"Your Majesty and I have experienced life and death together for so many years. Today, please spare Nanxing for the sake of our past friendship."

Li Hongting raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

"Chengan, you go out first."

Cheng An glanced at Li Hongting, and seeing that Li Hongting had no objection, he quietly retreated.

Sure enough, he was interested in this.

Knowing that Li Hongting was waiting for her, Lu Shian continued, "I know that I cannot escape the blame for this matter. If the emperor is angry, please punish me."

"You think I don't dare?"

Lu Shian did not reply to Li Hongting's words, which was considered as her tacit agreement. She turned to Nanxing and said, "Nanxing, please leave the palace."

Nan Xing shook her head: "I caused this trouble, I can't just walk away."

Lu Shian smiled at Nan Xing and said, "You are in this misfortune because of me. No matter what, I want to hand you over to Shen Teng safely."

Nan Xing shook her head stubbornly: "I won't leave. I will never leave until I can confirm that you are really safe."

She decided that if they left, they would leave together, and if they stayed, they would stay together.

Lu Shian sighed. It might not be safe to let Nanxing leave like this. In that case, it would be better to let her stay with him.

Seeing that Lu Shian didn't take the emperor seriously at all, Li Hongting sneered: "The virtuous concubine is so majestic, I'd better give you the throne."

Lu Shian took a deep breath and opened his eyes. There was no hesitation in his eyes. Things had come to this point, so he might as well take a gamble.

"I am tired. I have had enough of this life of intrigue and deception. I beg the emperor to turn me into a commoner and send me out of the palace."

Li Hongting didn't expect Lu Shian to say that and looked at her in surprise.

"what are you saying?"

"Didn't the Emperor hear everything?"

"You are my virtuous concubine. This is an established fact. No one can change it."

"As long as the emperor agrees, I will no longer be a member of the harem."

"Lu Shian, am I too indulgent towards you? That's why you dare to speak to me like this."

"Indulge? Has the emperor ever really indulged me? Aren't you taking advantage of me?"

"How dare you talk to me like that. Do you really think I dare not touch you?"

"Of course the emperor dares to touch me. Hasn't he already done so?"

On the bed, Li Hongting clenched his hands into fists. After a while, he sighed, threw back the quilt and got out of bed.

"Whether I am sincere to you or not, I believe everyone in the world can see it with their own eyes."

"What the world wants to see and what they can see, isn't it up to you, Your Majesty, to decide?"

Li Hongting pretended to think for a moment before saying, "If you feel bored in the palace, I promise you can go out and relax."

"Please, Your Majesty, send me out of the palace." Lu Shian made up his mind.

"I really care about you."

"The emperor cares about too many people."

"Shian..."

"There are some things I don't want to say, but there are some things that the emperor knows, and I know them too. The emperor and I have known each other for several years, and we have experienced life and death together. Now that we have come to this point today, why not just make it clear."

Li Hongting suppressed his anger and said, "It was your people who tried to assassinate me, but now it is my fault."

"So the emperor can ignore her wishes and forcibly seize a commoner's daughter?"

"How dare you! I will favor any of the women in the harem that I want."

"Your Majesty, I have no control over who you want to favor, but you can't touch my friend. You already knew who she was, and you still did this. Your Majesty, do you dare to say that you didn't do it on purpose?"

Li Hongting looked unhappy: "It is not your turn to question me yet."

"Then please let me and my son leave the palace, Your Majesty."

"You are my woman. Don't even think about leaving here, let alone taking the royal heir with you."

"Your Majesty, do you really want me to explain it to you? Why does Chen'er cry every day? Why is he poisoned? And your Majesty knows exactly what I put in my meals every day."

"Lu Shian, you are so bold. If I want you dead, it would only take a word. Why would I use such means?"

"Yes, why do you have to resort to such shameful means? You just want to be a wise ruler in the eyes of the people."

When Li Hongting guessed that Xing'er was Nanxing, he realized that Lu Shian had already known what he had instructed his men to do.

Although everyone knows the truth, it is still acceptable if it is not said explicitly. But now that it is brought out in the open, it is a different story.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay, so this is how I am in your eyes. Come, take Nanxing out and beat him to death."

"Who dares."

Cheng An rushed in with his guards.

He glanced at the emperor and then at Lu Shian.

He said to his men, "Pull the man out."

Lu Shian immediately blocked Nanxing behind him: "Let's see who dares."

"Didn't you hear what I said?"

Cheng An clasped his fists and said, "My lady, I am sorry for the offence."

Lu Shian grabbed Nan Xing's hand tightly: "If you want to touch her, kill me first."

Nan Xing's eyes instantly turned red: "My Lady, please don't..."

"Just shut up and stay still." Lu Shian knew exactly what Nan Xing was going to say.

Nanxing has helped her many times, and this time it was because of her, so how could she just ignore it.

Li Hongting was shaking with anger: "Are you all dead? Pull her away from me."

"excuse me."

The guard reached out to grab Lu Shian, who yelled, "Get out of here, everyone, get out of here..."

"Let go, let go."

Lu Shian was caught by the guards and Nanxing was dragged out.

"Li Hongting, you dare."

Before Li Hongting could speak, he heard Nanxing's scream coming from outside.

"Li Hongting, tell them to stop. Tell them to stop."