When Shen Zhiyao accompanied the queen out of Changdeok Palace, she saw Concubine Hu had taken off the hairpin and gold ornaments on her head, and was wearing a white casual dress. Her eyes were red and swollen, and she was kneeling in front of the palace gate and sobbing.

Presumably, he had just heard that Prime Minister Hu's crime had been exposed and the Hu family had been implicated, so he came kneeling and begging for mercy.

“Empress!” When the Empress came out, Lady Hu knelt down, hugged the Empress’ legs, and cried, “Empress, I beg you to talk to the Emperor and ask him to show some leniency to the Hu family for the sake of our past relationship, Empress!”

"Hu Cairen, what are you doing?" Shen Zhiyao couldn't bear to see her like this, so she pulled her aside and frowned, "Speak properly, don't hug the Queen's legs like that, the Queen is pregnant, if there is any mistake, even if I kill all of you in the Hu family, I can't afford the compensation."

Shijin and Qiuyue were also very annoyed, fearing that Concubine Hu would become desperate and do harm to the Queen, so they hurried forward to help Shen Zhiyao and dragged Concubine Hu away.

The queen looked at her, her phoenix eyes devoid of emotion: "Hu Cairen, I cannot make the decision on this matter, you should go and ask the emperor..."

After the queen finished speaking, she waved at Shen Zhiyao, signaling her to follow her quickly, and no longer paid any attention to Hu Cairen.

Looking at the Queen and Shen Zhiyao's backs, Hu Cairen did not chase after them crying and begging, but wiped her tears silently and knelt back to her original position.

She didn't have any hope in the first place, she just didn't want to give up.

So, that day, Hu Cairen knelt from the afternoon until sunset. Bo Muxi met with one important minister after another, dismissed and appointed many officials, but he still refused to see her.

Until the hour of Xu, Concubine Hu had not drunk a drop of water and finally fainted from exhaustion. Bo Muxi then ordered people to carry her into a side hall of Changdeok Palace.

Hu Cairen slept for half an hour before waking up. Looking at this deserted side hall, she knew that the emperor was completely disgusted with her and refused to let her set foot in the main hall or the inner chambers.

Recalling the scene when she first met the emperor, Hu Cairen had to admit that although she came here with a mission, she really liked Bo Muxi.

The emperor was handsome, had such a high status, and also understood music, it was hard for Hu Cairen not to be moved.

Hu Cairen was once the most favored one, but now, everything is messed up. How can she not hate him?

She huddled on the couch, covering her face and crying. Why did her life become like this?

There was a sudden creaking sound of the wooden door opening. Hu Cairen looked up and saw Bo Muxi standing at the door, looking at her coldly.

"Your Majesty..." Hu Cairen was so excited that she accidentally fell to the ground when she got off the bed.

Bo Muxi still stood there, unmoved, without even a trace of expression, and had no intention of helping her at all.

Hu Cairen looked at the cold emperor in front of her. The strange feeling made her scalp tingle, as if she had never seen the emperor clearly before.

"In my life... I hate being deceived the most..." Bo Muxi said coldly, his tone as cold as an ice cone, piercing Hu Cairen's heart.

"Your Majesty... I... I didn't..." Hu Cairen was still sitting on the ground, shaking violently all over, like a skylark that had just fallen from its nest, feeling scared and helpless.

"Besides pretending to be pitiful, acting, and pretending to be innocent, what other abilities do you have?" Bo Muxi said, and then he walked straight to the table in the hall, sat down slowly on the chair, and looked at Hu Cairen coldly.

"Your Majesty, I did...I was forced to do some things, but...I like your feelings...It's all true, all true..."

Hu Cairen sobbed incessantly. At this moment, she wished she could dig out her heart and show it to the emperor.

Bo Muxi laughed in anger: "If a woman like you really wants to cheat, I'm afraid even you will get into the act."

After being denied by the emperor one after another, Hu Cairen refuted with all his might: "I am not acting! I am sincere to the emperor, why... why don't you believe me..."

"sincere?"

With a bang, Bo Muxi couldn't help but slam the table and stood up: "For the sake of the Hu family, you and your daughter have no bottom line as human beings. You still want to deceive me now?"

"I ask you, don't you know that Prince Rui intends to rebel? Don't you know what will happen to me if he succeeds? If you really care about me, would you be an accomplice and deceive me to such an extent?" Bo Muxi asked angrily.

"I was forced to do it... Prince Rui... has evidence of my father's corruption..." Hu Cairen sobbed.

"Excuse!" Bo Muxi frowned and interrupted her: "This can only prove that I am not as important as your family in your heart! This kind of feeling full of deception and exploitation is still sincere? I would cherish it?"

Hu Cairen's pale lips trembled a few times, but in the end she could not utter a word. She didn't know how to explain.

She secretly carried out certain tasks for Prince Rui, but those were all based on self-interest, to stabilize Prince Rui and prepare for her withdrawal in the future.

Seeing her reaction like this, Bo Muxi was even more certain of his own thoughts and said coldly, "It's simply disgusting!"

Hu Cairen never expected that the emperor would speak of her like this. She felt as if she had been hit by a hammer. Her head was buzzing and she could not even utter a word of pleading.

"Am I not good enough to you? I didn't expect this to be the result." Bo Muxi was extremely angry, but he chuckled at the same time.

The emperor was also heartbroken at this moment, but his pain was completely different from that of Hu Cairen. He was sad that Hu Xuanqing was ultimately not as good as Qin Man and was not even qualified to be a substitute.

Hu Cairen felt hopeless. In this desperate situation, the only person in the world who could protect her, her beloved husband, thought she was disgusting and refused to believe her at all.

She wiped away her tears, stopped sobbing, and with the intention of seeking death, she pleaded, "Your Majesty, I am sorry and do not want to explain too much. You can sentence me to death, but please do not send my mother and sister into exile. I am willing to die a thousand times to repay your grace..."

Hearing this, Bo Muxi looked at her with cold eyes: "I am the Son of Heaven, my words are as good as gold, how can I change my orders every day? I have promised Hu Hongfei that I would not kill you... But I don't want to see you either, so I will send you to Cheng'en Temple, where you can spend the rest of your life with the green lamp..."

Bo Muxi turned around and said, "Lin'en, send her back to Zheng Fuxuan and let her rest for a few days. She must be sent to Cheng'en Temple to report within seven days. As for Zheng Fuxuan...the things that have been distributed should be sealed for the time being!"

"Yes." Lin En bowed and responded, sighing when he thought of Zheng Fuxuan's former glory.

At this moment, it suddenly started raining outside. Bo Muxi stood in the rain without looking back, recalling the past. He was so good to her just to make up for the regret in his heart.

But this person actually disappointed him so much, it really made up for the loneliness.

Lin En hurriedly held up an umbrella, silently shielding the emperor from the rain.

"Hu Xuanqing..." Bo Muxi looked up and rarely called Hu Cairen's name.

Hu Cairen looked up with tears in her eyes, a faint hope burning in her heart.

"It was a mistake in the first place. You'd better take care of yourself for the rest of your life without my protection." After saying that, he strode away.

"Ah...ah..." Hu Cairen looked at the emperor's heartless back and broke down in tears.

After a moment, a thin eunuch stood behind Hu Cairen and said with some emotion: "I am ordered to take you back to Zheng Fuxuan. I advise you to think more positively. Let's go now."

Hu Xiaoyi felt as if her soul had been pulled out of her body, and she couldn't stop crying. She stood up tremblingly, and regardless of the rain that was still falling, she staggered into the rain and headed towards the Zhengfu Palace...

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