Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Feng Xingye stared for a while, watching the figure get closer and closer, and then slowly raised his head, his eyes meeting Xiao Fengyi's.

Just as the other person was about to bow, he suddenly looked away and looked elsewhere.

Xiao Fengyi pursed her cherry-like lips slightly. Her heart clenched at Feng Xingye's aloof attitude, and she felt a strange, indescribable feeling.

Since the other party was not going to accept the bow, she didn't need to. The woman leaned on the trees beside her and walked towards the Wenqin Terrace.

Xiao Fengyi took a few steps when her left armpit and elbow were pulled by a force.

She wanted to push away the person who was holding her, but when she turned around, she found that the person holding her was Xiao Qingyin.

“Sister, you sneaked out last night and violated the Xiao family rules. Father punished you by hitting you with a cane, and now your leg is injured. Let me help you.”

Xiao Fengyi was a girl and didn't want others to know that she went out at night, let alone that she had been beaten.

She didn't think Xiao Qingyin was doing this for her own good; she clearly wanted everyone in the palace to know that she had been disciplined by the family.

"Xiao Fengyi didn't come home last night? Where did she go last night?"

"Who knows? Anyway, he got a beating from Xiao Qishan."

People around Luoyan Lake were whispering among themselves, and Xiao Fengyi saw a smug expression on Xiao Qingyin's face.

"So Miss Xiao's leg injury was caused by Xiao Qishan?"

Yueqi's words reached Feng Xingye's ears as he drank warm wine, tightening his grip on Feng Xingye's heart like an invisible thread.

It turns out that Xiao Fengyi was indeed injured because of herself.

Feng Xingye placed the golden wine cup in his hand on the table, beckoned Yue Qi to his side and said, "Go to the other side of Luoyan Lake and keep an eye on Xiao Fengyi. If anything happens, rescue her immediately."

Yue Qi didn't understand, but he still obeyed the order.

Even after the guards left, Feng Xingye kept staring at Xiao Fengyi, as if his eyes were glued to her.

Xiao Fengyi, on the other hand, became wary because of Xiao Qingyin's behavior.

Without thinking, she prepared to push him away, angrily saying, "I don't need your fake kindness!"

She suddenly flung Xiao Qingyin away, but the woman wouldn't let go and clung to her again, crying and sobbing.

"Sister, do you hate me that much? Do you think I'm a burden?"

Xiao Fengyi noticed that when Xiao Qingyin spoke, not only were her eyes filled with tears, making her look pitiful, but her originally soft and weak voice suddenly became very loud, as if she wanted everyone to hear it.

As expected, the loud noise attracted the attention of the noble ladies, princes, palace maids, and eunuchs beside Luoyan Lake.

Are the Xiao sisters arguing?

"Is Xiao Fengyi really taking advantage of her status as the Empress Dowager, so everyone is bullying her sister because of her?"

"Look how heartbroken her sister is. All she wanted to do was help Xiao Fengyi, and Xiao Fengyi held a grudge against her. Xiao Fengyi is simply lawless."

After she shouted, Xiao Fengyi was truly in a dilemma, unable to push the person away.

Otherwise, you'll lose your reputation...

Moreover, after what had just happened, Xiao Fengyi no longer had the strength to push her away again...

Fine, I'll let Xiao Qingyin support me and see what she's up to.

Because of this action, Xiao Fengyi seemed to be a bully who was bullying her weak younger sister amidst the accusations of the crowd.

She looked up at the sky and sighed, feeling dizzy and disoriented. Everything happening before her eyes was different from her previous life!

In her previous life, Xiao Fengyi did not encounter the reclusive Feng Xingye, nor was she punished by Xiao Qishan with family law for treating him, let alone be captured by Xiao Qingyin due to her leg injury.

What exactly caused my reborn self to encounter different events? Was it simply because of the variable of meeting Feng Xingye?

While Xiao Fengyi was racking her brains, she suddenly felt a push from behind, and she was thrown straight into Luoyan Lake like an object.

The person who pushed her was none other than Xiao Qingyin, who had been trying to support her.

This person was indeed a weasel offering New Year's greetings; he had no good intentions.

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As Xiao Fengyi was submerged in the icy lake water, she seemed to hear the woman's feigned cries.

"Help! Sister, why did you push me in? I really didn't mean to push you. I pushed you into the water to protect myself!"

This is a classic case of the thief crying "stop thief!" What a clumsy trick. Does he think no one can tell?

This was the thought in Xiao Fengyi's mind as she fell into the lake.

"Xiao Fengyi's fall into the water was her own fault. She pushed her sister into the water, but in the end, she fell into the water herself."

"Fortunately, Xiao Fengyi's sister was quick-witted and agile, otherwise she would have really been pushed down by Xiao Fengyi."

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Xiao Fengyi, who had fallen into the water, did not hear the commotion, but Xiao Qingyin did.

These people are going too far. Even when they're feeling sorry for themselves, they only refer to themselves as "Xiao Fengyi's sister" instead of Xiao Qingyin.

Doesn't she have a name?

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Yue Qi reacted quickly and jumped into the lake to rescue Xiao Fengyi.

While he was rescuing Xiao Fengyi, Feng Xingye had already walked to the spot where Xiao Fengyi had fallen into the water.

He heard Xiao Qingyin crying and slandering Xiao Fengyi.

"Yesterday, my sister was having an affair with the eleventh and thirteenth princes and went out without permission. Father found out and punished her with family discipline. My sister thought I had told Father on her, so she held a grudge. After coming to the palace, she was about to push me into the lake. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I would be the one in the water. I'm so sorry, sister, sob sob..."

After hearing Xiao Qingyin's slanderous words against Xiao Fengyi, the noble ladies, maids, and eunuchs all suddenly realized the truth.

Some say Xiao Fengyi brought it upon herself and that Xiao Qingyin shouldn't be sad; others say Xiao Fengyi is a vicious person who bullied her younger sister. All sorts of opinions are criticizing Xiao Fengyi and speaking up for this woman.

Upon hearing these words, Xiao Qingyin cried even more bitterly.

Her sadness stemmed not from anything else, but from the belief that Xiao Fengyi was crocodile tears and feigned compassion because he couldn't save her.

Feng Xingye saw through all of this little trick, but he didn't have time to investigate Xiao Qingyin's motives for framing Xiao Fengyi. He just wanted to see when Yue Qi would rescue Xiao Fengyi.

Xiao Qingyin had been staring at the water, thinking her sister was definitely dead. But then a sound came from the water, and the water suddenly burst open. Xiao Fengyi was brought up by Yue Qi, a guard from Prince Zhao's side.

"They've been rescued!"

Amidst a chorus of pessimistic voices, Xiao Fengyi was rescued by Yue Qi.

After Xiao Fengyi was rescued, the maids and servants who were with her went to the lakeside and covered Xiao Fengyi's wet body with clothes.

"Miss, please wake up!"

"Miss Xiao, wake up."

"Xiao Fengyi, I command you to rise!"

Xiao Fengyi had already spat out the water in her mouth, but when she heard these sounds, she tried to wake up but couldn't.