Chapter 202 Begging
Now is not the time to explain this, so Xie Qingran said nothing and just held Gu Xiangyuan down tightly.
"It is all my fault for failing to raise my son properly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"However, the Sixth Prince and the Second Miss have already consummated their marriage, so we beg Your Majesty to grant their request!"
After hearing the sounds from inside, the Imperial Concubine finally felt relieved.
She knelt on the ground, a slight smile playing on her lips, even revealing a hint of unspeakable smugness, as she defied the Empress.
"It's so lively here, what are people doing?"
Xie Hanyue walked over from behind, looking at everyone with an innocent expression. When she saw the emperor, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "This humble woman greets Your Majesty!"
"Xie Hanyue? You... what are you doing here!"
"You're here, so who's in there?!"
The moment the Imperial Concubine saw Xie Hanyue, it was as if she had seen a ghost!
She immediately stood up, kicked open the door, and saw a palace maid pleasuring the sixth prince. It was clear that both of them were not in their right minds, since someone had rushed in, yet they were still engaged in passionate lovemaking, oblivious to the world around them.
Originally, Gu Xiangyuan did not believe that the Sixth Prince would do such an absurd thing, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she was dumbfounded. She hugged Xie Qingran and burst into tears.
Are you all dead?
"Hurry up and pull the Sixth Prince down!"
The Empress finally spoke, stabilizing the situation!
Only then did everyone realize what was happening, and they all knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads. No matter what, this was a royal scandal, and if someone were to kill them to silence them, they really wouldn't be able to go back alive.
The imperial concubine was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground. After the two were pulled apart, the imperial concubine suddenly reacted and pounced on the palace maid like a madwoman: "You wretch, you wretch, you whore who clings to the prince, I will kill you!"
"Enough! Aren't you embarrassed enough already?!"
"Get out!"
The emperor finally couldn't stand it any longer and roared angrily.
The Imperial Concubine, disregarding everything, knelt before the Emperor: "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to have mercy, I beg Your Majesty to show some affection to the Sixth Prince and give the Second Miss to him!"
"Enough!"
The emperor finally lost his patience with this woman. After kicking her away, he said directly, "The second young lady of the Xie family is gentle, virtuous, intelligent, and quick-witted. She is hereby bestowed upon the fifth prince as his princess consort. They shall be married on the eighth day of next month!"
"No, no way, I don't agree!"
"Your Majesty, if you insist on giving the Second Miss to the Fifth Prince, I will die right here in front of you!"
The imperial concubine gritted her teeth, fiercely pulled out the hairpin from her hair, and held it against her throat, causing blood to gush out instantly.
At this moment, the Sixth Prince finally came to his senses. Realizing what had happened, he knelt on the ground, his face pale. His clothes were disheveled and he looked utterly wretched, but his eyes remained fixed on Gu Xiangyuan.
Gu Xiangyuan loves the Sixth Prince, but she is also a proud woman with her own dignity.
She could accept having more concubines in the household after she married into the family, but she could not accept that her husband had already had an affair with someone else before their marriage!
Gu Xiangyuan looked at the Sixth Prince, tears streaming down her face. Her heart ached terribly, but she knew she would never marry this man again!
Seeing this, the Sixth Prince felt his heart breaking. How could he not know that he had been tricked, and even more so, that he had been tricked by his own mother?
"His Majesty!"
Seeing the Consort's behavior, the Empress finally lost her patience, let out a low growl, and knelt on the ground!
These two women, one the emperor's first wife and the other his beloved, were equally important.
Moreover, the Imperial Concubine was in the wrong in this matter.
"Your Highness, you've made enough of a scene. With this imperial decree issued, there's absolutely no going back on this matter." The emperor didn't hesitate at all; the matter was now set in stone.
Xie Hanyue seized the opportunity and knelt on the ground: "This humble woman thanks Your Majesty for your great kindness!"
"No! Your Majesty, you absolutely cannot!"
"Anyone is fine, except for the Fifth Prince. They can't get married. They... they're blood relatives!"
The imperial concubine was filled with despair, and the hairpin in her hand fell to the ground, as if a bolt from the blue had struck out of nowhere.
Xie Qingran looked at the Imperial Concubine with shock and disbelief: "Your Majesty must be confused. Hanyue is my parents' adopted child. How could she possibly be related to the Fifth Prince by blood? Isn't the Fifth Prince the Emperor and Empress's biological son?"
The Empress frowned, looking at the Consort with a puzzled expression.
The Imperial Concubine knew that things had come to this point, and she had to tell the truth.
She stumbled to her feet, walked to Xie Hanyue's side, reached out and gently touched Xie Hanyue's cheek, and said softly, "Child, good child, you are my own daughter!"
What?
These words made all the officials' wives present want to die!
They went to the palace to attend a banquet for no reason, but they ended up overhearing such royal secrets. It was utterly absurd!
Seeing this, the emperor was dumbfounded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you crazy?"
"Your Majesty, I am telling the truth. I gave birth to a daughter back then, but I was confused for a moment and was afraid that Your Majesty would be disappointed, so I changed the child into a boy!"
"Your Majesty, I know that what I am doing is treasonous, but I really have no other choice. I know how much you wanted a son at that time, and I couldn't bear to disappoint you! I love Your Majesty so deeply that I can't control my feelings!"
The imperial concubine knelt on the ground, hugging the emperor's leg, and wept uncontrollably.
At this moment, the Empress suddenly stood up: "All ladies of official rank, step down!"
The crowd belatedly realized what was happening and hurriedly bowed and headed out. Xie Qingran, as the Crown Prince's wife and also a member of the Empress's family, was naturally allowed to stay and listen to the matter, especially since it was related to the Xie family.
Wang didn't leave either, after all, they were the ones who raised this child.
"Your Highness, do you know that the royal bloodline must never be mixed up? Do you... do you know what you're saying?" The Empress clenched her fists, her body trembling slightly with agitation.
The emperor seemed to have been struck by lightning, and it took him a long time to recover.
"Mother, have you gone mad?"
The sixth prince finally realized what was happening and looked at the imperial concubine in disbelief.
"Don't call me Mother. You're not my son at all. You're just an adopted bastard from the common people!"
"Your Majesty, please have mercy and cancel this marriage!"
The imperial concubine clung tightly to the emperor's leg, looking at him pitifully, pleading again and again.
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