*Palace*
"Your Majesty, would you please revisit this decision?" The humble Eunuch folded his palms to ask, the Emperor lazily diverted from his gaze from the scrolls on his desk, to the man soaked in sweat.
"What would you have me do? Xīnyí insists that this woman poisoned the General's wife." He said, then looked at Ming Huiqing who was made to stand at the door, waiting to be questioned.
"But the crown prince was the one who kept her away? Will this not look like you favor the consort?"
The Emperor flattened his brows, "It can't be helped much, I was the one who gave her my pass to conduct this investigation and punish the offender. Why would the crown prince go against my pass? And for this woman?"
Ming Huiqing felt weak in her knees, being face to face with the Emperor was one thing. But to hear that he had no plans of returning her to the crown prince, nor did he wish to spare her, made the woman anxious.
