Kong Wang: "...No, who will speak up for me?"
He didn't understand it at all.
It's like he inexplicably had a mother who became the Empress Dowager and a father who died young.
Now that the Empress Dowager's rebellion has failed, she'll probably be beheaded.
His so-called "elder brother the emperor" then jumped out and said that he was not the late emperor's son, therefore—
"Who am I? Who am I, really?"
He covered his head with his hands and kept backing away; everything around him was so unfamiliar.
Public opinion is a fearsome thing, and people's hearts are unpredictable.
He would rather know nothing and continue being the little monk who only knew how to chant scriptures and pray for blessings day and night, keeping company with the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp.
"Child, you are naturally my child."
A warm yet unfamiliar embrace held him.
The Empress Dowager spoke kindly, holding his hand tightly, "Don't listen to what others are saying."
"Li Shengyuan, you tyrant! You've already killed so many of your brothers, are you not even going to spare the last one left?"
"I've said it before, he's not a descendant of the late emperor! He's nothing but a rebellious son born from your illicit affair with Tongji!"
Li Shengyuan's eyes were icy cold, containing a hint of hatred, as he roared almost uncontrollably.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present was in an uproar.
"Rebellious son?"
"Tongji University professor, is this true?"
Prime Minister Xia was the first to break down.
He originally thought this feat was inevitable, but unexpectedly, it was thwarted one after another.
Not only did the captured fox demon transform into Mi Shan.
Now, even their biggest trump card, the Void Death, has been exposed as a fake.
He wished he could bang his head against the wall and pass out.
"You're talking nonsense!" The Empress Dowager's eyes widened in surprise, her withered face filled with shock and indignation. "You just want to kill Kong Wang, but you don't have an excuse, so you've forced this label on me and Abbot Tongji!"
"By saying this, you are not only insulting me, but also disgracing the late Emperor!"
The Tongji University host remained silent, head bowed, one hand raised in front of his chest, ignoring the controversial gazes around him.
"Is that so? I knew you wouldn't admit it."
Li Shengyuan gave a bitter, cold laugh, his eyes filled with sarcasm. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it either!"
"The late Emperor was such a majestic man! Just because he was seriously ill and on his deathbed, you, Mother, couldn't bear the loneliness!"
"Under the guise of praying for the late emperor, you brought him to stay at Yunyin Temple. If it weren't for that day, when my birth mother, Consort Jiao, took me to visit my father, and I, being playful that night, wandered into the meditation room, only to see you and Abbot Tongji embracing tightly in the darkness..."
At this point, Li Shengyuan trembled all over, his eyes bloodshot and filled with tears, as if he had returned to that night.
It was like going back to when I was a child.
"Why? I still can't understand. Father treated you so well, yet you... Father, he is such a person, how could he tolerate this!"
"It's all your fault! You betrayed Father!"
"Mother, you are the one who is unworthy of your position!"
"You used the excuse of praying for the Emperor to cover up your misdeeds, but in reality, you were having an affair with Tongji? Even my birth mother was put to death by your order because you suspected her of catching you in the act!"
"My mother is gone, she died at your hands! Now, you want to harm me again, you want to make yourself and this bald monk's son emperor! Don't even think about it!"
"Even on his deathbed, Father Emperor still believed that Mother Empress loved him. How ridiculous! There is no such thing as true love in this world! It's all fake!"
"You can't fool my father. I will kill you all and use your blood and that of this rebellious son to pay tribute to the late emperor's tombstone!"
"No, you can't do this!" The Empress Dowager refused to budge, tightly protecting the child in her arms, even though her body was so old and frail.
At this moment, Kong Wang collapsed to the ground in agony, forgetting to resist and forgetting to fight for his own survival.
"No, I am just me, I am Kong Wang... I am not anyone's son, I just want to be myself!"
"He is your own brother, the late emperor's child. Even the late emperor acknowledged him. You cannot kill him!"
"You still won't give up, will you? Fine, bring Physician Meng up here!"
Li Shengyuan waved his hand, and immediately two guards escorted an elderly man with white hair up.
Immediately, many people recognized him.
Qiao Yunsheng, in particular, felt a surge of respect in his eyes.
It turned out that the person who came was the former head of the Imperial Medical Academy.
He was also the imperial physician who cared for the late emperor at his bedside when the emperor was critically ill.
He was also a key intermediary who secretly delivered the baby for the Empress Dowager and sent the child out of the palace.
"Empress Dowager, now that you've met an old friend, don't you have anything to say?"
As Li Shengyuan finished speaking,
The Empress Dowager trembled, her eyes, as dry as pools, widened, and tears streamed down her face.
It seemed like despair, and also like sorrow.
In the end, is it all for nothing?
"Empress Dowager, you should admit it." Meng Qian's voice was old, and his movements were much slower, but he still knelt on the ground and gave a deep bow to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.
“This child is indeed not of your and the late Emperor’s blood.”
"He was conceived in early spring, but the late emperor had already fallen ill the previous winter and was no longer able to get out of bed, let alone engage in sexual relations..."
"So, you know perfectly well how your baby came to be..."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Tongji University, who was standing silently to the side.
Tongji looked somber, head bowed in silence, lost in thought.
The Empress Dowager wept uncontrollably, holding her son tightly in her arms, refusing to let go: "No, this is my son with the late Emperor. Shut up, and no one will be able to harm him!"
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