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Chapter 838: Startling Heart Mingyu 50

His eyes flashed, and the majesty of an emperor was instantly emanated, as if a dormant beast had bared its fangs.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to put her to death. It's just... her words are strange, and I am really afraid..." She deliberately emphasized the word "afraid".

Kangxi stroked Mingyu's back and said softly, "I understand. I understand everything. Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you peace."

Kangxi summoned Ruoxi. In the imperial study, the atmosphere was so solemn that it was suffocating. Ruoxi knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and the expression on her face could not be seen clearly.

"Raise your head." Kangxi's voice was low and majestic, with a hint of unquestionable command.

Ruoxi slowly raised her head, revealing a pretty face, but her complexion was a little pale, and there was a hint of barely perceptible panic in her eyes.

"Is what the imperial concubine said true?" Kangxi went straight to the point and looked directly into Ruoxi's eyes, as if he wanted to see through the secret in her heart.

The lies she carefully wove and the sense of mystery she created were so easily exposed by Mingyu!

She originally thought that Mingyu would be concerned about her status and would not dare to speak out. After all, the accusation of being a "madman" was not a good thing for the imperial concubine.

She underestimated Mingyu's "fighting ability", or rather, she overestimated how much Kangxi cared about her.

Ruoxi took a deep breath and tried hard to maintain her calm appearance.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine may have misunderstood me. I just...just..." She hesitated, her eyes flickering, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

Kangxi's sharp eyes locked onto her, as if he wanted to see through her completely.

"Just what? Say it!" There was a hint of impatience in his tone, and the emperor's majesty was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

"I just like to read some miscellaneous books and occasionally talk nonsense." Ruoxi said stiffly, her heart beating like a drum, almost jumping out of her chest.

"Miscellaneous books? What kind of miscellaneous books would write about things like 'computers' and 'mobile phones'?" Kangxi pressed on, with no intention of letting her go.

Beads of sweat oozed from Ruoxi's forehead. She racked her brains, desperately thinking of a response. "I don't know, maybe... maybe those books are nonsense."

"Nonsense?" Kangxi sneered, "I think you are deliberately pretending to be crazy and foolish to tease the imperial concubine!"

Kangxi gently stroked the armrest of the chair, his eyes as sharp as the cold winter wind.

He stared at Ruoxi for a moment, his tone slightly cold: "What is your intention in teasing the Imperial Concubine? Or do you think you have some unconventional skills and dare to ignore the palace rules?"

Ruoxi knelt down, her head almost touching the ground. Her voice trembled but she tried to remain calm: "I dare not. I never meant to disrespect the Imperial Concubine. As for those words... I said them unintentionally. I was confused for a moment..."

Kangxi waved his hand coldly, and said without a trace of emotion: "Come here, drag her away! Imprison her in the Ministry of Punishment, and no one is allowed to visit her without my order!"

The temperature in the imperial study seemed to drop suddenly, and a suffocating chill filled the air. The blood on Ruoxi's face instantly faded, and her body softened, almost falling to the ground.

Two guards rushed in and lifted her up from the ground without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong! Please have mercy on me! I really mean no harm—" Ruoxi's voice trembled as she screamed hysterically. She struggled hard, her eyes filled with fear and despair.

However, Kangxi remained unmoved. He sat upright on the dragon throne, watching the scene coldly, as if he were looking at a clown who had nothing to do with him. His fingers were still gently stroking the armrests of the chair, and his face seemed to be covered with a mask of indifference, unfathomable.

"Drag him away." He spat out three words with disdain. His voice was neither light nor heavy, but it was like a bronze bell beating against Ruoxi's ears, causing her ears to ring and her heart to tremble.

When Ruoxi was lifted up by the guards and dragged out of the imperial study, her legs almost went limp.

Just as she was about to step out of the door, she suddenly seemed to be awakened by the thunder of dawn, and struggled to let out a tearing cry: "Your Majesty, wait! I have something to say!"

"Your Majesty, I'll tell you! I'm telling the truth! Please spare my life!" The guard loosened his grip slightly and looked at Kangxi in confusion. Kangxi nodded slightly, signaling them to stop.

Ruoxi knocked her head heavily, and her forehead hit the floor with a dull sound, but she seemed not to feel any pain.

"Your Majesty, I am not from this world!"

As soon as these words came out, the air in the imperial study room instantly stagnated. Kangxi's eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Mingyu covered her mouth and chuckled, with a hint of mockery in her eyes.

"Your Majesty, is this maid frightened and starting to talk nonsense?"

Ruoxi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Now that things had come to this, she could only take a gamble.

"What I mean is that I...I have traveled from the future!"

"Time travel?" Kangxi repeated this unfamiliar word, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Yes... yes." Ruoxi, under tremendous pressure, told him everything about her life in the modern world, how she traveled to the Qing Dynasty, and her "prophecy" about the future. She knew that what she said sounded absurd, but she had to say it because it was her only way to survive.

The imperial study was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Mingyu's smile gradually disappeared, replaced by shock and confusion. Kangxi remained calm, making it hard to tell what he was thinking.

"So? Do you really think that I will be as incompetent and foolish as you say in my later years?!" Kangxi's voice was not loud, but it carried a chilling pressure.

Ruoxi knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, wetting her hair. She knew she had reached the edge of a cliff, and if she wasn't careful she would be crushed to pieces.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am only telling Your Majesty what I know about the future. I have no intention of being disrespectful."

She tried hard to control her trembling voice and tried to appear calm: "I also hope...I hope that the emperor can avoid those misfortunes and create a more glorious and prosperous era."

Kangxi sneered, "Avoid misfortune? Create a prosperous era? Just because you are a little palace maid, you dare to discuss state affairs and predict the future?"

His gaze fell on Ruoxi, as sharp as a knife: "I don't believe a single word of what you said about the future! My Qing Dynasty is as solid as a rock, how can I allow you to talk nonsense?!"

Mingyu covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes full of mockery.

"Your Majesty, this palace maid has gone insane and keeps saying nonsense. It would be better to hand her over to me. I will make sure she wakes up." She deliberately emphasized the four words "sober up", with a hint of viciousness in her tone.