The deafening sound vibrated in the hall, almost lifting the roof. [ | ]
Aunt Mei looked around at the two of them. When she looked at Yang Xi, she could only shake her head and sigh.
However, after all, she is her beloved niece, and if she continues to pursue this case, Wang will be hurt. For many years, Wang has regarded Yang Xi as a relative, and being betrayed by a relative has been the most painful thing for Wang since he was a child.
After thinking about it, Aunt Mei said kindly to Ao Chenye: "Wang, please don't worry. How about we ask Miss Ke'er to see if she remembers any clues?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ao Chenye roared angrily: "Aunt Mei! That's enough!"
Aunt Mei was stunned by the yelling and couldn't react for a moment. She could only stare blankly at his angry face mixed with disappointment, which was a sign of disappointment for her.
Such disappointment was like a sharp knife cutting into her heart.
Ao Chenye took a deep breath, not wanting to transfer his anger to irrelevant people, but he couldn't control his disappointment——
"Aunt Mei, do you know that Kerr... was almost raped last night? How can you bear to let her remember such a terrible experience again? Are you going to hurt another person for your niece? I...
What a disappointment.”
"What...what?! How could this happen...Yang Xi! You..." After a moment of shock, Aunt Mei looked at Yang Xi sadly, disappointed and speechless.
As both women, how could Yang Xi do such a thing? How could she...
Yang Xi burst into tears, and her tears fell even more when she saw her aunt shaking her head in disappointment to her.
We cannot lose our last resort...
She clutched Aunt Mei's sleeve tightly like a life-saving floating grass, sobbing: "Aunt, listen to me, I didn't, I really didn't, how could I, a little girl with no strength, kidnap someone?"
She, aunt, you have to believe me."
"Yang Xi..." Aunt Mei sighed helplessly. Seeing her plead with tears streaming down her face, she could only shake her head and sigh helplessly.
After doing such an outrageous thing, her aunt had no face to plead with the king.
Are you still unwilling to admit your mistakes until now?!
Ao Chenye spoke coldly, interrupting her crying——
"Come here, pass Leng Yun."
"Yes." Immediately, there was a response from outside the gate, and then the footsteps of guards leaving quickly were heard.
Leng Yun?
When Yang Xi heard this name, she was suddenly shocked, and an obvious look of panic flashed across her face.
Last night, when she came to Chen Palace, Leng Yun happened to be on duty, but she had sent Leng Yun away later. Did he see something while hiding in the dark?
Ao Chenye could clearly see her panic. He pursed his lips coldly and looked at her with no emotion at all.
He... can't forgive the person who hurt his little cutie like that!
After a while, Leng Yun walked in.
He first looked at Princess Yang Xi, and there seemed to be something hidden in her eyes. Then he looked at Ao Chenye, and saw that Ao Chenye had an angry look on his face. The situation in front of him seemed to make him understand something.
He lowered his head in shame: "King."
Ao Chenye glanced at him coldly, his eyes as sharp as knowing something: "Leng Yun, you were responsible for the safety of Chen Palace last night, why did you leave in the middle of the night? I want to listen to the truth, do you understand?"
The harsh words fell on his head, making Leng Yun tense up.
He didn't dare to hide anything and lowered his head and answered truthfully; "My subordinates are not well guarded and deserve to die..."
"Tell me the important point!" Ao Chenye interrupted him coldly.
Therefore, Leng Yun had no choice but to temporarily omit all the previous words of apology and say what Ao Chenye wanted to hear——
"It's because... because Princess Yang Xi came to visit, she ordered her subordinates to invite Aunt Mei to come to the palace for a reunion. However, when the subordinates and Aunt Mei walked halfway, Princess Yang Xi turned back.
She told her subordinates...that Miss Kerr had already gone to bed, so she wouldn't disturb her."
When Leng Yun finished speaking, Yang Xi also slumped down on the stool with weak feet, staring blankly at an unknown front, her eyes were empty, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Princess Yang Xi! What else do you have to say now?" Ao Chenye's cold words shot directly into Yang Xi's mind, making her slowly come back to her senses and focus her eyes on his face again.
Seeing his cold questioning expression, mixed with the ruthlessness of wanting to bring her to justice, Yang Xi felt her heart grow cold little by little.
Looking at him faintly, she finally spoke for a while: "Brother Ye, do you... really care about Bai Ke'er so much? For her, will you... kill me to avenge her?"
Her voice was very low, almost weak, and her tear-dried eyes were full of unwillingness to accept the reality, as well as sadness.
Ao Chenye's brows furrowed without trace. He turned away his face and clenched his fingers so hard that veins began to appear on the back of his hands. After a while of depression, he closed his eyes and secretly took a deep, cold breath.
air.
