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"Your Majesty, you really misunderstood! I didn't mean anything by it. I only heard the two lords say they'd entered the palace to seek an audience with you. I'd just come from Cining Palace and knew you were keeping the Empress Dowager company, so I thought you might not be free for a while. They looked rushed and tired, so I wanted to let them rest before they paid their respects once you came out. I truly had no improper intentions!" The moment she was set down, Xia Yuqing clung to Feng Tingye's leg and wailed. To make it convincing, she secretly pinched her own thigh, bringing tears to her eyes. Ouch... too hard!
Most of Feng Tingye's anger had faded on the way back. Once his head cleared, he caught the gaps in what those two had said and had more or less pieced together what had happened. Before he could speak, however, Xia Yuqing had started wailing.
Now Feng Tingye was interested. He caught Xia Yuqing by the chin and lifted her face, smiling so wickedly the wind and clouds seemed to change color. "Hearsay can be false, but seeing is believing. Could what I saw with my own eyes be false?"
Xia Yuqing shuddered at his smile. Pouting, she decided she had nothing left to lose. "What would it take for Your Majesty to believe me?"
The big bad wolf hummed thoughtfully, then began fooling the little white rabbit without batting an eye. "Just now, I saw my beloved consort behaving intimately with the two lords and speaking to them suggestively. If you insist you aren't overly close to them, you ought to produce solid proof. I have always been fair and strict. I certainly won't wrong you."
Xia Yuqing blinked and tilted her