"My dear, I'm not asking you to save him, just to plead on his behalf before the Emperor. My brother is still so young, and he hasn't even taken a wife!"
After speaking, the Empress broke into sobs.
Xia Ruqing bit her lip.
Cry? Even if you cry a river, it's no use; this is a bottom line I truly cannot cross! Your brother is young? So, the one you had killed was an old man? Isn't everyone's life precious?
Thinking this, Xia Ruqing still looked conflicted.
No matter what the Empress said, she refused to give a definite answer.
Finally, the Empress became desperate.
"Lady Xia, do not forget that you owe your position today to me! I've helped you a great deal, and yet you are so ungrateful?"
Xia Ruqing's face turned pale with fear, her heart racing.
Before she could say anything further, she clutched her stomach with a pained expression.
"Oh, my stomach!"
By her side, Xiao Xizi darted out like a gust of wind.
