Shen Ningning went to him and took his arm with her small hands, patting the dust from his clothes.
"What can I do? In the entire Imperial Palace, you're the only one I can rely on, Brother!"
"So whenever anything happens, you're the only one I can think to ask for help."
At these words, Mo Lingwei's tightly furrowed brow relaxed, and he sat down on the edge of her bed, looking rather pleased.
He snorted. "You're not so foolish. With that feint, Xie Yuanjiu was well and truly trapped. There was no escape."
Shen Ningning had indeed gone to Consort Li's palace earlier.
But, of course, it was an act put on entirely for Xie Yuanjiu's benefit.
The letter Shen Ningning had sent Mo Lingwei wasn't to request an Imperial Physician at all. It was to tell him that she planned to expose Xie Yuanjiu and that she needed his help.
Originally, Shen Ningning had been wondering how to make Xie Yuanjiu pay.
She never expected the perfect opportunity to appear so quickly.
