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She paused slightly as her eyes slowly turned towards Meng Fuying. She saw Meng Fuying standing there with her head slightly lowered, motionless.
She said again, “Look at how frightened Miss Meng is.”
Although she also felt that Meng Fuying was not worthy of her son, she could not bear to see her like this.
Meng Fuying was slightly taken aback. She had not expected Consort Rou to plead for her. She could feel that Consort Rou did not really like her. From this, it could be seen that this Consort Rou truly had a heart of Bodhisattva.
Frightened? Xuanyuan Ye’s lowered eyes flickered. Would she be frightened?
However, no one noticed that when Consort Rou spoke, he seemed to secretly heave a sigh of relief.
“Miss Meng isn’t wrong either. She’s just too honest and speaks the truth. Girls are timid to begin with. You’ve already frightened her to this extent. How else are you thinking of punishing her?” Consort Rou glanced at Xuanyuan Ye and said gently again.
Meng Fuying nearly bowed to Consort Rou. Bodhisattva, what a living Bodhisattva.
However, the corners of Xuanyuan Ye’s lips seemed to twitch. Was she honest? Was she telling the truth? Was she timid?
If she was timid, would she have gone to the Bai Residence in the middle of the night to ‘move’ the silver? If she was timid, would she have used all sorts of tricks?
If she was timid, the whole world would be scaredy cats.
“I’ll listen to you, Mother.” Xuanyuan Ye’s voice sounded more respectful than before. It was no longer as cold as before. Instead, it sounded more gentle.
Everyone knew that although he was arrogant, he listened to everything his mother said.
“Then what do you think?” Conosrt Rou nodded her head slightly and asked gently again. Her meaning was that she was not too satisfied with Meng Fuying either.
“Let’s cancel the selection of concubines this time.” How could Xuanyuan Ye not understand what she meant? He said impatiently.
Meng Fuying opened her eyes slightly and subconsciously looked at him quickly. Her eyes were filled with uncontrollable joy.
Fine, fine. Cancelling it was a good idea. As long as it wasn’t her, it was fine. She knew that Xuanyuan Ye wouldn’t really want to marry her.
Xuanyuan Ye raised his eyes slightly and met her gaze. He couldn’t help but feel happy.
Her eyes darkened, but there seemed to be a faint smile on her lips. Woman, don’t you think you’re celebrating too early?
Consort Rou was stunned. Cancel? She had finally managed to get him to agree to the selection of concubines, and now he was canceling?
No, he could not cancel it just like that.
“Since you just drew Miss Meng, perhaps this is the arrangement of the heavens. Since it is heaven’s will, how can we go against it? Your Majesty, what do you think?” Consort Rou immediately changed the topic and looked at the emperor with a gentle expression.
Meng Fuying was stunned once again. No way. She had been grateful to such a living Bodhisattva earlier, but now, she actually…
“Yes, since it’s the will of the heavens, then it’s decided. Choose a good day and have the both of them get married.” The emperor pondered for a moment before speaking with a solemn expression. In truth, he was very satisfied with Meng Fuying.
Initially, he still had some reservations about Bu Jingyu. However, the Empress Dowager had told him earlier that there was nothing between the Ying lass and Bu Jingyu. It was just a show to end the engagement.
It seemed like the empress dowager was trying her best to matchmake Ye’er and Ying. Since that was the case, he would go along with her wishes.
Xuanyuan Ye frowned slightly as if he was unhappy, but he did not say anything else.
Meng Fuying was stunned. It looked like he did not want to choose any concubine at all. It was only because of Consort Rou that he had no choice but to choose. And she had been so unlucky to be chosen by him as a shield.
Why was she always the unlucky one?
However, this time, the emperor didn’t even ask her a single question and issued a decree. If she refused again, then she would be publicly defying the decree, and her little life would probably be lost!
In the ancient times, how could the common people have any say about imperial power? Even if her father was the Marquis of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, it was unlikely that the empress would dote on her.
After some thought, Meng Fuying could only endure it. However, her eyes turned colder.
However, her lips curled into a cold smile. Hmph, who was she? She was a Godly Thief from the modern era with superb medical skills.
How could her fate be at the mercy of others? Hence, even if the imperial edict was issued, she would still not marry him. However, she would not be so foolish as to reject him outright.
She couldn’t use an egg against a rock, so she had to find another way.
Su Feng, who was standing behind Xuanyuan Ye, twitched his lips slightly. His Highness was indeed His Highness.
He knew His Highness too well. He could quickly guess what His Highness meant with every move and every look.
Previously, the ruthlessness he showed Miss Meng was all a show for the Crown Prince. Because His Highness had already thought it through. With Consort Rou’s kindness, she would definitely not let His Highness punish Miss Meng.
And His Highness had also calculated that it was impossible for Consort Rou to cancel the selection, so he deliberately said that.
It made the Crown Prince misunderstand that he didn’t want to marry Miss Meng, but in the end, he had no choice but to agree to Consort Rou.
His Highness probably did this to protect Miss Meng.
In the past few years, the Crown Prince’s influence outside the capital had grown stronger and stronger. Many times, he had sent people to assassinate His Highness in the open and in the dark, and there were several times that His Highness had almost been wounded.
Therefore, he was the only one who could understand why His Highness was so cautious.
He finally had someone he wanted to choose, but he was afraid that it would hurt her. If did not choose her, he was even more afraid that he would never have another chance.
Su Feng sighed in his heart. His Highness must be in a difficult position right now.
Fortunately, Consort Rou and the emperor were extremely cooperative and did not let His Highness’ painstaking efforts go to waste.
This matter was decided just like that. Xuanyuan Ye walked out with a cold expression, just as he had come. He no longer paid attention to anyone, including the most unlucky Meng Fuying.
When Meng Fuying walked to the back garden, she was suddenly stopped.
“Empress, the imperial physician said that Xue’er might have been drugged by someone just now. It must be her. It must be that bitch.” First Madam’s sharp voice suddenly burst out. Meng Fuying frowned slightly and her eyes darkened. She was in a bad mood now and someone dared to provoke her?
Meng Fuying slowly raised her eyes and stared straight at the First Madam as she said coldly, word by word, “You can eat anything you want, but you can’t speak nonsense. Everything has to be based on evidence. Without evidence, you’d better shut up. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
She was in a bad mood now. If anyone provoked her, she would not be nice.
“You… No matter what, I’m your elder. How can you talk to me like that? You’re such an unruly b * tch. You and that vixen mother of yours…” First Madam’s anger was instantly quelled and her body trembled slightly. However, she knew that Meng Fuying wouldn’t dare to do anything now that the empress was here, so she cursed again..