After Fu Jing answered yes, he saw the emperor's hint and said, "If you have something to report, speak up; otherwise, the court is adjourned."

After everyone else had stopped talking, Xie Wenjun gave a cold laugh and left.

As soon as Xie Wenjun left, not only did Lord Jiang collapse to the ground, but Marquis Yingwu's palms were also sweating, and even the clock was trembling.

After realizing what had happened, he quickly left the palace. The emperor summoned the imperial physician, and if his son did not have a hidden illness, then it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Meanwhile, Lord Jiang on the ground also realized that no matter what, her daughter would not be able to get married or have children until the young marquis recovered.

Otherwise... the consequences would be unimaginable.

He was filled with regret at that moment, wondering why he had said such a thing.

Presumably, not only the emperor has come to hate him, but the Marquis of Yingwu's attitude towards him will also change.

The Grand Tutor helped Lord Jiang up, patted him gently on the shoulder, and kindly reminded him, "Never mention such things again."

Everyone knows that whoever brings up this matter is doomed.

They didn't understand, but the Grand Tutor, who had a good relationship with the Emperor, did.

Xie Wenjun didn't kill people in the harem without reason. Those people were either gathering information or repeatedly pushing the limits of His Majesty's tolerance. If His Majesty didn't kill them, who would?

It's just that His Majesty's past experiences and the methods he used to ascend to the throne have made everyone wary of him, so it's normal that they dare not provoke him.

The Grand Tutor was also quite saddened. No one else knew why he was so close to the Emperor, nor why he never married.

In fact, Xie Wenjun's mother was from the same hometown as him and was also his childhood sweetheart.

Before the two could even get engaged, Xie Wenjun's mother was sent to the palace as a maid by her family for a mere tael of silver.

He originally intended to pass the imperial examinations and then ask the emperor for a favor so that they could be together as lovers.

But to her surprise, the moment she achieved the highest rank in the imperial examination, news arrived that she had been favored by the emperor.

Not long after this, he became pregnant, and the little prince was born with an ominous fate.

He knew perfectly well that it was just a tactic of framing someone to gain favor in the harem, but at the time he didn't have much real power. Xie Wenjun's mother was extremely unfavored because of her background as a palace maid, and her child was also unfavored.

He wanted to, but was powerless to do so.

In the end, all he could hear was that the person he loved had died tragically in the harem.

In fact, he had already heard rumors that the late empress was going to poison him, but he tacitly approved of it.

He knew Xie Wenjun wouldn't receive the food from the Empress, because those two-faced lackeys wouldn't allow such good food to reach Xie Wenjun.

After he learned of this, the emperor only had Xie Wenjun as his child, and from that moment on, he knew that Xie Wenjun would eventually ascend the throne.

The emperor feared and dreaded him, yet he only dared to control him with poison, because if he died, there would be no one to inherit the throne.

Xie Wenjun probably thought he had sided with him and still trusted him quite a bit. He was indeed doing his best to help Xie Wenjun, just to make up for past regrets. If he couldn't make up for the person he loved, then he would make up for the orphan of his lover.

…

Lord Jiang's hands trembled as he tried to say something more, but he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Grand Tutor sighed and had someone help him down.

The Grand Tutor knew he regretted it, but it was too late.