Chapter 168 - 167: Traitorous Concubine or Worthy Empress 2
Anning’s eyes, brimming with water, looked at Feng Chengxi in shock: "You... want to send me away, to Prince Jin?"
Feng Chengxi’s sorrow was especially profound: "Cousin, I have no choice. If you do not help me, I can only leave Zhaojing and die miserably in a foreign land."
He pretended to kneel: "Cousin, I beg you, no matter what happens in the future, I will always remember your kindness towards me, and never forget it."
Anning quickly reached out to support Feng Chengxi: "Cousin, you, you don’t have to kneel, you are the Crown Prince, how can you kneel."
Feng Chengxi clutched Anning’s arm tightly: "Cousin, even if not for me, for the sake of my mother, your aunt, you... please help me this time."
Feng Chengxi’s mother was Empress Xie, who was the deceased queen of King Lu; born into the noble Xie Family, she was literate and polite, lovely and intelligent—a rare Worthy Empress. In her lifetime, she was especially kind to Xie Anning, often bringing her into the Royal Palace and raised her with great care.
The year Empress Xie passed away, Xie Anning was just as saddened as Feng Chengxi, unable to eat or sleep for many days.
The mention of Empress Xie caused Anning to close her eyes in grief.
She bit her lip, and her tender lips bled pearls of blood: "Cousin, must it really be this way?"
"It must."
Feng Chengxi nodded, hope in his eyes.
Anning turned her face away: "Cousin, I, I agree, please get up quickly. Auntie, before she passed, hoped I could help you. Now... it seems I might be the only one who can help you."