QT: TPE Chapter 32.1

Upon hearing this, the Emperor strode outside and indeed saw Xu Lingyi lying on the ground, with her maids helping her up.

“What’s wrong with your master?” The Emperor quickly squatted down to check on her.

“Perhaps the sun is too strong, and Her Highness is kneeling on the ground again.” Chun Hua said.

The Emperor scooped Xu Lingyi up in his arms, exclaiming, “Imperial physician!!”

Princess Minghua also arrived at this time.

“Father, she looks perfectly fine. She’s only been kneeling for a short while, so she must be faking it. Besides, there’s Imperial Physician Li in the palace. My mother is poisoned and can’t be left without him these days.”

Princess Minghua’s hatred for Xu Lingyi reached its peak; she only wanted to make Xu Lingyi unhappy, and it would be best if Xu Lingyi died.

Little did she know that her actions would also disappoint the Emperor.

Disappointment, however, can accumulate little by little.

Even for parents, after experiencing disappointment many times, it’s hard to go back to the way things were.

Princess Minghua saw the Emperor abandon her and her mother and stride away from the banquet with Xu Lingyi in his arms.

“Father.”

Princess Minghua called out.

But today, the Emperor, unusually, did not look at her.

Princess Minghua hated Xu Lingyi even more.

This was the first time in her life that her father had shown favoritism toward someone other than her.

She had made things difficult for her father’s concubines in the past, but her father had not protected any of them, much less reprimanded her for these women.

Now that her mother has just had an accident and she is heartbroken, her father has abandoned her here alone because of that woman.

Princess Minghua threw herself into the Empress Dowager’s arms: “Grandmother, I feel terrible. Father is only thinking about that woman right now. She just fainted, but my mother…”

The Empress Dowager gently patted her back and said, “Grandmother is still here. Your father left because he knew I was with you. If anyone is to blame, it’s that Xu Shi. You know how much your father cared about you.”

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On the way, Xu Lingyi slowly opened her eyes.

“His Majesty?”

“How are you feeling, my beloved concubine? You fainted just now.” The Emperor quickly helped her up and asked about her condition.

Xu Lingyi covered her head, her voice sounding weak: “Your Majesty, my head is still very dizzy.”

“The imperial physician will be here soon. Let him take a good look at you.” The Emperor said. 

“I’m sorry, my beloved concubine had to go through with this today.”

Xu Lingyi didn’t want to say anything more about not feeling wronged at this moment. She already had a child and no longer needed to be so understanding.

“What the Princess did today was indeed inappropriate.” The Emperor continued.

Princess Minghua’s behavior has become increasingly outrageous lately. He loves this daughter and is very tolerant of her, but today, he still can’t help but doubt his parenting methods.

Xu Shi is his concubine and also Princess Minghua’s elder. Even though she knew that Xu Shi was his favorite, she still insisted on making Xu Shi kneel down.

In the Emperor’s eyes, Princess Minghua was also slapping him in the face.

Moreover, he genuinely liked Xu Shi.

Xu Shi was different from the women he had favored in the past; he hadn’t paid much attention to those women.

He could tolerate Princess Minghua’s insolence toward those women; he didn’t care about those people, so he didn’t think anything of it.

But when Princess Minghua’s unbridled behavior was directed at Xu Shi, he felt heartache and pity.

Especially when he heard that Xu Lingyi had fainted, his heart jumped into his throat, fearing that something had really happened to her.

It was at this moment that he realized the special place Xu Lingyi held in his heart.

Only then did he make up his mind to correct Princess Minghua’s bad habits.

 

 

 

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