She hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I am grateful for your grace, but I am unworthy of it."
Song Xizhi stood there, watching Consort Zhen's head droop slightly, revealing her slender white neck, her whole body trembling.
No, at this moment we should call her Consort Zhen.
In fact, Consort Liang was right. It was all a scheme orchestrated by Consort Zhen. From the moment she slapped Princess Jingyue twice, everything fell into her trap.
Unfortunately, this was a completely open conspiracy. Once Princess Jingyue and Consort Liang stepped into this palace, they would never be able to turn their lives around.
She was an incredibly intelligent woman, of humble status, yet she possessed the most correct way to survive in this world.
As Song Xizhi pondered, he inexplicably recalled Consort Zhen's words from earlier.
"...If you don't want me to know, then it's not something I should know."
“We are not husband and wife, but ruler and subject. I am merely one of the three thousand beauties in His Majesty’s harem…”
Song Xizhi lowered his head and closed his eyes slightly.
After saying this, the emperor felt utterly exhausted and wanted to return to his bed.
Princess Jingyue suddenly seemed to remember something, as if she had grasped at a lifeline: "Father... Father..."
"Please don't treat me like this, I already know I was wrong..."
"Your subject is willing to go to the Empress Dowager's side, to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, to serve the Empress Dowager, and to never marry. I beg you not to strip me of my title and imprison me in the cold palace..."
As she spoke, her once delicate and beautiful eyes were already filled with tears: "Grandmother will surely be reluctant to part with me, Grandmother will surely be willing to teach me, please, please let me see Grandmother one last time! Okay?"
This was the first time Jingyue had spoken such tender words. Her pretty little face trembled and tears fell, making her look utterly pitiful.
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