nycdaug Chapter 205 Trying to please both sides? There's no such thing as a perfect solution.
Chapter 205 Trying to please both sides? There's no such thing as a perfect solution.
Luo Mingyue was eventually arrested. Before being dragged away, she kept calling for her father.
She looked at Xie Xing with a venomous gaze.
Xie Xing looked completely bewildered.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Is she allowed to find someone else to take the blame, but I'm not allowed to fight back?
[What a double standard.]
The Xie brothers were ashamed.
After such a commotion at the garden party, the Empress lost all interest in holding any more garden parties.
She glanced around the banquet hall, not seeing Xie Jiaojiao, and waved her hand, "Go back, everyone."
The ladies and young women had long harbored the desire to leave, fearing they would be implicated. Now that the Empress had spoken, they breathed a sigh of relief and all offered their resignations.
Only a few members of the Xie family remained on the spot.
The Empress didn't have much affection for Xie Mingzhu, and she found Xie Xingye even more annoying, so she simply got up and left.
The Crown Prince was extremely worried about Xie Mingzhu and hurriedly ran to the side room.
Upon seeing this, Xie Yuhe and Xie Yuze hurriedly followed behind the Crown Prince, fearing that Xie Mingzhu and the Crown Prince would be alone together.
Inside the wing.
Xie Mingzhu had been cured of the poison and lay on the bed with her face as pale as paper, her wrists wrapped in white gauze.
"Pearl!"
The Crown Prince rushed in. Seeing Xie Mingzhu lying pale on the bed, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then walked towards her: "Mingzhu…you…"
His voice stopped abruptly. He looked down at the bedside, where there was a footprint. Judging from the size of the footprint, it was definitely a man's footprint.
Xie Mingzhu followed his gaze and saw the footprint by the bed. Her heart skipped a beat.
She and Luo Hanfeng were both drugged at the same time, and she even inhaled more aphrodisiac than Luo Hanfeng. At that time, Luo Hanfeng must have been thinking about leaving this place quickly, and he certainly didn't think about cleaning up the traces. This footprint was just too obvious.
Even under normal circumstances, Xie Mingzhu and Luo Hanfeng were two people who had absolutely no interaction, which was hard to explain, let alone in the current situation.
“Crown Prince Brother?” Xie Mingzhu took the initiative, raising her wet eyes and looking at Luo Cheng'an with a weak and innocent expression.
Although her face was pale from being drugged, her eyes still held a seductive charm. Her pure, innocent yet alluring appearance immediately attracted Luo Cheng'an's attention.
He immediately walked to Xie Mingzhu's bedside with concern, and was about to sit down when Xie Yuzhe, who had taken the initiative, pushed him away.
Xie Yuze sat in the seat that Luo Cheng'an had just wanted to sit in, looking at Xie Mingzhu with worried eyes: "Mingzhu, how are you feeling? Has the poison in your body been neutralized?"
Once she regained consciousness, Xie Mingzhu immediately realized what had happened to her.
Fortunately, she was discovered in time and nothing bad happened, otherwise she would have been unable to face anyone.
Even so, the thought that everyone had seen her embarrassing state made Xie Mingzhu's face turn extremely ugly.
She lowered her eyes, her voice trembling with tears: "Brother, who is trying to frame and humiliate me like this? I have never harmed anyone, how could they ruin my reputation in such a vicious way?"
"If my brother hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I... I would have had no choice but to die."
Xie Mingzhu's tears fell in a steady stream.
Madam Xie was still shaken.
Tonight, Xie Mingzhu either injured her foot or almost had her innocence violated.
"Don't worry, my dear, my General's Mansion isn't so easily bullied!" Madam Xie was heartbroken. She said angrily, "Tomorrow I will send your father to the court to demand justice from His Majesty!"
Xie Mingzhu looked up at the people beside the bed.
Xie Jiaojiao was squeezed into a corner when the others came over.
She glanced in Xie Xing's direction. Everyone was concerned about Xie Mingzhu, but they overlooked Xie Xing, who was dressed in thin clothes after falling into the lake.
She had clearly changed her clothes, and even her originally cute updo had been replaced with a casually tied up bun.
Xie Jiaojiao frowned slightly. She walked towards Xie Xing and asked in a low voice, "Xing'er, why did you change your clothes?"
Xie Xing said, "On the way there, I was kicked into the lake by a dog."
Upon hearing this, Xie Xing's expression turned even more unpleasant.
The progress bars of the male and female leads are clearly rising steadily, so why hasn't Luo Hanfeng's affection for her decreased yet?
Although Luo Hanfeng still harbors hatred towards her, his affection for her hasn't diminished either.
how?
Love and hate at the same time?
"Fell into the water?" Xie Jiaojiao exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth. She turned to the maid beside her and hurriedly said, "Quickly, go and prepare a cloak for the Fifth Miss."
The weather was getting cooler, and it was evening now. Xie Xing had only been wearing a thin long dress since falling into the water. If she didn't take precautions to keep warm, she would definitely catch a fever and a cold tonight.
Xie Jiaojiao's shout drew everyone's attention away from Xie Mingzhu.
The two Xie brothers were slightly taken aback.
Although they were thinking of caring about Xie Xing, they completely forgot that Xie Xing had rushed to the banquet after falling into the water. Now that the banquet was over, no one cared about how she was doing after falling into the water.
On the other hand, even though they knew that Xie Mingzhu might be the culprit who would bring ruin to the entire Xie family, they still reflexively focused their attention on Xie Jiaojiao.
Xie Yuhe pursed his lips, then turned to the servant beside him and said, "Go and prepare a bowl of ginger soup."
His shout drew everyone's attention to him.
Xie Yuhe's expression was indifferent, without the slightest fluctuation, as if he were talking about something perfectly normal.
"What is he doing now?" Xie Xing looked at Xie Yuhe with some confusion. "It can't be that he's had a change of heart and realized I'm his sister, can it?"
The system's comment: [What's the use of having a change of heart now? Can a bowl of ginger soup really save a heart that's already cold?]
[Pay more attention to the female lead. Trying to please both sides will only result in pleasing neither. Haven't you noticed that she's starting to distance herself from the Xie family?]
The system's voice blared into Xie Yuhe's ears.
Xie Yuhe: "..."
He's really doing something wrong now.
Xie Jiaojiao had already guessed that Xie Yuhe could hear Xie Xing's thoughts. Now that she heard the thoughts, she couldn't help but glance at Xie Yuhe's expression.
His expression remained unchanged, making it impossible to discern his thoughts.
Xie Jiaojiao couldn't help but tug at Xie Xing's hand.
You won't know until you pull it out, and then you'll be shocked.
Xie Xing's hands were ice cold, as if he were holding a block of ice.
"Your hands are so cold." Xie Jiaojiao couldn't help but warm Xie Xing's hands in her own for a while.
Madam Xie couldn't help but say, "If you weren't feeling well, why didn't you say so earlier?"
Seeing that everyone was concerned about Xie Xing, Xie Mingzhu's eyes darkened slightly. She sat on the bed, raised her eyes, and thanked Xie Xing, saying, "I really have to thank you, sister. If it weren't for you... my innocence would be in jeopardy."
"How could my sister have known about Luo Mingyue's scheme?"