His Rui

The maid had to enter Qin Wenya's chambers to clean up and help Qin Wenya wash her mouth.

Xi Ying stood silently at a considerate distance away as the maids tended to Qin Wenya's needs.

After the awful taste vanished from Qin Wenya's mouth, Qin Wenya's face still didn't look any better. She waved her hands to dismiss the maids and looked at Xi Ying again.

Her face was deathly pale and even her voice came out almost in a whisper as she asked Xi Ying

"If His Maj…"

Qin Wenya paused amidst her words. She didn't want to call such a disgusting man so respectfully so she used his name directly. 

"If Zhao Wang Lei really liked Second Madam Li so much, then why did he favor Noble Consort Shu so much."

Xi Ying nodded his head and felt that it was very reasonable for Qin Wenya to ask this question. However, he didn't answer it immediately.

He stood up from his seat and looked around Qin Wenya's chambers as he asked 

"Does Your Majesty remember Noble Consort Shu's face?"

Qin Wenya nodded her head after a long pause.

How could she not remember that woman's face? That beautiful face had always made her envious and had always made her think that if she had that beautiful face then it would have been her who would have been favored in place of Noble Consort Shu.

Xi Ying asked again after seeing Qin Wenya's nod.

"Does Your Majesty remember Second Madam Li's face?"

Qin Wenya's eyes knitted to form a frown. A blurry face flashed in front of her eyes but she couldn't remember it clearly.

Seeing this, Xi Ying said

"If Your Majesty wishes to know the answer then Your Majesty should put the portrait of Noble Consort Shu and Second Madam Li together and then look at it carefully."

Qin Wenya's throat wobbled a little. She could understand what Xi Ying was trying to imply.

However,….

"He had slept with me also…"

She whispered in a daze.

In fact, Zhao Wang Lei has not slept with any other woman in the Imperial Palace except Noble Consort Shu and Qin Wenya and hence there were only two princes in the Imperial Palace.

No other concubine or consort had any child.

Qin Wenya had always been proud of thinking this. As long as Noble Consort Shu was alive, Zhao Wang Lei had spent every night there only but after Noble Consort Shu died, Zhao Wang Lei had never spent any night outside her chambers when he was to sleep with a woman of the Imperial Palace.

Now the pride had vanished and that pride was replaced with disgust.

"Then…"

Xi Ying's eyes looked thoughtful and he carefully looked at Qin Wenya's face.

Zhao Wang Lei was indeed very obsessed with Yi Jie so regardless of whether Qin could destruct Xin or not, according to his understanding he would never sleep with a man who didn't remind him of Yi Jie. 

Xi Ying found the answer to his question after a few moments.   

He smiled coldly and said

"The perhaps Your Majesty should put her own portrait there also."

Qin Wenya's eyes widened and she looked at Xi Ying in shock. She had many questions but all of them just made her confused.

When Xi Ying said that he needed to leave, she just nodded her head in a daze and then continued to stare blankly at nothing alone inside her chambers.

It was after a long time, she shouted for the old Momo.

"Bring me a portrait of Second Madam Li."

Qin Wenya said as soon as the old Momo was inside the room. The old Momo looked confused by Qin Wenya's request. 

However when Qin Wenya looked at her sharply and said

"Why are you still standing here?"

She hurriedly left from there.

While Qin Wenya again continued to stare blankly sitting there alone. It could be seen that everything she had come to know about has shocked her.

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After leaving Qin Wenya's chambers, Xii Ying found Zhao Zhuang Chen standing outside.

Looking at the eager gaze of Zhao Zhuang Chen on himself, Xi Ying knew that the prince was waiting for him only.                   

Sure enough, Zhao Zhuang Chen immediately walked towards him and said

"Prime Minister Xi, what did you just tell my mother?"

Xi Ying couldn't help but sigh seeing the stupid prince. Why did he expect that if he will tell him everything outside the Empress' chambers when he didn't tell him anything inside!

At the same time, Xi Ying found out that truthfully, Zhao Zhuang Chen didn't care for anyone.

If he had been standing outside the whole time, then he must have noticed the amidst rushing inside the empress' chambers suddenly when Qin Wenya had vomited everything out because of her disgust towards Zhao Wang Lei.

However, instead of trying to find out how his mother was now and what happened to his mother, he was more eager to find what he didn't even want to tell him.

All in all, Zhao Zhuang Chen was very selfish and the only thing he loved right now was the throne. He could do anything for it.

One wouldn't even get to know if they should appreciate this hunger for the throne or they should mock him for being so selfish and blind because of this hunger of his.

"This Lord will take his leave, Your Highness."

Zhao Zhuang Chen looked frustrated when instead of answering his question, Xi Ying said these words. However, he knew that he can't force Xi Ying so he didn't say anything and decided that he would just ask his mother.

So Zhao Zhuang Chen decided to ask Xi Ying some other questions.

"Prime Minister Xi, Can Benwang consider on his side now?"

Xi Ying raised his eyebrows at Zhao Zhuang Chen's question and said with a small smile on his lips.

"This Lord never said so, Your Highness."

Zhao Zhuang Chen's face went black. Xi Ying told them so many things and even agreed to help him in convincing his mother so he had thought that Xi Ying was just pretending to be arrogant but in truth, he was in his side.

Now that he decided to abandon his own self-respect and ask him this question, Xi Ying still refused to be on his side. 

This, of course, didn't settle well with Zhao Zhuang Chen.

He ground his teeth together and just walked towards his mother's chambers without saying anything to Xi Ying because the stupid prince knew that if he opened his mouth and said something to Xi Ying now then he would surely regret it later on.

And Xi Ying shook his head mockingly as he looked at Zhao Zhuang Chen's back.

If he didn't have a mother like Qin Wenya then he would have been able to throw Zhao Zhuang Chen out of the Imperial Palace very easily and hence remove a very big obstacle for Zhao Zhang Wei.

Unfortunately, Qin Wenya was still there for her son but she won't be there for long.