“Qing’er, why is your face so pale? Is this letter from Fengtang? What does it say?”

Tuoba Xian arrived at Yang Ruqing's room and saw Yang Ruqing sitting at her desk, clutching a letter tightly in her hand, her brow furrowed with confusion and doubt.

"Qing'er? What's wrong? What happened? Did Fengtang get into danger?"

Seeing that Yang Ruocheng didn't respond, Tuo Ba Xian's heart suddenly clenched. She walked up to Yang Ruocheng and asked again.

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Yang Ruqing just came to her senses. She looked up at Tuoba Xian, hesitated for a moment.

“Mother, please rest assured, Tang YaZi hasn’t encountered any danger, but something has happened.” She said in a low voice, her voice no longer as confident as before, sounding very tired, with a hint of confusion within the tiredness.

"I don't know how to say it, Mom. Just take a look yourself!"

Yang Ruqing handed the letter to Tuo Baxian, then got up and walked to the window.

Outside the window, there are many emerald bamboos planted. In this bright spring sunshine, they look very pleasing to the eye.

When Yang Ruqing was tired from reading, she liked to brew a cup of fragrant tea and sit by this window, looking at the bamboo outside to soothe her mind and relieve fatigue.

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But at this moment, the bamboo was a bit glaring.

Her heart was also a little restless, anxious, uneasy, and filled with uncontrollable speculation.

At her desk, after reading the contents of the letter, Tuoba Xian was also shocked.

But then she shook her head.

"How could this be? How could Feng Tang do this? No, it's impossible. Feng Tang isn't that kind of person, Qing'er, there must be some misunderstanding here!"

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Tuoba Xian and Yang Ruqing both said anxiously.

The letter stated that Luofeng Tang had taken in a courtesan from Qinhuai named Su Meiniang in Tianhaigun. It also mentioned that Luofeng Tang treated Su Meiniang with exceptional favor, keeping her in a separate garden where they spent their days playing music, drinking wine, and going on outings, showering her with love and affection.

Xi Yang Ruqing turned to look at Tubaba Xian, her expression calm but her eyes were cold. "Before I saw and heard these things with my own eyes, I still believed in Tang Yazi."

He went to Tianhai County this time for a secret mission. Perhaps it was a temporary measure, perhaps his opponent set him up, or perhaps someone else had ulterior motives and set me up.

Yang Ruqing calmly analyzed the situation.

Upon hearing Yang Ruocheng's analysis, Tuo Ba Xian nodded repeatedly.

"Qing'er, Feng Tang is my son. I believe in my son's character, he's definitely not the kind of man who is easily swayed by lust. You must believe him!" Tuoba Xian couldn't help but grab Yang Ruqing's hand and said again.

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"You two have been childhood sweethearts for so many years, and you've raised a child together, supporting this family. If Feng Tang had those kinds of thoughts, she would have had them long ago, why wait until now? Don't you think?" Tuoba Xian asked again.

Yang Ruqing didn't know how to answer. It wasn't that she didn't believe Luofengtang, but this time the person who wrote the letter was Zhou, the deputy general beside Luofengtang.

Zhou and Xie were both the most capable lieutenants by Luo Fengtang's side, having been personally promoted by him.

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Furthermore, last time because the Ninth Princess married into Tianhai County, Yang Ruqing went to Tianhai County once and had a life-or-death friendship with Zhou the Deputy General.

She believed Zhou Fuzhang hadn't lied because the feeling conveyed in his letter was also one of shock and anger.

Evidently, Luofeng Tang's hiding of the Qinhuai courtesan Su Meiniang in his golden nest was a matter that Zhou Fuzhang, as second-in-command, had not participated in and only heard about from elsewhere.

So Zhou Fu was furious and secretly sent a coded message to Yang Ruqing.

“Mother, you haven't been well lately. You haven't slept soundly at night. Don't worry about us anymore. We'll handle things ourselves.” Yang Ruqing forced a smile to comfort Tuoba Xian.

"Processing?" Tobo Xian heard this, even more panicked.

“Qing’er, you wouldn't want to dismiss Feng Tang, would you? Please don't. Even if he truly was infatuated and made a mistake, considering my face, for the sake of our children, at least give him a chance to redeem himself. Even back then, when I had feelings for his father, I knew there would still be concubines in his palace.”

"Such things, in the minds of men, especially those in power, are nothing at all. A singing girl is just another thing, a trifle!"

Tuo Ba Xianyue became more and more flustered, especially when she saw the smile on Yang Ruqing's face fade. Tuo Ba Xian knew that her persuasion had backfired. She realized she had gone too far, so she quickly clamped her mouth shut.

Yang Ruqing naturally understood what Tuoba Xian wanted to express.

First, I tried persuading her not to believe it. It's a misunderstanding.

Then, Tuoba Xian retreated and advised with a more conciliatory tone. To be frank, Tuoba Xian was also shocked by the content of the letter from Zhou's deputy general, and she also believed it to some extent.

"Mother, why don't you go back to your room and rest first? I just want to be alone for a while now, and think things through." Yang Ruqing said honestly. Right now, she really didn't have the energy to talk to Tuo Ba Xian any longer; she just wanted to think things over by herself.

Tuoba Xian hurriedly nodded, afraid of adding to Yang Ruqing's troubles. After giving her a few encouraging words, she quickly left.

When Yang Ruqing was alone in the room, she no longer wanted to pretend. She picked up the letter again and read it word by word.

My nose was stuffy, and tears dripped onto the letter paper one by one. Inside my heart, it felt like something was buried deep, both swollen and suffocating.

Yes, she admitted that she believed in his integrity and had always believed so. This belief, cultivated over more than a decade of marriage, had become a habit.

Just like when you pick up chopsticks and grab some food, you instinctively put it in your mouth instead of your eyes or nose.

She even felt that, compared to Tang Ya'zi cheating, the possibility of the sun rising from the west was probably greater.

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In this world, anyone is capable of cheating. Luofeng Tang would never.

There was no reason, only an instinct. She had never considered what it would be like if Luofeng Tang cheated.

She was too lazy to even think about it, because she didn't think it was possible.

But at this moment, although she still believed it was a misunderstanding, a trap, a scheme, a provocation...

He loved her. He treated her as his only one. He would draw a line between her and any other woman for her.

But, even the most steadfast trust couldn't overcome the fact that he had become vulnerable to being manipulated, provoked, and ensnared by others.

What is this vulnerability?

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She was the Qinhuai courtesan known as Su Meiniang.

A songstress whose name alone evokes endless imagination plunged Luofengtang into this vortex of rumors.

Even if Luofengtang hadn't cheated on Su Meiniang, he must have had some sort of relationship with her. Otherwise, people wouldn't be talking about them together.

The general, a national hero, went out for a spring outing with his concubine Su Meiniang. They enjoyed the pleasures of life in their golden cage, sharing drinks and romance...

All these things, one by one, involved the two protagonists, a man and a woman. As the saying goes, "flies don't bite seamless eggs." If he hadn't shown Su Meiniang an unusual relationship, how could people have put their names together and talked about them?

Yang Ruoqing raised her hand to touch her forehead, she really didn't want to think about it anymore, she was so tired, her brain was tired, her body was tired, and her heart was even more tired.

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It's been years since I felt this way, so lost and uncertain...