"So, Doctor Feng failed to follow protocol today, breached etiquette, made misunderstand, and offended the Emperor. Is this considered a cri?"
"I acknowledge my guilt," Feng Xiyun admitted, bracing herself.
"With these three charges, does the Emperor think a single slap is enough?" An Ning asked Xiao Jinxing.
Feng Xiyun looked helplessly and pleadingly at Xiao Jinxing.
Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple moved slightly as he replied, "A single slap is naturally insufficient as a punishnt."
Feng Xiyun’s heart skipped a beat.
All hope was pinned on the Emperor.
Even with just a word, the Empress wouldn’t dare be too arrogant, at most only administer a slight punishnt.
She couldn’t even imagine how An Ning might treat her next!
Her body involuntarily trembled slightly.
An Ning looked at Feng Xiyun’s face, which had turned pale.
If her previous weak deanor was an act, now it must truly be her genuine expression.
Thus, she felt Feng Xiyun was really inferior to Bai Mowan.
At least Bai Mowan had her integrity and strength.
Feng Xiyun... only had cowardice.
An Ning spoke coldly, "But considering Doctor Feng has cared for the Emperor so diligently and was once his lifesaver, I will deal lightly and order twenty slaps as a warning to others!"
Twenty slaps.
Could her face still be presentable?!
Feng Xiyun dared not refute.
But inside, she was seething with anger.
Thinking about An Ning’s actions now, she realized that on one hand, she was punished, and on the other hand, her rits were acknowledged. Even if word got out, An Ning seed fair and just.
She had just been considering that since she was going to be punished anyway, An Ning might as well do it thoroughly, and she would endure it all at once.
At that ti, she could spread rumors that the Empress pretended to act impartially.
The Empress would lose face and be subjected to criticism, giving her another chance to exploit the situation.
However, An Ning mastered the balance with precision.
Making her suffer punishnt while winning people’s hearts.
"What? Do you have objections to my punishnt?" An Ning asked Feng Xiyun with cold eyes.
Feng Xiyao quickly bowed, "I have no objections; I thank the Empress for your grace."
After bowing.
Feng Xiyun raised herself, continuing to kneel straight.
An Ning moved her fingers slightly.
Just as the slap was about to fall on Feng Xiyun’s face.
"Wait," Xiao Jinxing suddenly stopped An Ning.
An Ning’s eyes turned cold.
So, just twenty slaps, and Xiao Jinxing couldn’t bear it?!
Upon hearing the Emperor’s voice, Feng Xiyun, who had been despondent, thinking she’d surely have her revenge today, now heard the Emperor stop the Empress from hitting her. Could this an the Emperor ultimately had feelings for her?
Retrospectively speaking, she was once the Emperor’s lifesaver.
She’d heard that the reason the Emperor fell for the Empress was because she repeatedly risked her life to save him; she could imitate that.
She looked at Xiao Jinxing with a face full of anticipation, sadness, and gratitude.
She even thought, if Xiao Jinxing protected her, An Ning’s arrogance today would be self-inflicted humiliation, a slap to her own face.
What reputation would the Empress have left after it spreads?
An Ning would also surely hate the Emperor.
Thus, she would successfully sabotage their relationship.
The day’s events would turn into a blessing in disguise.
Feng Xiyun couldn’t describe the pleasure she felt inside.
The next mont, she heard Xiao Jinxing’s cold command, "The Empress is of noble stature; let others carry out the punishnt!"
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