Chapter 62 A Long Night Deep

"Queen, you were not present that day, and there was no other high-ranking lady, so only the concubine fought boldly and taught Ying Chang. What's more, the Empress is kind and can't listen to these dirty words. The concubine is worried that the Empress will be sad after knowing it, so she did not come to report it specially afterwards. I don't want to disturb you, and I hope you can atone for your sins. Ling Xiao solemnly went down and saluted the queen to plead guilty.

The queen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Ling Wanyi, you are right, and the explanation is completely reasonable." Saying that, the wind swept over the timid Xu Ying and said in a low voice, "Ying is always here."

"Empress." Xu Ying knew that she was wrong, especially the queen who obviously believed Ling Xiao's words. How dare she say anything at this moment? When she heard that she called herself, she lowered her head and answered. He secretly speculated in his heart how the queen would deal with himself. In case of a heavy punishment, the emperor should come back to save himself, right?

"I guess that Ying Chang is not so vicious. Maybe it's really unintentional." As soon as the queen's words came out, Xu Ying suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The big stone in his heart also fell down, and the frightened look on his face faded in an instant. However, the queen continued, "But it's not right. I'll fine you a month's share of silver."

A month's example?! What's the difference between this and no punishment? It seems that the queen is also afraid of the emperor's attitude and dares not really do what he is doing. Everyone looked surprised at first, and then they all looked clear. Naturally, Ling Xiao was no exception. She didn't expect the soft-hearted queen to come up with any punishment.

"Thank you, Queen! Thank you very much!" Xu Ying knelt down and thanked repeatedly, with a grateful face. He raised his head and smiled triumphantly at Ling Xiao and Qin Meiren.

"Shanger, don't be sad. That's just the queen's attitude, not the emperor's intention." After the invitation was over, in order to avoid Xu Yingyang coming to trouble again, as soon as he went out, Lin Xuanyu hurriedly pulled Ling Xiao to his palace. After returning to the palace, Lin Xuanyu comforted him.

Ling Xiao sneered and tried his best to suppress the trembling of his hands. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of water. Then he barely suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Sister, do you believe what you said?"

Lin Xuanyu opened her mouth and stopped talking. After a long time, she said, "I just want you to open up."

Do you want to be more open? Looking at Xu Ying's arrogant face, I really want to go up and slap him a few more times. This mood lasted until the evening when the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to order that the emperor would stay in Qiluan Hall tonight and let Ling Xiao prepare to pick him up.

"Miss, Miss..." Qingwu gently pulled Ling Xiao's sleeve on the side and whispered, "This father-in-law is still waiting for your reply."

"Ling Xiaozhu?" The eunuch smiled and didn't look impatient at all. "Are you too happy?"

Ling Xiao squeezed out a smile and replied, "Thank you, father-in-law. Your father-in-law has worked hard. Ling Xiao knows it, and he will be ready to welcome the emperor."

After saying that, she didn't have to wink. Qingwu has very cleverly taken out an ingot of silver ingots from his purse, handed it to the eunuch, and said with a smile, "Fair-in-law, go and have tea or something when you are free."

The eunuch took it generously, put it in the wide cuffs, and said goodbye with a smile.

"Miss, what did you do just now..." Before Qingwu finished speaking, Ling Xiao smashed the cup in his hand heavily on the table. The tea splashed everywhere, the joints of his fingers held tightly turned white, and his face was even worse.

Qingwu didn't dare to speak, but after thinking about it, he decided to remind him: "Miss, you must restrain yourself. Don't be angry with the emperor at night!" If you are just like what some people want, relatives and enemies will be happy.

"How can I be angry with His Majesty the Emperor?" Ling Xiao smiled and continued, "Don't you want to see my jokes? The more so, the better I will be to the emperor. Otherwise, won't I be the one who will suffer?"

"Yes, yes, that's what the maidservant means. It's best if you can make it through, young lady." Qingwu patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked up and saw that Ling Xiao's face was still not good, his smile was worse than crying, and his heart suddenly rose again.

In the evening, Ling Xiao dressed up and sat in the main hall, quietly waiting for the arrival of Feng Yuqi. Everyone was sent down by her. She was the only one in the big and empty hall. The door was open, and a few stars in the sky fell into the door. Together with the swaying candlelight on the table, she dispelled the darkness in the room, but it could not dispel the desolation and loneliness.

"The emperor is coming--" The voice seems to come from a far away place. It is very quiet at night. The voice of the gatekeeper's eunuch is much lower than that of the day, but at this time, it still sounds a little sharp, cutting through the originally quiet night sky.

"My concubine Qi Luantang Ling Wanyi, see the emperor, the emperor is auspicious." Ling Xiao walked to the door and saw Feng Yuqi coming alone from afar. She knelt down respectfully and saluted him.

