Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

Xiao Fengyi felt a breath blow into her, and suddenly opened her eyes, where Feng Xingye's handsome and extraordinary face came into view.

The woman suddenly sat up, coughed twice, and looked at the other person, asking, "Where is Xiao Qingyin?"

Feng Xingye pursed his lips, looking like he hadn't had enough, and pointed behind her.

Xiao Qingyin stood there, looking like a bullied little wife.

Xiao Fengyi tugged at her clothes, not noticing the Emperor and Empress standing behind a tree not far away. She walked directly to Xiao Qingyin's side and questioned, "How did you see me having a secret rendezvous with the Eleventh Prince and the Thirteenth Prince?"

This question caught Xiao Qingyin off guard.

"I have……"

The person who was supposed to speak had already seen the Emperor and Empress standing nearby, so she wanted to take this opportunity to report to His Majesty that Xiao Fengyi was seducing the princes, but Xiao Fengyi clearly wanted to stop her.

Xiao Fengyi glared at her sideways, her tone fierce, "What do you have?"

Her words made Xiao Qingyin, who was originally about to take out the letters signed by the eleventh and thirteenth princes, pause for a moment.

"I have you and..."

"I advise you not to produce the forged documents. This not only concerns the reputation of the Xiao family, but also the reputation of the imperial family. Xiao Qingyin, do you know what the crime of criticizing imperial affairs is?"

When Xiao Fengyi saw Xiao Qingyin rummaging through her sleeves, she guessed that Xiao Qingyin was planning to use the documents of the eleventh and thirteenth princes to frame her. So she spoke first to make the other party think twice.

Xiao Qingyin paused for a moment.

She originally didn't want to care about the Xiao family's reputation, but if the Xiao family's reputation suffered, it would also affect her. If she wanted to marry the Seventh Prince, she had to consider these things.

Moreover, the other party made a very good point: the two documents she had involved the eleventh prince and the thirteenth prince, who were both members of the royal family. If the complaint failed, she might be punished by His Majesty, which would be a great loss.

The Emperor and Empress hadn't spoken a word, but had been watching the two Xiao sisters argue.

Xiao Fengyi looked utterly disheveled, with Feng Xingye standing behind her.

"what happened?"

At this moment, the emperor in front of the ceremonial carriage finally spoke, questioning the group of people in front of Luoyan Lake.

His question only made things worse. As soon as he asked, everyone except his ninth brother, Prince Zhao, Feng Xingye, knelt before His Majesty.

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Qingyin once again offered her advice to the Emperor.

“Your Majesty, I did not wrong my sister. She disappeared last night. When she returned home, my father questioned her, but she wouldn't say anything, so she was punished according to family law. Just now, I saw that my sister was having difficulty walking, so I wanted to help her to the Wenqin Terrace. Who knew she would try to push me into the lake…”

She stopped talking after saying that.

The Emperor's voice was deep, "Then why was it your sister who fell into the lake?"

After hearing the Emperor's question, Xiao Fengyi also looked at the real culprit.

This is where things get interesting; let's see how she plans to portray herself.

Xiao Qingyin wiped away a few more tears and complained to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, I really didn't mean to push my sister into the water. She was the one who tried to push me, so I... resisted."

Ah……

Xiao Fengyi laughed instead of getting angry. This younger sister's trick was so clumsy that she hadn't seen through it in her previous life.

Seeing her sneer, the Empress, who had been silent until now, asked, "Fengyi, you can speak up if you have any grievances. There's no need to keep them bottled up inside."

At Luoyan Lake, ginkgo leaves fluttered down, adding a touch of desolation and grimness to the tense atmosphere.

After hearing the Empress's words of favoritism towards others, Xiao Qingyin stopped crying.

What grievances did Xiao Fengyi have? The one who felt most wronged here is herself!

but……

Did Her Majesty the Empress discover something? Otherwise, why would she say that Xiao Fengyi was wronged?

After considering this possibility, Xiao Qingyin became even more submissive, afraid of annoying the Emperor and Empress.

Unfortunately, Xiao Fengyi would not let her go.

When she looked up, the Empress gestured for her to stand up, and Xiao Fengyi moved to her sister's side.

"Xiao Qingyin, do you have any evidence that I went out without permission? Do you have any evidence that I pushed him into the lake?"

"I……"

Before Xiao Qingyin could finish speaking, her head was knocked to the side, and the pain came a second later.

In front of everyone, Xiao Fengyi squatted down, grabbed the other person by the collar, and slapped him across the face.

Snapped--

The slap caused Xiao Qingyin to experience ringing in her ears.

That wasn't enough. The other party continued to raise their voice and warn, "Xiao Qingyin, don't make things up if you don't have evidence."

Xiao Fengyi was soaked to the bone, her hair clinging to her deathly pale face. The way she grabbed Xiao Qingyin's collar in front of everyone truly gave off the feeling of a vengeful ghost.

Xiao Qingyin was so intimidated by her that she sat down on the ground.

"Although I have no evidence, you can't explain why I ran away from home in the middle of the night yesterday." She was unwilling to accept this and pointed at Xiao Fengyi, questioning her in a way that avoided the main issue.

Of course, this cannot be said, because Xiao Fengyi treated Feng Xingye yesterday.

The man happened to be standing right behind Xiao Fengyi and witnessed her domineering reprimand of Xiao Qingyin.

During the acupuncture session yesterday, Feng Xingye only knew that she was a courageous person. But seeing her again today, he realized that she was also a person who kept her word.

Even though Xiao Qingyin was going to slander Xiao Fengyi's innocence, she didn't say a word.

His Majesty was also very curious about where she went after leaving the Xiao residence last night.

"Fengyi, tell me, where exactly did you go?"

Xiao Fengyi could have simply let the matter drop without explaining it, but since His Majesty had already asked, she had no choice but to answer.

But how should I answer that?

Just as she was struggling with this problem, Feng Xingye stepped forward.

A gentle, warm voice came from behind him. He bowed to the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Xiao was at my brother's residence yesterday."

These words drew attention from everyone at Luoyan Lake.

what?

Xiao Fengyi was at Prince Zhao's residence yesterday, which left everyone who heard it feeling incredulous.

The Emperor was initially puzzled as to why his ninth brother, Feng Xingye, had stepped forward. However, when Feng Xingye revealed Xiao Fengyi's presence at the Prince Zhao's residence, the Emperor suddenly smiled and asked, "Ninth brother, what brings Miss Xiao to your Prince Zhao's residence?"

Feng Xingye coughed lightly twice, then glanced down at the woman beside him. "She came to my residence because..."

"I went to Ninth Prince's residence to see the famous zither Jie Pei. Ninth Prince said that there was a peerless zither in his residence."

Before Feng Xingye could utter the words "see a doctor," Xiao Fengyi interrupted him.

Xiao Fengyi felt that his poisoning should not be known to anyone.

The Emperor raised an eyebrow but remained silent.

On the contrary, Feng Xingye found it strange that this woman came to his mansion so late yesterday, how did she know that there was a zither in his mansion.

That's really strange...