"Reporting to the Empress, your subordinate did not act indecently towards this young woman. Today, your subordinate escorted Princess Youyou to play at Qixi Palace. Princess Youyou asked your subordinate to retrieve the ink paintings she had drawn over the past few days for Princess Anqi to see. On the way, he encountered this young woman, who nearly fell, and your subordinate kindly supported her. Unexpectedly, this young woman claimed that your subordinate acted indecently and jumped into the lake. Your subordinate feared a casualty, and thus jumped in to rescue her." Zhang Wenhe explained.
"That's not true, Empress." Hearing this, Qing Yan was in utter distress, crying non-stop, "When he supported me, he pulled me into his embrace and said I smelled nice. I barely managed to free myself, then jumped into the lake to end my life, and he came down and continued acting indecently towards me in the water... I don't want to live anymore..."
An Ning's gaze was cold.
