Chapter 240 Are you threatening me?
Three days later, Rong Yue entered the palace, met Emperor An, and asked to leave Prince Cheng's Mansion.
Emperor An naturally refused.
"I know you have nothing to do with Prince Cheng's affairs. Even if Prince Cheng is convicted of treason, you will not be implicated."
Rong Yue knelt on the ground and looked up. "It's not that I want to avoid being implicated. I was blinded and deceived by Xie Tianyu. I insisted on marrying him despite my father's objections. Xie Tianyu used all means to deceive me for many years, and even made me and the Rong family the laughing stock of the capital. Now I just want to have nothing to do with him anymore."
She was a princess, but she refused to call herself a concubine. It was obvious that she had made up her mind to distance herself from the royal family.
Seeing Emperor An's face darken, Eunuch Feng stepped forward and gently advised, "Princess, it's been many years since what happened. It's too late to pursue the matter between you and Prince Cheng. He's a prisoner now, and once the case of treason is fully investigated, there will be no retribution for him. Even if you stay in Prince Cheng's mansion, you won't see him again."
"I know you've been wronged, but divorce is not an option in the imperial family. Furthermore, your marriage to Prince Cheng was personally approved by the late emperor. If you divorce, how will others view the late emperor?"
"You remain in Prince Cheng's mansion, your status remains noble, His Majesty will not vent his anger on you because of Prince Cheng's affairs, and the royal family will also take good care of you in the future. This is a good thing for you and Princess Yiyang, isn't it?"
The implication in Eunuch Feng's words was extremely obvious.
Princess Cheng is already middle-aged and has no children. The Rong family has long been deserted. She stays in the Cheng Palace with the title of princess, and at least has the care of the royal family and the protection of the clan.
What would happen if I left Prince Cheng's Palace? Even this dignity would be gone.
Emperor An also spoke: "I can promise you that no matter what the fate of Prince Cheng is, you will be like the other princes' wives, and all the property of Prince Cheng's mansion will belong to you. In the future, you can adopt a son. Although he cannot enter the royal family, he can inherit the family business of the prince's mansion."
This is already an extremely lenient condition.
Rong Yue remained unmoved upon hearing this: "I do not wish to do so."
"Rong!" Emperor An's eyes turned cold.
Rong Yue, however, remained straight-backed, looking at Emperor An without the slightest fear: "The late emperor's decision to grant the marriage was due to Xie Tianyu's deception. He was the one who deceived the emperor and was unfaithful and unfilial. Xie Tianyu schemed against my marriage, swapped my son's life, and murdered me. He is unkind and unjust."
"Father once taught me that what makes us human is that we understand propriety, righteousness, integrity, filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty and trustworthiness. Without these, we are no different from animals."
"The Rong family will never marry someone so disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous. What I want is not a peaceful divorce, but a righteous separation. Even if I have even the slightest connection with Xie Tianyu, I feel disgusted!"
"How outrageous!"
Emperor An slammed the table beside him, his face full of anger.
Xie Tianyu is a beast, then what are the rest of the royal family?!
What's more, Yi Jue is not a divorce, that is equivalent to Rong Yue "divorcing" Xie Tianyu. Even if Emperor An hates Xie Tianyu, what he did is unforgivable, but he is still a member of the royal family and has royal blood in his body. Rong Yue's behavior is equivalent to throwing the face of the royal family on the ground and trampling on it.
"Rong, please stop messing around. There is no way we can break off our relationship. If you bring up such nonsense again, don't blame me for not considering the Grand Tutor's feelings."
Rong Yue raised her head and looked at His Majesty: "Your Majesty, are you really not going to respond?"
"Absolutely not!"
Emperor An showed impatience and gloomy expression. He pointed at the palace door and said, "Get out!"
Rong Yue looked at Emperor An for a moment before speaking, "Okay, I'll leave. I'll just leave the palace, and the injustice I've suffered will be redressed."
"Tomorrow I will go to Jingzhao Prefecture. If they don't respond, I will go to the Dali Temple and the Censorate. If they still don't respond, I will beat the drum to report the incident. I have been deceived for nearly twenty years and had my own child killed. I have finally been able to save my life. I don't believe that there is no place for justice in this world!"
“Rong Yue!!”
