“It’s still being burned. Every day during the afternoon nap, it’s lit without fail.”
Seeing Tang Guo answer with a smile, An Ningxiang assumed she was flaunting Xuanyuan Mo’s affection and couldn’t help but laugh out loud. It was truly laughable. Xuanyuan Mo was laughable, and he was also truly heartless.
“What is the Empress laughing at?”
An Ningxiang laughed for a long while before stopping. She looked at Tang Guo’s puzzled expression and finally spoke. “I’m laughing at how you’ve been kept in the dark. I’m laughing at how you’ve misplaced your sincerity on certain people. I’m laughing at—”
“Empress!!”
Xuanyuan Mo finally arrived. He barged in and saw An Ningxiang speaking, and he immediately roared, “Did I not forbid you from leaving your palace? Return to your palace at once!”
“Take the Empress back.” Xuanyuan Mo waved his hand. Eunuch Li, who had hurried in behind him, quickly brought two eunuchs forward to escort An Ningxiang. “Empress, please.”
“Fine, I’ll go.”
An Ningxiang didn’t seem to resist. She fixed her gaze on Xuanyuan Mo, watching him as he approached Tang Guo, his demeanor filled with warmth and care. Something she was all too familiar with.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and followed Eunuch Li out. But just as Xuanyuan Mo relaxed for a brief moment, she suddenly spoke.
“The calming incense is poisonous. Burning it long-term will cause a woman to become infertile in less than a month.”
An Ningxiang blurted it out before Xuanyuan Mo could stop her. He immediately shouted, “Don’t believe her, Imperial Concubine! She’s spouting nonsense. She can’t stand to see me treat you well!”
An Ningxiang chuckled softly, while Xuanyuan Mo stared at her coldly and said in a deep voice, “Escort the Empress back to her palace at once!”
Eunuch Li dared not slack off. He signaled to the two eunuchs, who grabbed An Ningxiang’s arms and forcefully dragged her out.
An Ningxiang’s face showed a desolate smile. She suddenly laughed out loud and shouted, “Imperial Concubine! Do you know that the man who visits your palace during the day is not the same man who shares your bed at night?”
She had finally said it. In an instant, everyone who didn’t know the truth was frozen in shock. They stared at An Ningxiang, completely dumbfounded.
The Empress must have gone mad, right?
“Take her away! Quickly! The Empress has gone insane. Lock her up. To think she would slander the Imperial Concubine like this. Such jealousy makes her unworthy of being Empress. I have decided…”
“Your Majesty, do you have to be this heartless to me?” An Ningxiang turned her head, her face now covered in tears. “Just because I wasn’t the one you were looking for, you don’t love me. You think you can just treat me cruelly, hurt my heart at will, disregard my feelings, and accuse me of slandering the Imperial Concubine in front of everyone? But don’t you know? The man who spends the night with her is not the same as the one who visits her during the day.
You said all of this was for me. You said you loved me. You said you didn’t love the Imperial Concubine. You said I would be the only one in your heart for the rest of your life.
These were all your words!”
Xuanyuan Mo was furious and flustered. He quickly turned to look at Tang Guo’s expression, hoping to find no change. Seeing that she seemed unaffected, he sighed in relief. “Imperial Concubine, don’t listen to her nonsense. I am not the person she’s claiming I am.”
“I must have been blind to have made her Empress in the first place.”
“Take her away.”
Tang Guo finally spoke. “Wait.”
“Imperial Concubine?” Xuanyuan Mo’s back was drenched in cold sweat. He wasn’t sure if today’s events would affect their relationship. He had intended to keep this secret buried forever.
Ignoring Xuanyuan Mo, Tang Guo walked over to An Ningxiang.
An Ningxiang stopped crying, and the two of them simply stared at each other. Just as An Ningxiang thought that the Imperial Concubine wouldn’t believe her and might even slap her.
The breathtaking beauty in front of her suddenly smiled.
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