Upon hearing Rong Che's roar, all the ministers and their families present hid under the table, silent as chickens, and covered their ears with their hands. What had they done to deserve this? How could they possibly hear such palace secrets? It seemed that even if they weren't besieged today, they wouldn't be able to leave Kunning Palace.
Rong Yuan glanced at the spineless officials below: "Do you really want to know?"
Rong Yuan's voice betrayed weariness and disappointment. If he were to tell him the truth, he feared that the sixth brother's future...
Rong Che said with a hint of sarcasm, "Father, do you still not want to tell me the truth? Do you want me to gamble with the lives of everyone here?"
Rong Yuan wasn't actually afraid of his threat, since everything had been planned in advance and there was no possibility of being surrounded. However, if he didn't tell him, this matter probably wouldn't end there.
"Since you want to know the truth, then I will tell you. Your mother committed suicide by poison, which was her own fault. Do you remember that you have a second brother and a seventh sister, as well as their mother, Consort Xue? They all died at your mother's hands. Sixth Prince, tell me, was the punishment for giving your mother poison severe?"
Upon hearing Rong Yuan's words, Rong Che shook his head in horror. No, he didn't believe it; his mother wasn't that kind of person.
Rong Che roared, "Father, my mother has been dead for more than ten years, how can you still slander her like this?"
Rong Yuan snorted coldly: "Slander? I did order that no one was allowed to disclose this matter to the outside world, but it's not like nobody knew! Weren't you conspiring with Li Wanyue? You can ask Li Wanyue."
Rong Che turned to look at Li Wanyue in disbelief. Li Wanyue was still lying on the ground after being tortured by the Gu worms, but when she heard Rong Che mention the events of that year, she suddenly went crazy.
Li Wanyue screamed hysterically, "So it was you behind all this! If I had known it was you, even if I had nowhere else to go, I would never have associated with you, the son of a disgraced concubine. Do you know that Mu Xue was my only best friend in this harem, and her two lovely children have been playing very well with Mian'er since they were little? Because of your mother, they are all gone."
"Just because Mu Xue was favored at the time, while your mother was not, your mother cruelly pushed Xiao Qi, who had run to the pond to play with her, into the lotus pond. Xiao Qi was so lovely and cute, how could your mother bear to do that? And Mo'er, who came to find her sister, happened to see it. Your mother was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she smothered Mo'er to death and pushed her into the lotus pond as well."
"My dear sister went mad when she learned that her two children had fallen into the lotus pond and died. Two days later, Mu Xue's body also appeared in the lotus pond. I know she was worried about her children, so she went to join them. All of this was caused by your mother. Your mother deserved to be torn apart by five horses; even poison was too good for her. Now you know how much I hate you. I sent people to kill you several times, but they were stopped each time. Heaven is truly unfair. Why can you grow up like this, but Mu Xue's children can't!"
After listening, Rong Che shook his head frantically: "No, I don't believe it. Even if my mother was bad, she wouldn't do such a thing. These are all fabrications you made up to slander my mother. Anyway, she's dead and there's no way to verify it, so of course you can say whatever you want."
"You're truly stubborn. You don't believe what I say, nor do you believe what Li Wanyue says, so why are you asking us?"
The Empress sighed beside him, "Che'er, do you know that Consort Yue tried to harm you several times, but your father always stopped her? Otherwise, you would never have grown up like this. You keep saying that you have neither a mother nor a father, and you have really hurt your father's heart. The reason your father announced to the public that Consort Xue and the other two died of illness was because he didn't want you to have the reputation of being the son of a disgraced consort, and he wanted you to grow up safely."
Rong Yuan reached out to Hong Fu, who handed him a scroll.
"Since you don't believe anyone's words, take a look at your mother's confession. I think even if your mother passed away early, there should be her notes in Hexi Palace. You should be able to recognize her handwriting. Take a look for yourself."
After Rong Yuan finished speaking, he threw the scroll to him.
Rong Che knelt on the ground, picked up the scroll, and opened it with trembling hands. He was afraid, afraid that all of this was true, afraid that the beautiful mother he remembered was as despicable as they said. If that were the case, wouldn't everything he had done be even more sinful?
After reading the contents of the scroll, Rong Che collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his soul, his eyes glazed over, and he remained silent.
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