Emperor An was not a good-tempered person to begin with, and his mood had become even more unpredictable recently. He had already tried his best to suppress his annoyance when talking to Rong Yue earlier, but now, the woman in front of him kept contradicting him. When his anger surged, his eyes were filled with irritation, and it was as if a string in his mind had snapped. He said in a cold voice, "Are you blackmailing me?!"
"I dare not."
"I see there's nothing you dare not do!!"
Emperor An swept the cups and plates off the table with a flick of his hand. When they fell to the ground with a crash, Eunuch Feng and the others were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Emperor An didn't even glance at the palace servants. He just scowled at Rong Yue and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you're the only one left in the Rong family, do you think you could stand here in peace?!"
The rage in his heart filled his eyes with dark thoughts, and his words were filled with hostility.
"You want to break off relations with Xie Tianyu, but that's absolutely impossible. The little bit of affection Rong Qian'an left behind can't stop you from repeatedly committing crimes!"
Seeing Rong Yue wanted to speak, he said coldly, "Rong Qian'an taught you to be proud, but didn't he teach you what it means to be a ruler and a subject? Or do you want me to send you to be with Xie Tianyu?"
Whether he lied to her or not had nothing to do with him as the emperor, and Emperor An didn't care what Xie Tianyu did.
Rong Yue's repeated offenses made him angry.
Rong Yue seemed to have sensed his murderous intent. She pursed her lips for a moment, and her back bent a little. As the stubbornness on her face faded a little, her eyes began to redden.
"Then Your Majesty, tell me that I must grit my teeth and endure the grievances I have suffered for the past twenty years?"
She was the proudest girl, but she married the wrong man, took the wrong path, and was laughed at and ridiculed by others. All her former glory became rumors that crushed her.
The woman's voice trembled slightly. "He deceived me for so many years. He was obsessed with others, but pretended to be affectionate with me every day. He made me raise someone else's son for nearly twenty years. His sincerity has become a huge joke."
"If he were anyone else, I would have torn him into pieces and burned down the palace. I would rather drag him to be buried with me than allow anyone to humiliate me and the Rong family in the slightest."
"But he is a member of the royal family, with the most noble blood flowing in his veins. His life and death can only be decided by Your Majesty. I can't even drag him down with me."
Rong Yue was undoubtedly extremely beautiful. She used to be as bright as the sun when she was in the boudoir, but now her back was bent and she was full of sadness. After losing all her glory, even if she didn't cry loudly, her sobs and hoarseness made Emperor An's anger pause.
"I know I shouldn't argue with His Majesty. Thunder, lightning, rain, and dew are all grace from the Emperor. But if I have to bear the empty title of Princess Cheng and be Xie Tianyu's wife until my death, then I would rather die in the palace than be accused of being greedy and vain and ruining the Rong family's good reputation for so many years."
She kowtowed to Emperor An, stood up and rushed to the side with determination, facing Eunuch Feng.
There was a cry of surprise in the hall. Eunuch Feng quickly blocked the corner of the table and was bumped by Rong Yue, causing him to stagger and hit his back hard on the table, causing the documents on it to fall to the ground.
Emperor An was also shocked: "Rong Yue!!"
"If Your Majesty doesn't allow me to leave, then just sentence me to death." Rong Yue turned around and wanted to continue.
Eunuch Feng knelt on the ground in a panic, hugging Rong Yue's legs: "Oh, Princess, please don't, please don't... If you have anything to say, please say it nicely..."
Emperor An also stood up: "Rong Yue, are you crazy?"
"I'm crazy." Rong Yue's voice was hoarse, her eyes red. "I shouldn't be like this. I'm blind and deaf, and I deserve this. But Your Majesty, do you know that when Xie Tianyu tried to kill me that night, I was already four months pregnant with a baby boy whose face could already be seen?"
"He knows I have a child, he knows..."
The woman finally burst into tears, and as her tears rolled down, every word sounded like tears of blood.
Emperor An's expression changed. He lowered his eyes to Rong Yue's trembling hand caressing her lower abdomen. After a long while, he finally relented, "It's absolutely impossible to break up. I can agree to let you and Xie Tianyu divorce."
"I……"
"Rong Yue, I have already given in."
Emperor An looked at the person in front of him calmly: "Allowing you to divorce is already an exception. If you insist on refusing, not only me, but also the royal family will never agree to it."
The royal family also has to save face.
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