The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 1113 - 695: Confrontation (Part 2)
"I have no enmity with you, why do you want to falsely accuse me?!" Feng Xiyun’s eyes were red, looking terribly aggrieved.
"You, you, you..." The guard was so flustered by Feng Xiyun that his face turned red.
He was already not good at speaking.
Now, because of Feng Xiyun’s denial, he had to swallow the loss.
Feng Xiyun hurriedly spoke, explaining pitifully to Xiao Jinxing, "Your Majesty, I did not say such things. I did meet this guard yesterday; he hurriedly walked past me, and I casually asked what happened. He said someone was trying to intrude into the military camp. I instructed that at such a critical time before the battle, no one should be allowed in easily and things should be checked clearly. I don’t know if my casual remark caused the guard to misunderstand. If I had known there was a military token, I certainly wouldn’t have said so. And if I knew it was Her Majesty the Empress at the gate, I would have personally welcomed Her Majesty."
Tears began to fall uncontrollably as she spoke.
"That’s not what you said; you weren’t like that! You said the token was also fake, and you even took the token away..." The guard refuted loudly, his voice quick and urgent.
Wanting to explain, yet unable to clear things up.
"I never took the token, I don’t even know what a token is." Feng Xiyun looked at the guard with a face of bewilderment, her eyes glistening with innocence.
Xiao Jinxing’s expression was indifferent.
"Empress, the token was truly taken by Doctor Feng. It was Doctor Feng who persuaded me not to let you in." The guard, now calmer, suddenly recalled something and spoke loudly, "The token must be on Doctor Feng."
"I really didn’t take it..." Feng Xiyun said with a face full of helplessness and pain, "If Your Majesty and Her Majesty don’t believe me, please order a search on me to prove my innocence."
"Search!" An Ning straightforwardly commanded.
There was no need to seek Xiao Jinxing’s opinion.
Xiao Jinxing glanced at An Ning and commanded, "Search her."
The trusted aide directly approached to search Feng Xiyun.
"Your Majesty." Feng Xiyun suddenly got agitated.
An Ning frowned slightly.
She didn’t believe Feng Xiyun would be foolish enough to keep the token on herself, which would be walking into a trap.
She did this just to express her stance.
To show Xiao Jinxing her determination.
"Although I am a military doctor and follow Your Majesty to the battlefield, I should not be handled casually. But ultimately, I am still a woman; how can I face others if a man searches me..." Feng Xiyun spoke with overwhelming shame.
"Let Gong Jingyi do it!" Xiao Jinxing gave the order.
Gong Jingyi is Xie Ruotong’s deputy. Since Xie Ruotong could not go to battle, Gong Jingyi followed Xiao Jinxing to Mobei.
An Ning glanced at Xiao Jinxing.
It seemed Xiao Jinxing had still given Feng Xiyun some dignity.
Feng Xiyun felt secretly pleased.
No matter what, she was different from others in the eyes of the emperor.
For others, the emperor would not go to such lengths.
However...
Feng Xiyun still felt uneasy inside.
She thought the emperor would order the empress to search her personally. After all, the empress is the only woman in this room, and it was the empress who ordered the search, doing it herself would be more persuasive.
If the emperor had ordered the empress to search her personally, it would signify her extraordinary status in the emperor’s eyes.
Feng Xiyun gritted her teeth discreetly.
She told herself not to rush, as the emperor currently favored the empress more.
She couldn’t confront the empress directly.
After a while,
Gong Jingyi arrived in the tent, bowing upon entry.
She was slightly surprised upon seeing the empress.
"Search Feng Xiyun for the military token," Xiao Jinxing ordered.
"Yes." Gong Jingyi accepted the order.
She approached Feng Xiyun and directly began searching.
Feng Xiyun furrowed her brows.
Gong Jingyi’s movements were a bit rough; years of fighting had made her actions less gentle.
Feng Xiyun bore the pain.
After finishing the search, Gong Jingyi reported, "Your Majesty, there is no token on Doctor Feng."
Xiao Jinxing nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Feng must have hidden it somewhere else. She definitely put it..." The guard quickly spoke, seeing that the token was not found on Feng Xiyun, "in her tent!"
"I do not," Feng Xiyun countered.
"I beg Your Majesty to search Doctor Feng’s tent." The guard pleaded, kowtowing fervently.
"Search!" An Ning commanded.
Xiao Jinxing nodded.
The trusted aide swiftly departed.
After approximately half an incense stick’s worth of time,
The trusted aide returned to report, "Your Majesty, nothing related to the token was found in Doctor Feng’s tent."
Feng Xiyun smiled secretly.
If she were doing this, of course, she wouldn’t let herself be caught.
An Ning glanced at Feng Xiyun.
Feng Xiyun felt the gaze, quickly facing her, "Your Majesty, I truly didn’t do it. If I had known it was you, I would not have stopped you. Please see clearly, Your Majesty."
"It was truly Doctor Feng; it was her who made me do it!" The guard panicked again.
He thought finding the token would prove he was instructed by Doctor Feng.
Yet he didn’t expect the token couldn’t be found no matter what.
"Why did you pretend not to recognize me earlier?" An Ning asked.
No longer intending to beat around the bush with Feng Xiyun.
The guard’s identification that Feng Xiyun took the token made her think, evidence or not, that all of this was Feng Xiyun’s doing.
Feng Xiyun looked shocked and innocent, "I don’t know what Your Majesty means. I only recognized Your Majesty when you entered His Majesty’s tent."
"Oh, really?!" An Ning retorted.
"Every word I said is true, please see clearly, Your Majesty." Feng Xiyun looked sincerely. Then suddenly recalling something, she quickly added, "Your Majesty is upset that I dressed His Majesty just now?"
An Ning’s eyes narrowed.
Feng Xiyun really had the ability to make unspeakable matters sound so dignified while taking a weak stance to play the victim.
"Your Majesty, please don’t misunderstand." Feng Xiyun cautiously explained, "His Majesty has been busy with military matters and often retires to bed late at night. I was worried about His Majesty’s health, so I’ve been making herbal soups for him recently. Today I accidentally spilled the soup on His Majesty, so I helped him change."
"So you spilled it intentionally?" An Ning pointedly asked.
Feng Xiyun’s face turned bright red.
Being suddenly exposed by An Ning made her unable to control her body’s reaction out of embarrassment. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
But she was good at pretending.
Her flushed face made others think she was merely agitated from being wronged, as she tearily said, "Your Majesty falsely accuses me. It really was an accident. Although I did not discuss military affairs with His Majesty, I stayed up each night waiting for him to sleep before I could rest peacefully. I was a bit dizzy and accidentally spilled the soup today."
An Ning smiled slightly.
Feng Xiyun was indeed clever.
Not only did she disculpate herself reasonably, but she also took the opportunity to express her deep affection for Xiao Jinxing, demonstrating her attentiveness perfectly.
So had Xiao Jinxing really been enchanted by her?!