"Ling Xiao." Feng Yuqi frowned, called softly, and was about to help her up.

"I dare not." Ling Xiao quietly avoided Feng Yuqi's hand and still knelt on the ground.

"Let's be flat." Feng Yuqi sighed and motioned her to get up.

"Thank you, Emperor." Only then did Ling Xiao thank him for his kindness. He still lowered his head and asked, "Your Majesty, please go in with me."

"You--" Feng Yuqi seemed to be a little angry, but in the end he didn't say anything. When he got to the room, he sat down to ** by himself, looked at Ling Xiao standing aside, and looked at her quietly.

The two were so deadlocked for a long time. After all, Feng Yu couldn't help it. He stretched out his hand and pulled Ling Xiao and let her sit beside him. Ling Xiao did not struggle. He sat down obediently, but was away from him. Feng Yuqi took the initiative to lean over, took her by the shoulder, and said to her, "Look up and look at me."

When he said this, the representative's identity was no longer an ordinary husband, but the king of a country. Every word he said was an order, not a discussion. Ling Xiao couldn't resist, so he had to raise his head, but his eyes were still drooping and he didn't look at Feng Yu at all.

"Are you angry?" Feng Yuqi asked.

"The emperor laughed, how dare my concubine?" Ling Xiao showed a wry smile.

"Do you still say?" Feng Yuqi picked up her face and forced her to look at her, but she was shocked by her eyes. At this moment, there was bottomless sadness and tears surging in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to slip, and the appearance of falling was even more pitiful. Why are you so strange and polite to me?

"I hit her, aren't you happy?" Ling Xiao bit his lip, choked and said this, which was not the answer.

Feng Yuqi looked angry and funny, "You, you are the one who is unhappy now, okay?"

"Isn't she the person you like? But I got someone to hit her." Ling Xiao said, showing a sad but sarcastic smile, which fell into Feng Yuqi's eyes, which made him feel sad.

"What I like is Ling Xiao, it's you." He solemnly emphasized it.

Ling Xiao's heart trembled and almost gave up his entanglement about this matter at this moment. Maybe it was the best ending so far. She slowly softened her posture, and her facial expression began to melt. She leaned gently on his shoulder and said nothing more.

The long night was deep, Ling Xiao lay **, and there was a wisp of coolness on her chest. The man beside her was sleeping soundly, but she opened her eyes wide and stared at the deep night.

The next day, before Feng Yuqi left, she said, "She has no upbringing. Don't be as good as her. You're angry with yourself."

Looking at his back, Ling Xiao's tears last night finally fell down. Are you afraid of being angry with me, or are you worried that I will bully her?

In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Meiren came to Qiluan Hall and brought the special snacks she made in her hometown.

"Ling Wanyi, this is made by the concubine herself. Would you like to try it?" Qin Meiren's slender and white fingers first pinched a piece of horseshoe cake and elegantly put it into her mouth and took a bite.

Ling Xiao smiled, looked at the pastry in the plate in front of him, and said quietly, "You don't have to thank me. I'm just for myself."

"I didn't thank you." Qin Meiren's face was calm and looked straight at Ling Xiao, but she was extremely solemn. "I just hate the person who trampled me under his feet and bullied me everywhere. Since you taught her a lesson, I'm naturally happy."

"Aren't you afraid of offending the emperor's new favorite? Now everyone in the harem can see it, emperor..." Ling Xiao paused and said, "He is obviously protecting Ying Chang, so even the empress can't help her."

"So what? Can't I offend Wanyi if I keep a distance from you?" Qin Meiren smiled disdain, stood up and said, "Besides, didn't the queen punish her in the end? Even if it was just a small punishment, it was a big commandment. Also, Ling Wanyi, you slapped her, and the emperor didn't say anything? Don't you understand the meaning of it?"

"Real? So, are you optimistic about me?" Ling Xiao laughed at himself.

"There is nothing to be optimistic about." There was a certain decisive color in Qin Meiren's eyes. "Speaking of which, this matter was caused by me. Since it's a fore, there is nothing to be afraid of. Instead of me still giving up everywhere, it's better to simply turn around. On the contrary, she can't do anything to me.

This sounded a little inconsistent, but Ling Xiao understood. It seemed that Qin Meiren was going to stand on the same side as herself.

"You should know, your decision today, maybe..." Before Ling Xiao finished his words, there was a voice from the internal supervisor outside. "The imperial edict arrived--" Both of them looked at each other and were puzzled.

What's more puzzled is that when the eunuch Xuanzhi came in, he actually said to Qin Meiren. He smiled and said, "Qin Xiaoyuan, I just went to the Yuxi Hall and didn't see you. After inking a while, I knew that you were here with Ling Wanyi."

Qin Xiaoyuan?! Both of them were shocked.

"Fain-law, you are..."