Transmigration: The Fate of the Villainess

222 A woman in love is always wicked Part III

“The royal family has just lost an heir, yet you can still laugh. What a cruel woman!”

Bai Yu did not turn around to look at the woman who baselessly accused her. She lifted her face, her back straightened, and her demeanor was as arrogant as the words she uttered. “That is indeed a logical conclusion.”

If her laugh meant cruelty, then she would gladly admit it. Pathetic, every one of them. How laughable.

The pang in her left chest still remained, along with the ecstasy that formed in her heart. This body was never fully hers. The old Bai Yu’s feelings were engraved into this body, as deep as the pleasure she gained from the sight of Bai Hua’s devastation.

The current Bai Yu was feeling what Bai Yu in the old fate had felt.

But in this life, she was not the one who had done it.

She did not kill anyone!

“Logical?” A deep voice of a man was heard from the door to the palace. “Did Your Majesty truly say that?”

Because of her inability to use magic, Bai Yu did not know of Ouyang Mingxian’s arrival. But even without seeing his face, she could remember his cold voice. She also remembered that his tone was unlike how he would usually talk to her lately.

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Instead, it sounded like what he had said to her in that life when he learned that she was behind Bai Hua’s miscarriage.

“Did Your Majesty admit that you are a cruel woman?!”

His voice, burning with fury, boomed as a force came from behind Bai Yu. She flew backward by his pull, crashing into the looming form of the man who had rushed back after hearing the news of his lover’s miscarriage to find the culprit confessing while laughing with a calm face.

Ouyang Mingxian’s anger was at its peak!

“What if bengong did? What can you do?” Bai Yu raised a brow. “Will you execute bengong, dear nephew?”

“You!” Ouyang Mingxian hated her every word that emphasized her status as a senior relative to him and no longer the woman yearning for his love in the past. He had thought that he would treat her better since she had let go of her pride and let him become Taizi. He never expected that she would still resent him and Bai Hua to the point of committing such an atrocity!

“Shameless woman.” The whisper through his gritted teeth was filled with hatred. These words could only be heard between the two of them, though Bai Yu doubted that the person behind Ouyang Mingxian, who was a trained martial artist, would not hear them.

Ouyang Feilong was there, not far behind Ouyang Mingxian. Yet he made no move to defend her.

“Do you truly believe bengong is behind this?”

“That’s right!” The grip around Bai Yu’s wrist tightened. The strength behind it made her feel that he might break her bones. “You resent benwang and Hua-er, and you planned this from the start. How could you stoop so low?”

“Why would bengong do it?”

“Because you still love benwang, obviously!”

Slap!

His face was turned by her slap. Bai Yu shook her wrist free from the man’s grip before taking one step backward. She straightened her back, trying to suppress anger within as she glared at the man who accused her with no evidence other than Empress Dowager Wei’s words.

“Watch your words, Ouyang Mingxian.”

Bai Yu hid her bruised arm under the golden sleeve. She lifted her face in a show of arrogance while glancing at the other man, who had not moved at all from the start.

Ouyang Feilong was quietly gazing at her. Suddenly, her sight blurred. The rims of her eyes were hot from the overflowing feeling of hurt.

“Those are not the words you should say to a married woman.”

Bai Yu turned away from others’ eyes, blinking rapidly to chase away the tears, before turning back with a smile. She walked forward to the man whom she could proudly call her husband.

“Yu-er came here to take care of the third sister, not to be accused of killing my own grandnephew. Your Majesty, please grant justice.” She lowered her face. The haughtiness she had worn disappeared when she was in front of the son of heaven.

In a time like this, Bai Yu could do anything to anyone, as long as that person did not possess the power to decide her life and death with a single word.

She was accused without knowing how that accusation came to be. She had been worrying about the fate of the past, and so she had neglected to inquire about the situation while she was heading here. And when she reached the palace, she was occupied by Bai Hua. Her remaining calm after being blatantly accused was an impressive feat already. Now, Ouyang Feilong was the only one who could help her.

“A thorough investigation should take place before an accusation is made.” The first words from Ouyang Feilong’s lips were not addressed to her, but to his mother.

“She miscarried because of the medicine given by the empress. Is this considered an accusation?”

“Arrest the Empress’ maid and lock her up.” Ouyang Feilong gave an order with a calm but powerful voice. Xiao Chang did not put up resistance as she was captured. On the contrary, she was strangely quiet.

Empress Dowager Wei seemed to want to say something but was interrupted by Ouyang Feilong.

“I shall investigate this myself,” Ouyang Feilong said before turning to Bai Yu. “You will return to the palace with me.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” She gracefully curtsied to him. The emperor turned around and swiftly walked away. Bai Yu glanced at Chu Jiaoxin and nodded at her in a gesture of entrusting Bai Hua to her care. Qin Wang Fei solemnly nodded back.

Ouyang Mingxian immediately headed to Bai Hua as soon as Bai Yu left. She could see him from the corner of her eyes, though her heart felt nothing. What made that man think that she still loved him?

“Your Majesty…” Bai Yu called out to the tall figure that continued his long stride without a care for the smaller person behind him. Seeing that Ouyang Feilong did not stop to talk, Bai Yu walked steadily.

He could rush all he wanted. But she would not run after him, not while carrying his children in her body like this!

Soon, Bai Yu reached the horse carriage, where Ouyang Feilong was already sitting inside. She got up into the car with Xiao Xi’s careful help. From start to finish, her husband did not extend a hand toward her at all.

Bai Yu frowned. Was this too much? Did he truly believe that she had made Bai Hua miscarry?

“Does Your Majesty really think it’s me?” Amidst the silence within the carriage, Bai Yu finally asked. She was uncertain of what thoughts this man had. He let his nephew bruise her, yet shortly after protected her and brought her back.

“Do you know the reason why I don’t like deceitful women?” Eventually, Ouyang Feilong uttered.

Bai Yu was slightly relieved that at least he spoke to her, though he did not meet her eyes. “Is it because…Your Majesty’s mother?”

“Partly… All deceit is born from the wickedness of the heart.”

His golden eyes met her dark ones. Bai Yu felt her heart stutter at the look in those eyes. It was as if he had returned to the man behind the dragon mask and was no longer the man who embraced her every night.

Ouyang Feilong spoke to her in a toneless voice. It was not cold. Instead, it was expressionless, just like how he had spoken to her when they first met. When he still saw her as a deceitful woman, no different from others. “Have you heard…?”

“…”

“A woman in love is always wicked.”