Chapter 686 - The Day I Died (I)
Chapter 686 - The Day I Died (I)
Xie Mei trembled upon hearing Zhao Ming's words and started wailing loudly.
" I didn't...it wasn't me. I just went there for the walk and that's when I saw you there. I didn't do anything." She started sobbing while saying those words.
Zhao Ming knitted her brows and asked, " Really? Then you must have seen who pushed me, right? Who was it? If you tell me, I can ignore the fact that you stole the hairpin."
She was now sure that it wasn't Xie Mei who pushed her. She is a coward after all. She just likes to bark but she can't bite.
"It was...it…"
Zhao Ming's expressions darkened when she heard her words. She clenched her palms into a fist and stood up. She left the room in furiousness while holding onto the precious hairpin.
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Xiao Li's chamber
"Your Majesty…" the maids who saw her entering the pavilion greeted in shock. They weren't expecting her surprise visit.
*Bang*
Xiao Li, who was sitting on the chair in the room, while eating fruits was surprised when her chamber's door was pushed open with a force.
She was startled and got up from the chair in fear. Her brows creased when she saw Zhao Ming entering the chamber with her gloomy expressions.
" Your Majesty, what are you doing here? And what is the meaning of your ac…"
~Pak~
Her words were interrupted when Zhao Ming slapped her across her right cheek out of nowhere.
All the maids standing there gasped in horror.
" Zhao Ming, You..!" Xiao Li's eyes widened in shock when she was slapped. Her hand was covering the cheek where Zhao Ming just slapped and was burning furiously. However, before she could even react, Zhao Ming slapped on her other cheek as well.
After giving her 5 slaps, Zhao Ming finally stopped. She panted and massaged her palms which were now red and numb.
She smirked seeing Xiao Li's swollen red cheeks in satisfaction, her hair was disheveled and tears were rolling down her cheeks. Maybe because she has worked out intensely in the past month, her slaps were quite intense.
Xiao Li could barely stand on her feet but her eyes burned in anger when she looked at Zhao Ming.
" You Bitch! How dare you slap me? Who do you think you are to slap me? I am gonna kill you.!" She shouted and lunged at Zhao Ming, but she held her wrist and twisted it causing her to shriek in pain.
Zhao Ming twisted her hand behind her back and leaned closer to her ear and whispered, " You already tried to kill me once. You want to try again? Xiao Li, did you think that no one can find out that it was you who pushed me into the pond that day? Huh?"
By now, all the maids went out of the room to look for help from someone. Because, if this continues, Zhao Ming will kill Xiao Li today.
Hearing this, Xiao Li's face turned ash grey. Her hand behind her back started trembling in fear, she anxiously glanced at Zhao Ming and saw her smirk.
" Do you remember or you forgot about it while creating more troubles for me?" Zhao Ming loosened her grip on her hand and pushed her away, which caused her to stagger and she eventually fell on the floor because her legs were now gone weak.
After being zoned out for a few moments, she finally gained her consciousness. She looked up and said, " What...what are you saying? Who said that I pushed you into the pond that day? I wasn't even there that day. Don't act like you know everything. I know you don't remember anything."
" Who said that I don't remember anything? If I haven't remembered everything, do you think that I would have come to give you 5 slaps in a row in front of your maids? I am not that stupid, not that I will let you be away with this." She said while glaring daggers at her.
The things that Xiao Li did that day, the things she said that day, she remembers everything now. Everything.
…..
Upon hearing Xie Mei's words, memories that were blurry before started to become clear. The hazy memories and the face of that person who pushed her became crystal clear.
...
On the day of the incident,
Zhao Ming was strolling around the pond wondering how to explain things to Ji Cheng. She desperately wanted to make things about her relationship with her bodyguard to Ji Cheng.
The thing she hated the most is Ji Cheng being suspicious of her intentions. However, the timing wasn't right. Whenever she went close to him, he was working on something and lost the timing to talk to him.
That's why she was waiting for him to talk to him after he finishes his work, even if it is midnight.
However, for some strange reason, she was feeling queasy and nauseous today. She thought that it is indigestion but other than the porridge she hasn't eaten anything.
" Consort Zhao Ming, what are you doing here?"
Zhao Ming turned around when she heard Xiao Li's voice. Her face turned dark seeing her standing there looking at her with a smirk. She can't believe that Xiao Li made false stories in front of everyone just to blame her.
" Why do you care? You had done what you wanted. I can't believe that I trusted a snake-like you." Zhao Ming hated her the most. She always tried to understand her and believed that she was a nice girl.
But her tendency to think positively made her life more vulnerable.
" Hah, snake? Isn't that too harsh, my Majesty?" Xiao Li walked towards her and looked at her pale face and smirked.
" Well, I came to give you my last greetings. I thought that I would regret it if I didn't get to say my last words to you." She circled around her while looking at her as if she is a fool.
" What? Last words? What do you mean? Are you going somewhere?" Zhao Ming frowned when she heard her words. She couldn't tell why she was acting like this.
Xiao Li shook her head and said with a smirk, " Yes. But not me, it's you who are leaving. For forever."
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