Upon seeing this, Concubine Jiang slowly stood up and saluted with a standard posture, yet with a hint of alienation.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
There was no surprise, no resentment, and even no fluctuation.
The King of Chu glanced at A Ruo, and Concubine Jiang understood and immediately signaled A Ruo to go out first.
As the palace door was closed, the light in the room suddenly dimmed. The tall figure of the Emperor Chu completely enveloped Concubine Jiang, and the atmosphere was a little depressing for a moment.
Concubine Jiang lowered her eyelashes, her expression calm, as if she had already anticipated the arrival of this day.
"What a good son you have taught me!"
The King of Chu spoke first, his tone was extremely cold: "Now you dare to shout in front of me."
Concubine Jiang knelt down slowly, her plain white dress spread on the cold floor tiles, "It's my fault."
Her voice was gentle, but very firm: "I am willing to sacrifice my life, just ask Your Majesty... to spare Hong'er's life."
Emperor Chu stared at Concubine Jiang's still stunningly beautiful face, and suddenly reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look up.
"After all these years, you still won't tell me whose father he is?"
Concubine Jiang didn't blink or close her eyes, her eyes were like water: "Your Majesty, since you already know, why ask again?"
"I want to hear it from your own mouth!" The Emperor of Chu tightened his fingers, with sinister anger surging in his eyes.
"Whose child is that one who would rather let you drink the sterility soup to save you?"
Jiang Bin gently closed her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a faint shadow on her snow-white skin, "It doesn't matter..."
"Not important?" The King of Chu sneered, "You know, because of the foreign blood flowing in his body, I will never let him sit in that position."
Concubine Jiang opened her eyes with a trace of pity in them, "Your Majesty, Hong'er has never dreamed of that position."
"All he wants is your approval."
"absurd!"
The King of Chu suddenly let go of her, as if he was stabbed and hurt: "He is a bastard, why should I recognize him?"
Concubine Jiang was kneeling on the ground, her hair slightly disheveled and looking a little embarrassed, but she was still looking at the Emperor of Chu calmly.
"I know that I have committed a grave sin, but... I do not regret it!"
As soon as the words were spoken, the room became silent!
Concubine Jiang seemed to be able to hear the anger burning in the heart of the Emperor Chu, which was about to burst out with his breathing.
She was even prepared to face the opponent's storm.
But after waiting for a long time, I heard the King of Chu laugh and say, "What a regretless person!"
His words were as sharp as a knife. "If your father had not been defeated in the war and asked for peace, and sent you to the palace, the person you should have married would be the young master of the Western Region tribe, right?"
Hearing this long-lost name, Concubine Jiang's heart trembled, but she remained silent.
"What a pity..." Emperor Chu sighed, his voice filled with a hint of gloating interest.
"I heard that he is now the king of the twelve tribes in the Western Regions, and you will always be my prisoner."
Concubine Jiang finally raised her eyes, a trace of pain flashed across her eyes, but she quickly calmed down.
"Your Majesty, did you come here today just to remind me of this?"
The King of Chu stood up and looked down at her: "I came here just to tell you that if Chu Hong dares to stir up trouble again--"
He paused, and said word by word: "I will let him know what it means to live a life worse than death!"
After saying this, Emperor Chu turned and left.
The door slammed shut, sending dust flying all over the floor.
Concubine Jiang looked at the closed palace door in despair, and finally couldn't help but let the tears fall.
With trembling hands, she took out an old wolf tooth from her chest, and gently stroked it with her fingertips, tears silently falling...
"Amur..." She whispered, tears silently falling, "Our child has finally grown up."
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