Terrified, Li Mu immediately knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy: "This servant deserves to die! This servant deserves to die!"
Zhou Jin was impatient to listen to his tedious explanations. He only cared about one thing: where exactly was Bai Lingxi?
Zhou Jin interrupted his kowtowing and pleas for mercy, coldly asking, "Where are Consort Rong and the young prince?"
Li Mu dared not utter another word and confessed everything: "Your Majesty, Consort Rong is... in the Ganling Palace."
After Li Mu finished speaking, he carefully observed Zhou Jin's expression. In the candlelight, Zhou Jin's expression was hidden in the shadows and difficult to discern. However, the powerful aura still told Li Mu that Zhou Jin was probably about to kill someone.
Zhou Jin remained silent, a fire burning fiercely in his chest, relentlessly eroding his reason.
Without saying a word, Zhou Jin was about to use his lightness skill to walk towards Ganling Palace, but as soon as he made a move, Li Mu pounced on him.
Li Mu clung tightly to Zhou Jin's leg, crying and pleading, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't act rashly!"
"Today, Consort Rong gave birth to a prince, but she was ambushed by the former Crown Princess and nearly lost her life."
"The Ganling Palace is now completely surrounded by orders; not even a mosquito could fly in. If Your Majesty were to go there rashly, you might be mistaken for an assassin."
Li Mu clung tightly to Zhou Jin's leg, refusing to let him leave, speaking rapidly as if afraid Zhou Jin would disobey him and kick him away.
Zhou Jin was indeed very angry at first, but after listening to Li Mu's words, her feverish mind quickly calmed down.
Zhou Jin kicked Li Mu aside and sat back down in the main seat: "You dog of a servant, explain to me how Xi'er was brought into the palace by that rebellious son!"
Li Mu wiped the cold sweat that kept seeping from his forehead, not daring to hide anything: "Your Majesty, Consort Rong's health has deteriorated, and she fainted on the day of your funeral."
"Later, when His Highness inquired about it, the servants realized they could no longer conceal the truth and had no choice but to report it truthfully. Somehow, His Highness immediately brought Consort Rong to the palace."
"All the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital have examined her, but none of them can wake Consort Rong. She can only be given liquid food each day."
"However, the little prince is staying peacefully in the Empress's womb, which even the imperial physicians consider a miracle."
"The Empress woke up after the third month, but it seems she suffered from dissociative identity disorder and doesn't remember anything."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Jin clenched his fists, his heart aching slightly. He dared not imagine how helpless Xi'er must have felt at that time; she was so timid.
Zhou Jin had previously harbored a vague dissatisfaction with Bai Lingxi, but after hearing these things, it completely disappeared, and he even felt a sense of pity for Bai Lingxi again.
Zhou Jin felt a mix of emotions. His guilt towards Bai Lingxi reached its peak. He couldn't bear to think about how scared she must have been at that crucial moment, as he couldn't be there for her.
"And then?"
Zhou Jin suppressed the bitterness in her heart and asked in a deep voice.
Li Mu lowered his head, almost touching the ground: "Your Majesty."
"Your Highness...he...he deceived the Empress, saying that the Empress was his wife, and he was the Empress's...husband."
Li Mu didn't dare to raise his head when he said this, and he even breathed very softly, for fear of incurring the emperor's wrath.
Zhou Jin's reaction was much calmer than he had expected, because—
This explains why Xi'er didn't betray him intentionally, but was deceived by that rebellious son!
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