Chapter 506 Not in Love
In the imperial study, Jiang Fenghua walked up to Xie Shang, removed her hat, and revealed an exquisite hair bun adorned with a delicate hairpin. Her makeup was also exquisite. She took the initiative to speak, her tone as gentle as possible, "I heard from my uncle that the Feng family's escort agency has taken Cheng Feng's goods."
Xie Shang felt a chill in his heart. So she only came to him because of the Feng family. She was afraid that I would hurt her family!
"The Feng Family Escort Agency is very powerful. Shouldn't the Empress be happy that I use the Feng Family Escort Agency?" Xie Shang deliberately provoked her.
Jiang Fenghua knew he had ill intentions, and she couldn't refute his words. She had already guessed this, so she had no choice but to come and clarify things with him tonight.
She softened her voice and said gently, "As long as it can appease Your Majesty, I will answer whatever Your Majesty asks me without reservation."
Xie Shang loathed her submissive and obedient demeanor. He carefully thought through everything from their marriage to the present, and everything made sense, including her deliberate dressing up to seduce him.
Tonight, she dressed up so exquisitely before him again. Did she really think that I would be fooled by her again?
He sat there with an aura of coldness, and said in a cold voice, "You have come to me, and I will listen to what you have to say."
Jiang Fenghua also found a seat and sat down, her expression calm. "What would Your Majesty like to hear?"
Xie Shang felt like getting angry when he saw her elegant movements and dignified posture. She was always like this, as if nothing could affect her emotions.
Actually, Jiang Fenghua was still in her postpartum period and wanted to make herself more comfortable.
"Have you ever truly loved me?" Xie Shang said directly, "Don't try to deceive me with any more excuses. You and Lin Yu have long since conspired to give me these excuses. I want to hear the truth."
Jiang Fenghua suddenly looked up and stared into his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Yes."
The next moment, Xie Shang's chest heaved with anger. He even threw the pastries on the table in front of Jiang Fenghua. "Your very first words were to deceive me, Jiang Fenghua. Even now, do you still think I'm a fool? Can't you just tell me the truth?"
"Your Majesty, I have never been in love with you. I do not like you, much less love you." Jiang Fenghua knew that he would not listen to anything she said tonight, but perhaps he would be willing to hear the truth.
She added, "The Jiang Fenghua in my dream loved the Emperor."
Xie Shang was furious when he heard these words. His eyes turned bloodshot as he stared at her coldly. "It's a dream again. Who do you like now? Who do you love? Is the person you love Xiao Yu? Do you think I wouldn't dare to execute him?"
Jiang Fenghua was stunned. "Your Majesty, please don't involve others in my affairs with you. I have no relation to Xiao Yu."
“Only mentioning other men can affect your emotions, Jiang Fenghua. I thought you had no heart, but it turns out your heart is only open to others.” He sneered, “You have been deceiving me all along, and you are so self-righteous. I want to know how you do it.”
Jiang Fenghua thought to herself: He won't listen to the truth, so what should I do?
Xie Shang felt utterly defeated. Even now, her eyes still gleamed with shrewdness. He wondered what scheme she was devising to deal with him. Every woman in the world was eager to be with him.
He walked up to Jiang Fenghua, his cold eyes fixed on hers, and asked in a chilling voice, "Have I been bad to you? Or am I really like those fabricated stories you made up to deal with me, that I once demoted you from wife to concubine? How ridiculous, utterly absurd, you liar, Jiang Fenghua, don't you have a heart? Why did you deceive me? Why did you do this?"
She sat firmly, as if on a mountain, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, please divorce me!"
He recalled all their time together, and realized it was all an act. She was heartless and ruthless, while he was deeply in love with her. Now she was asking him to divorce her. "Women who enter the royal family only die; there is no such thing as divorce. Aren't you supposed to know the rules best? How come you don't even understand these rules?"
"As long as Your Majesty can calm down, I will have no complaints even if Your Majesty kills me." She looked back at him with a look of fearlessness. "I have not lied to you about anything except loving you. I have done everything right for Your Majesty, for my father's trust, and for the people of Great Zhou. It was my idea to hunt down the Su family. Please do not implicate others in everything I have done."
The next moment, she pulled out her hairpin and stabbed it into her own throat. Xie Shang reacted quickly, grabbed her hand, and said sternly, "Are you crazy, or are you trying to stage a self-inflicted injury in front of me again?"
"Didn't Your Majesty hate me to the bone and want me dead? Now I'm telling Your Majesty everything, but you still won't let me die. What exactly do you want from me?" Tears streamed down her face. "Ever since Hengyang, or ever since the Su family's rebellion, you've always suspected me and never believed me. In the end, Your Majesty doesn't love me at all. So we're even now."
"Now that Your Majesty has heard the answer you wanted to hear, I will leave myself to Your Majesty's disposal. I only beg Your Majesty not to harm my family for the sake of my three children."
She broke free from his hand and pressed the hairpin against her throat again, saying, "If I die, His Majesty will no longer suspect that I have any treacherous intentions."
Xie Shang stared at her face and saw the tears on her cheeks.
The next moment, he knocked the hairpin out of her hand, stood up straight, and said coldly, "You are not allowed to die. I will not allow you to die without my permission. If you dare to die, I will kill everyone you care about, including the Feng family."
Jiang Fenghua remained calm. How could she bear to die? She walked up to Xie Shang and said, "So Your Majesty admits that you deliberately lured my maternal family to Shengjing, and you used them to blackmail me. In fact, they are just ordinary people. I did not stop you from becoming emperor, nor did I have the ability to stop you from becoming emperor. What I was plotting against was the Su family."
"Do you think I'm afraid of you threatening my throne?"
Jiang Fenghua was stunned. She really couldn't, and didn't want to, after all, he was still the father of her child. "Your Majesty, let's talk calmly! After all, you don't want me to die either."
"Since you only plot against the Su family, why did you provoke me? Why did you give birth to my child? Jiang Fenghua, don't lie to me. Besides destroying the Su family, what else do you want to use me for? You, like everyone else, only care about my identity." Xie Shang was even more puzzled and emphasized again, "I want to hear the truth."
"Yes, I am just like them. I want you, Xie Shang, to become emperor, and I want the position of empress. So I approached you with ulterior motives. You are the emperor. Just like now, you can depose me with a word and threaten my family. These are my true thoughts."
Jiang Fenghua did not back down and stated everything in the calmest tone.
"You..." Xie Shang was speechless. He clenched his fingers, trying to suppress the anger in his heart. Jiang Fenghua's words were so blunt, every sentence indicating that she did not want the position of Empress.
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