After that, his eyes opened, and there was no more hesitation in them——
"If you are the culprit, I...will definitely not let you go!"
This is his answer... He will not let her go, even if she has known him since childhood, even if she loves him so much...
Yang Xi suddenly felt sad, but she was so sad that she wanted to laugh.
He raised his head and wanted to laugh loudly, but found that when he opened his mouth, his throat was so dry that he couldn't laugh at all.
Looking at the splendor of the glass inlaid with gold, looking at the mighty dragon pattern carved on the beam, looking at the soaring phoenix hovering around the dragon pattern, looking at the harmonious scene of Luan and Phoenix on the mural on the beam, it is so noble.
Enough to overlook the world, and happy enough to envy others...
No, such dignity should not be comfortable for such an ordinary and humble woman. It should not belong only to Bai Keer. All of this originally belonged to her!
Her heartbeat slowly began to surge, and her sad and desolate mood was gradually swallowed up by the anger of hatred. Her eyes became clear and her emotions began to return to self-control.
Close your eyes, sort out all your emotions, then open your eyes, and look at Ao Chenye calmly and rationally.
"Brother Ye, to catch a thief is to get the stolen goods. You said that I kidnapped Bai Ke'er. Can you convict me just because I came to Chen Palace? Is there any evidence? Could it be that Leng Yun's remarks are
Evidence? That only proves that I have been here, not that I kidnapped her."
She thought clearly, her ideas were clear, and her words were clearer to defend herself, and she no longer made any weak cries.
Ao Chenye's handsome face was so tight that it was almost twisted, and his eyes were entangled with the anger that was about to burst out. If it weren't for his extraordinary self-control, he would have pinched Yang Xi's raised neck at this moment and shattered her "certain words".
He thought that Leng Yun's words would make her reflect on herself and take the initiative to admit her mistakes.
Unexpectedly...she let him down in the end.
He pursed his thin lips tightly and gritted his teeth as he stared at Yang Xi silently. After a burst of turbulence, his deep black eyes gradually returned to a cold and calm look.
The eyes that looked at her were no longer angry, but full of ruthless calmness: "...Since you want evidence, then I will produce the evidence as you wish! Someone, send Princess Yang Xi back.
."
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and turned his back, no longer looking at her or Aunt Mei.
Looking at his straight back, Aunt Mei opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she just let out an apologetic sigh, and then silently left Chen Palace with Yang Xi.
Afterwards, he and Leng Yun were the only two people left in the outer hall.
Ao Chenye just turned his back to Leng Yun and said nothing, while Leng Yun also kept kneeling, not daring to get up without Ao Chen Ye's order.
The atmosphere was eerily quiet.
After a long time, Leng Yun finally couldn't hold back the silence, kowtowed and apologized: "King, my subordinate failed to protect Miss Ker, please punish me."
Ao Chenye was silent again for a moment, and then he spoke slowly and coldly: "You deserve the punishment! I don't want to see you now, so go to the execution room to receive the punishment yourself!"
Hearing this, Leng Yun lowered his head even lower and silently prepared himself for punishment.
No one noticed that Ke'er had been standing behind the inner door leading to the outer hall, and could clearly hear everything that happened outside.
Originally, she had not yet decided whether she should come out or what to do.
However, when she heard that Ao Chenye was going to punish Leng Yun severely, she didn't care about anything else and impulsively opened the door and came out——
"Ao Chenye, this is none of Leng Yun's business, why are you punishing him?"
Ao Chenye immediately turned around and frowned when he saw the disapproval on her face.
Has this little girl been hiding there all this time? So she heard everything they said just now?
"Little cutie, why are you so disobedient? Didn't I tell you not to interfere in these things?"
He wanted to blame, but his voice could never be harsh.
"This is a matter about me. How can I, the person involved, stay out of it?" Ke'er replied confidently, and then turned to face Leng Yun.
"Leng Yun, you have nothing to do here. You can go and do your work first. I have something to tell Ao Chenye. It's inconvenient for you to stay here."
As she spoke, she quietly winked at Leng Yun, hoping that he would understand what she meant and seize the opportunity to run away quickly.
How could Leng Yun not see what she meant? He couldn't help but be moved, and his heart was tormenting, why did Miss Kerr always treat him so well, and he didn't even trust her anymore.
He couldn't bear her tolerance.
"Little cutie, what do you want to say to me?" Ao Chenye was the first to ask, unable to hold himself back.
"It's a whisper. We can't say it now. There's an eyesore here." Ke'er deliberately made the words unpleasant and glanced at Leng Yun with disgust.
She knew that if Ao Chenye didn't give the order, Leng Yun would not leave even half a step away even if he knelt to death.
Therefore, Ao Chenye could only let Ao Chenye speak first.