flstandardbreds Chapter 126 Have you ever liked me?
Chapter 126 Have you ever liked me?
Upon hearing this, Ye Wanxi smiled shyly.
She replied very considerately, "Your Majesty, please have a good talk with the Imperial Concubine. Nothing is off-limits. Don't let a rift develop between you two because of a little palace maid. Perhaps the Imperial Concubine had her own reasons for doing so..."
Ye Wanxi didn't say anything more. She immediately bowed to Qin Feiling and retreated very obediently.
Zhou Lingge was confused.
In her memory, didn’t Qin Feiling have any good feelings towards Ye Wanxi?
In just one afternoon, Qin Feiling suddenly changed his opinion of Ye Wanxi?
What happened in the meantime that she doesn't know?
Zhou Lingge sat next to Qin Feiling.
She reached out to hold his hand.
Qin Feiling dodged away, his eyes fixed on Zhou Lingge deeply.
"Don't you have anything to explain to me about Ling'er?"
Zhou Lingge's eyes flickered. "Ling'er committed suicide, and was forced to death by the Queen... Your Majesty should already know the whole story, right?"
Qin Feiling chuckled, but the smile on his lips did not reach his eyes.
"My Lady...are you sure Ling'er committed suicide?"
Zhou Lingge's heart suddenly trembled.
She suddenly remembered Ye Wanxi's ambiguous words just now.
"I don't quite understand what Your Majesty means."
"Your Majesty, please make it clear."
Qin Feiling raised his hand and gently stroked her beautiful face.
His eyes were a little dazed, and he spoke word by word, "Actually, I don't care how Ling'er died. A mere palace maid is not worth wasting any extra thoughts on."
"Ge'er, what I care about most is... your honesty. I hate it most when others lie to me..."
"I thought you were the most innocent and sincere woman in this harem. You wouldn't play any tricks on me, nor would you scheme against me or deceive me. But your actions now have greatly disappointed me."
He just couldn't believe that the gentle and kind little girl in his memory would one day wield a butcher knife against others?
Zhou Lingge's breathing became heavy.
She was sure that Qin Feiling knew the real cause of Ling'er's death.
Did Ye Wanxi tell Qin Feiling?
How did Ye Wanxi know?
Before she could explain, Qin Feiling continued, "Concubine Wan witnessed you murdering Ling'er. She was actually at the scene, but she kept silent. Later, an eyewitness emerged, and the Empress Dowager summoned you to the Cining Palace. Concubine Wan then came to me... and told me everything."
"At first, I didn't believe it was you who killed Ling'er. Until... I asked Eunuch Liu to pry open the mouth of a palace maid in your palace..."
He went from disbelief to surprise... shock, and then slowly to acceptance.
This process was very difficult for him.
He was afraid that the Queen Mother would use this as an excuse to punish Zhou Lingge, so he concealed the evidence for the first time and asked Eunuch Liu to help Qiao'er forge the suicide note.
But his heart gradually became desolate.
He knew about Ling'er's incident... Perhaps all her gentleness and obedience in the past were just a disguise.
In his heart, Zhou Lingge has always been that kind, quiet, and occasionally playful and cute girl.
He had never thought that she would kill someone, and her pure white hands would be stained with other people's blood!
This was hard for him to accept.
Zhou Lingge's eyes flickered, hiss...it turned out that he knew the truth of all this.
It's so exciting that he discovered my true identity so early.
But she was not worried at all that Qin Feiling would completely hate her because of this.
Sooner or later, Qin Feiling will know her true identity.
She was really tired of playing the role of a silly and innocent girl in front of him.
She had nothing to worry about or be afraid of since she could take this opportunity to confront him.
She will make him fall in love with her step by step and make him fall in love with all of her.
Not only kind and simple, but also evil and cruel.
Zhou Lingge thought about it... then he slowly stood up and knelt in front of Qin Feiling.
"Yes, it was I who killed Ling'er. If Your Majesty wishes to punish me, then so be it. I do not regret...what I did. Ling'er repeatedly tried to seduce Your Majesty, even in front of my face. I am truly disgusted."
"If you give me another chance, I will still attack Ling'er."
"In fact, I am not as pure and beautiful as Your Majesty imagines... I am a very vindictive person. Ling'er offended me and made me unhappy, so I will kill her to vent my hatred. If Your Majesty cannot accept me like this, then I have no choice... Now I am the real Zhou Lingge!"
There was a tenacious light in her eyes, and she met Qin Feiling's shocked gaze fearlessly.
Qin Feiling didn't expect that she would be so frank.
He thought that she would cry and explain with red eyes... She would beg for his forgiveness and tolerance.
But she didn't.
She directly exposed all her evil and cruelty to him.
Qin Feiling looked at Zhou Lingge in a daze.
This incident gave him a subversive shock.
It completely broke the inherent thoughts and cognition in his mind.
Qin Feiling didn't know how to respond to Zhou Lingge.
The person in front of me is so unfamiliar.
It was so strange that it made him dazed, as if all the beautiful scenes before were just a dream.
Those dreams told him clearly that her former softness, obedience, gentleness and kindness were all disguised to seduce him.
She doesn't have him in her heart!
She was acting to him the whole time.
Qin Feiling's eyes were filled with coldness. He asked in a trembling voice, "So, all the obedient and submissive behavior you displayed in front of me before was fake, just an act?"
"In your heart, have you ever liked me?"
"Or do you like the power in my hands..."
Zhou Lingge curled her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty, if I say that I like you, will you still believe my words as firmly as before?"
He was now certain in his heart that she was flattering and trying her best to please him just for the sake of power.
No matter how much she explained, it was all in vain.
Qin Feiling couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I was stupid. You loved Han Mubai so sincerely before, how could you fall in love with me in such a short time? All this time, I just refused to face the reality. I closed myself off and blinded my eyes."
He - self-deceived, Zhou Lingge liked him, not his power, not his identity as emperor.
But in the end, all this is just self-deception.
Ling'er's death completely tore apart the hypocritical appearance between them.
He suddenly remembered... everything Qingying had confessed before. He suppressed the throbbing in his heart, stared into Zhou Lingge's eyes, and asked word by word, "Did Han Mubai ever come to Yuanchen Palace to look for you?"
"What Qingying said is actually true, right?"
Zhou Lingge looked at Qin Feiling calmly, "No matter how I answer, Your Majesty, you will no longer trust me, right?"
"Since you don't believe it, why ask again?"
Zhou Lingge's words were like a sword, piercing Qin Feiling's heart.
He smiled miserably and curled his lips... He was stupid, how could he ask such a childish question?
He looked lonely and left Yuanchen Palace with a wry smile.