Chapter 702 - 702 The Truth Is Revealed, The Emperor's Fury (1)
702 The Truth Is Revealed, The Emperor’s Fury (1)
“Your… Your Majesty…”
The Empress felt a huge panic. It was not only because of the coldness that she had never felt from the Emperor, but also because she had just woken up and had yet to tidy up. She hurriedly went to look for the hood by the pillow.
After touching it for a long time, she finally touched it in her hand. She couldn’t care less about the front and back anymore and put it on her head in a panic.
This appearance was really a little ugly, but what was uglier than appearance was a person’s heart.
The Emperor had never been someone who coveted beauty. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let go of Consort Yun, who was beautiful and didn’t dote on her. He only doted on the Empress, who was inferior. Of course, the Empress was also a beauty, but there was a gap between her and Consort Yun.
Moreover, the Emperor had been on the throne for many years and there were only two women in the harem. He had never selected anyone. From this point of view, he was definitely not an emperor who judged a book by its cover.
However, at this moment, the Emperor suddenly felt that judging a person by their looks was not necessarily a bad thing. When he was a prince, the late Emperor had many concubines, and all of them were beauties. His biological mother had not always been very favored. He saw the joy when she was favored and the loneliness after losing her favor. He secretly swore that he would not be an Emperor like the late Emperor in the future.
If he had judged a book by its cover back then and doted on Consort Yun back then, wouldn’t that have doused the Empress’s arrogance? Would there not be so many things happening now?
But there were no ifs in the world. There were only consequences and results.
The Empress looked at the Emperor’s murderous expression and secretly wondered if Madam Tan had said something. Back then, the person who had overheard her conversation with the State Preceptor was Helian Sheng, but Madam Tan was Helian Sheng’s biological mother and was also the person who had hidden him. The Empress had every reason to believe that Madam Tan had already known their secret.
She prayed that Madam Tan still had some reservations and would not tell them about it so quickly.
The Empress put on her hood, tidied her clothes, and walked off the bed to bow. She suppressed her nervousness and said gently, “Your Majesty, it’s so late. Why are you here? Are you hungry? I’ll get the kitchen to prepare supper for Your Majesty. I’ll eat with you.”
She repeated the scene that had happened countless times in the past, trying to recall the Emperor’s old feelings for her. Her confidant was right. After decades of storms, it was definitely not something that could be destroyed cleanly overnight.
So what if Madam Tan said it? That was just her word. The Helian family and the Little Princess had fallen out. They were enemies of the political scene. She could completely bite back at Madam Tan and say that Madam Tan was slandering her and the State Preceptor Hall.
The Emperor looked at her coldly. “At this point, do you think it’s still possible for me to eat at the same table as someone who has betrayed me for decades?”
Betrayed… for decades…
Madam Tan!
She really said it!!!
The Empress clenched her fists, a cold glint flashing across her eyes, but she looked stunned. “Your Majesty, what did you say? I don’t understand.”
The Emperor said in a cold voice, “Alright, if you don’t understand, I’ll make it clear to you. Nangong Yan isn’t my flesh and blood, but the bastard child of you and Yuwen Zhao!”
Yuwen Zhao, the former owner of the State Preceptor Hall. Ever since he became the State Preceptor, no one had called his name for a long time.
When she heard this, the Empress was stunned for a moment before her expression changed! This was a guilt that she could not hide no matter what, but her guilt was not because she really had something going on with Yuwen Zhao, but—
The Empress could not argue. She reached out with her stiff hand and grabbed the Emperor’s arm. “Your Majesty, listen to my explanation…”
Even if the Emperor heard Madam Tan’s words, he did not completely treat it as testimony. He did not know how much pain he endured before he retained a trace of rationality to verify with the Empress. The Empress’s expression betrayed her. There was indeed something between her and the State Preceptor!
The Emperor felt nauseous.
Consort Yun, who kept shouting that she wanted to make him a cuckold, had never made him a cuckold, but the Empress, who had a deep relationship with him, had made him a cuckold for more than thirty years. The Emperor was about to collapse.
Nangong Yan was the bastard child of the Empress and the State Preceptor. The Eldest Princess was his only flesh and blood. This way, Yuwen Zhao’s prophecy was not very credible!
How could a child born from an affair be the blessed princess who protected Nanzhao? It was a pity that his biological child had been sent away and he had raised the child for the adulterous couple for decades!
The Emperor felt a pain in his chest and a bloody sweetness surged into his throat.
He mercilessly brushed away the Empress’s hand and gritted his teeth. “Consort Yun is right. My Princess… My Princess was forced away by you and Yuwen Zhao! The so-called prophecy of twin blessings and disasters is fake! My child… My child…”