Chapter 36: A Complete Failure (2/2)

“Why?” Empress Xiao was in a bad mood, expressing her dissatisfaction with Ruan Qingqing.

Ruan Qingqing stopped her and said: “Your Highness, please think twice before you go. The Emperor definitely knows that the Princess had no sense of propriety. What she did is not entirely unexpected by him. However, if you go to the Imperial Study right now, the Emperor would get you wrong. He might think of you as lacking sense of propriety just like the Princess.”

Empress Xiao got butterflies in her stomach as she understood the overtones in Ruan Qingqing’s words.

What Princess Changle did would damage her reputation as a respected empress. People might accuse her of failing to provide guidance, a relatively small misdemeanor. However, if now she rushed to the Imperial Study and got implicated in the incident, the consequences could be serious.

Her marriage was virtually a dead one. That was the reason why her son, legal wife’s child, had yet to be appointed as the crown prince.

It didn’t matter to her if Princess Changle had done something wrong. She would remain indifferent even if she herself was condemned for Princess Changle’s wrongdoings. However, she would brook no obstacles placed on Beiming Ting’s career path. If that happened, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Empress Xiao would do everything to secure the future position of crown prince for Beiming Ting, even at the expense of her silly daughter.

“Your Highness, please stay calm. The Emperor knows fully well Princess Changle’s temperament. She would only be scolded by the Emperor, no more punishment. If you worry about her, just send someone to ask around. If something serious happens, you can figure out solutions in light of different situations.” Ruan Qingqing said cautiously as she tried to fathom out Empress Xiao’s real intention. Empress Xiao followed her advice, and sat back slowly.

“The silly princess helped me out of the predicament.” Ruan Qingqing said to herself silently, puckering her face with a smile.

She knew perfectly well that Empress Xiao was by no means caring about Princess Changle and was merely afraid of implicating herself. After weighing up the pros and cons, she would definitely put Princess Changle aside.

What truly concerned Empress Xiao was Beiming Ting’s future.

In order to help Beiming Ting achieve his ambition, Ruan Qingqing had to rack her brains in scheming. She would seize every possible opportunity.

She stroked Empress Xiao’s shoulders and comforted her in a soothing voice. As expected, Empress Xiao sent someone to see what happened in the Imperial Study and shelved the plan to go personally.

Peace was restored in the Phoenix Palace. However, there was trouble brewing in the Imperial Study.

The Emperor had already known how Beiming Xuan was attacked and saved. He learned about that from a letter instead of the widespread news.

The letter was from Beiming Xuan. Beiming Xuan had given a detailed account of how he was attacked and how his guards had suffered. He also expressed his anger and anxiety.

There was nothing wrong with Beiming Xuan’s account. However, the Emperor got irritated at the sight of the words “safe and sound”

Beiming Xuan wrote that he was safe and sound.

That really upset him. He didn’t expect to kill Beiming Xuan, but it really pissed him off that Beiming Xuan was not even slightly injured.

This assassination attempt was to signal Beiming Xuan’s attitude and test his fighting skills. However, neither of the two goals was achieved.

His attitude? Except for anger, Beiming Xuan expressed nothing. Nothing could be inferred from the text. Beiming Xuan disguised his real intention, which the Emperor was desperate to decipher.

What’s worse, the annihilation of all the assassins made it impossible for him to learn about Beiming Xuan’s fighting skill. Nobody would return to tell him about that!

This assassination attempt turned out to be a complete failure!

Failing to get him assassinated was not the major disappointment. With extraordinary fighting skills, Beiming Xuan could protect himself from attacks. So the Emperor didn’t expect to kill him. However, someone suddenly appeared and saved him, which really upset the Emperor.

The Emperor clenched his teeth in bitter hatred. Why would Beiming Xuan have such good luck?