The Queen's Revenge

In the middle of the hot summer night, the wind stirred the curtains with the scorching heat of the day and blew through the vast bedroom.

After a low roar, Feng Qianchen left He Lingshuang without any hesitation. The gossamer moonlight cast a soft glow on his handsome face, but his expression was even colder than the moonlight.

"Why did you work so hard tonight?" He put on his clothes and stood up without looking back.

A drop of clear tear rolled down the corner of Lingshuang's eye and disappeared into her hair in a blink of an eye. She knew that she was just a toy for him to vent his anger and was nobody in his heart, but no matter how many times he had hurt her, her heart would still ache and be sad.

"Your majesty, my father is really innocent. He is only a scholar. He would never dare to commit treason. Please investigate further." Covered in brocade, she bent down on her knees, like a prisoner awaiting sentencing.

As expected, she only worked so hard when she was plotting something. Feng Qianchen's heart tightened, and his voice became colder. "There are valid witnesses and evidence in this case. It's done. You don't have to make excuses for your father anymore."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Lingshuang made up her mind and said, "The one who reported my father is the official of the Dali Court. The one who caught my father is the official of the Dali Court. The one who declared my father guilty is also the official of the Dali Court. Doesn't it seem suspicious?"

She tugged at his sleeve, her knuckles turning pale. "Or is it that you have been bewitched by imperial concubine Li and are unable to see the truth or to distinguish loyal from treacherous?"

"Slap!" A slap resounded through the hall.

Lingshuang could only feel the eardrum buzzing, and a warm liquid slowly overflowed from the corner of her mouth. She covered her face and looked at him in disbelief. "You... You hit me?"

Although he treated her coldly all these years, it was the first time he had hit her.

Feng Qianchen's heart ached slightly as he saw her bright eyes filled with duskiness, and her tears full of endless grievances. He bent down and pinched her chin. "If it weren't for these eyes, do you think I would ever look at you? A vicious woman like you should be sentenced to death just like your father."

He swept away, leaving a room of silence.

He Lingshuang stared at his back in a daze. Eyes!It's her Eyes!

Who wants those eyes?

If she could, she would rather be blind for the rest of her life than be someone else's substitute.

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The next morning, the news that He Muzhi would be put to red-hot iron sentence spread throughout the harem.

"Your majesty, my father is really innocent..."

He Lingshuang ignored Eunuch's attempts to stop her and crashed into Feng Qianchen's bedroom. However, she was shocked by the scene in front of her and was unable to speak.

The heavy breathing was mixed with the woman's coquettish moaning. On the spacious bed, the two naked bodies were entangled together.

"Get lost!"

A cold shout accompanied by an eight-treasure vase flew over, and blood gushed down her cheeks right from the middle of her forehead.

He Lingshuang covered her head and walked out of the door ungracefully. Her mind was filled with the face who was having sex with Feng Qianchen. "Ji Yuanli? Shouldn't she be recuperating in the retreat in Mount Sanqingshan?"

"Imperial concubine Li just entered the palace this morning."

Eunuch's words were like a knife sticking straight into He Lingshuang's chest. It was so painful that she barely could not breathe. "Imperial concubine Li? When did she become imperial concubine Li? Why I did not know?"

She was the queen bestowed by Feng Qianchen's royal seal, and was thus responsible of all the bestowing processes of the concubines in the harem. How could she not know when there was another imperial concubine Li in the palace?