Bai Mowan's expression darkened.
How could someone like Xiao Jinsen, who is utterly unforgivable and seeks power for its own sake, fall in love with anyone?!
Surely she was overthinking!
Yet, it seems she couldn't quite accept this reality.
She couldn't accept that Xiao Jinsen was only using her, while he had feelings for someone else.
She would rather believe that Xiao Jinsen was merely using anyone he could.
Even with his past favor towards Xie Zhiyao, she didn't believe it was because he liked her – it was merely because Xie Zhiyao could satisfy his physical needs.
Bai Mowan did not leave the Imperial Palace right away.
She went to the imperial dungeon where the royal family and nobles were imprisoned.
She went to see Empress Yu Qingyuan.
At this moment, Yu Qingyuan was disheveled, wearing white, her former dignity and elegance as Empress unrecognizable within these walls. The woman now looked like a spiritless convict, devoid of her past luster.
