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An Chenghuan's Imperial Study.
A servant came up to him, and before he could even announce what was going on, An Chenghuan seemed to know what it was about and asked.
"The Crown Princess should have been filled with anger in the past, but what did Princess Yuejiang do?"
The eunuch truthfully recounted: "The Crown Princess asked Princess Yuejiang to kneel before her, but Princess Yuejiang said that she was the Crown Princess of Jing Kingdom and should not kneel."
Upon hearing this, An Chenghuan's wolf-hair brush, which had just been dipped in ink, stopped in mid-air, slightly displeased: "There are many ways not to kneel. It's been over a month, and you still think you're the Crown Princess of Jing Kingdom. What else?"
The eunuch sensed that His Majesty was in a bad mood, so he continued cautiously.
"The Crown Princess resented that you had not yet made her Empress, so she took her anger out on Princess Yuejiang. Princess Yuejiang is in An Palace, and the fate of the Crown Princess's family cannot be hidden from her."
Princess Yuejiang laughed at the Crown Princess for not knowing how to save her own life and still thinking about the Empress. The Crown Princess got angry and is coming here to see you.
As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, Fu Wanying's voice came from outside the imperial study requesting an audience. An Chenghuan's eyes darkened, and he said coldly, "Let her in."
Soon, Fu Wanying was summoned in. She had just been humiliated and ridiculed by Yue Jiang, and the sounds of her loved ones' tragic deaths had not yet completely subsided. She was filled with anger and sorrow.
“An Chenghuan, you slaughtered my entire Fu family, leaving me to eke out a living. What is your intention?”
"Do you really intend to make Yue Jiang your empress? The child in my womb is your only child to date!"
No matter how much Fu Wanying complained, An Chenghuan didn't even raise his eyes; he remained as indifferent as ever.
"You know best why I haven't had any other children born safely all these years, and I know best why you haven't had any children all these years."
"The reason I let you have my offspring this time was intentional. Otherwise, how could I have wiped out the remaining entrenched parasites of the Fu family in one fell swoop?"
"We've been childless for years, and now that you're pregnant, you're making a huge fuss about it. What are you doing, clinging to life like this?"
"Although I have gone to great lengths to exterminate your Fu family, there is no need to add the infamy of killing your wife and children."
Because the throne of the late Emperor of Anguo was obtained with the support of the old nobles of Anguo, the Fu family's power was deeply entrenched in Anguo due to their merit in supporting the emperor.
Later, even the late Emperor Anguo could not be completely eradicated. When An Yunrui ascended the throne, the Fu family occupied most of the government, and Crown Prince An Chenghuan was constrained by power on a daily basis.
In the past, when Anguo made peace with Yueguo through marriage, Anguo intended to use the proceeds from the marriage to carry out major reforms. However, Jingyan disrupted the marriage process.
An Chenghuan had no choice but to marry Fu Wanying as a delaying tactic to appease the Fu family and lower their guard, which later proved to be quite effective.
When attacking Chenqi, An Chenghuan did not hesitate to use Fu clan members as vanguards, and the Fu clan suffered heavy casualties in Chenqi.
After destroying Chenqi, An Chenghuan returned to Anguo and wanted to exterminate the remaining members of the Fu clan. So he had Fu Wanying have his child to make up for the Fu clan's casualties in the war.
After Fu Wanying became pregnant, the Fu family became even more wary, and their fortunes had run out. An Chenghuan could easily eliminate them at will.
Because the Fu family had been so hateful over the years, his methods became much more cruel.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wanying was shocked: "You...you knew everything all along, you knew that I was the one who caused those children of your concubines."
“You have killed countless members of the Fu family, yet you have Fu blood, and you say you don’t want to be associated with the infamy of killing your wife and children. You are the epitome of hypocrisy.”
“You even forced my father to become the retired emperor. You have no humanity at all. I shouldn’t have kept this child.”
After massacring the Fu family, we should at least show some mercy in front of the world.
Not killing Fu Wanying doesn't mean An Chenghuan is reluctant, including the child in her womb; it's just a matter of time.
An Chenghuan slowly walked down the steps and came to Fu Wanying. He placed his hand on her abdomen with a distant look in his eyes and spoke coldly.
“Your unborn child is destined for slaughter. I find this ominous and dislike it. I will take it or leave it.”
Fu Wanying felt slighted and said angrily, "My child is unlucky, but does that mean her child will be better? Don't forget, she has a child with Jing Yan in Jing Kingdom."
"What, you hate my Fu family, and you're not going to care about the deadlock between Jing and An? You want to be the stepfather of both of Jing and Yan's children?"
"Then you should hope that I can destroy the Jing Kingdom. If Jing Yan's child recognizes me, I might as well spare his life," An Chenghuan's eyes narrowed. He turned around, walked to the table, picked up the bright yellow scroll, and threw it mercilessly at Fu Wanying's feet.
"This is the edict deposing the Crown Princess."
A roll of bright yellow silk with the imperial seal in black characters was unfolded before Fu Wanying's eyes. Her body went limp, and she fainted.
An Chenghuan said with disgust, "Take him away."
After the person was carried away, a secret letter arrived from outside the palace. An Chenghuan unfolded it and read that it was about Jing Yan returning grain to Yu Kingdom and about Jing Yan reorganizing his army and heading to An Kingdom.
He didn't take it seriously, and glanced at the reply Yu Chuyi had sent earlier, indicating that he would not interfere in the Jing'an struggle. An Chenghuan pondered.
"Yu Kingdom is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy. If Jing Yan wants to declare war on An Kingdom, then An Kingdom should meet him head-on."
He then instructed the eunuchs: "I intend to make Princess Yuejiang my empress. Send the invitations to the Yue Kingdom and the Yu Kingdom as soon as possible."
“Yes,” a servant hurried to prepare.
“Go to Yuejiang Palace,” An Chenghuan said after burning the secret letter.
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The couple, Fu Wanying and An Chenghuan, came one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Yue Jiang guessed that An Chenghuan knew Fu Wanying had come earlier and deliberately wanted to see her make things difficult for Fu Wanying.
After An Chenghuan arrived, he sat opposite Yue Jiang without saying a word for a long time.
After he finished his cup of tea, he saw that Yue Jiang was still looking down and did not take the initiative to speak to him, but she had a familiar love knot in her hand.
An Chenghuan reached out and took it, and before Yue Jiang could react, An Chenghuan snatched the love knot from her hand; she wanted to take it back.
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