"Stop talking, this method will never work! The Emperor is the most noble person in the world. How could he tolerate his wife betraying him? How could he let go of the bastard his wife gave birth to with someone else? Even if you tell him that Chengying is your own flesh and blood, even if the Empress Dowager pleads for you, he won't care about your feelings and will still cut Chengying into pieces!"
After Zhu Wuhuan finished speaking, he lowered his head with tears in his eyes.
The reason why she continued to act with Prince Jin was because she wanted to see how Prince Jin would continue to deceive her.
She could see clearly that a tyrant would never let his wife's illegitimate child go, and the Queen Zhu in history could not have failed to see this.
Queen Zhu knew very well that if she said Zhu Chengying was her illegitimate child, the tyrant would only execute her and Zhu Chengying faster and more cruelly. So why was she finally deceived by Prince Jin?
She had to act out some more of the show with Prince Jin to see just how deceitful this scumbag was.
"Don't be afraid, Wuhuan——"
As she expected, Prince Jin continued to coax her.
"My brother will be furious if he knows about this, but so what? As long as I can ask my mother to protect me and Chengying, he won't be able to touch me or Chengying!"
He lowered his voice, "Because my mother has an imperial edict left by my father before his death! My father loved her deeply, and he was afraid that after his death, my brother would disrespect her. So he left an imperial edict for her. As long as she showed me that imperial edict, my brother wouldn't dare disobey her!"
When Zhu Wuhuan heard Prince Jin mention the imperial edict left by the late emperor in the Queen Mother's hand, his eyes flickered slightly.
The empress dowager who holds the imperial edict is indeed an unshakable supporter like steel!
So it was because Prince Jin revealed this secret that he was able to persuade the historical Queen Zhu?
She understood.
But speaking of it, the late emperor was really cruel to his son. He left such an imperial edict for the empress dowager. Wouldn't Feng Changye be controlled by the empress dowager in every way?
It’s so frustrating to be an emperor!
Prince Jin gazed at Zhu Wuhuan affectionately, "So Wuhuan, don't worry at all. I can definitely protect your brother Chengying! Let me help you, Wuhuan. I want to help you. Let me do one last thing for you—"
He opened his arms and wanted to hug Zhu Wuhuan again.
He thought that after saying this, Zhu Wuhuan would definitely be moved and throw herself into his arms.
As a result, Zhu Wuhuan avoided it again!
She took a few steps back, then put away her pitiful and innocent look and switched to a cold expression in an instant.
Everything that needs to be tested has been tested. There is no need to continue to be hypocritical with this greasy guy. It's disgusting!
She coldly looked at Prince Jin while mentally complaining to the system, "This greasy man! Why is he always touching me? How many times has he already jumped on me? He really needs to learn this from his brother. I'm still his brother's queen, and he's never even jumped on me like this!"
The system silently added, "That's because his brother is gay, but he isn't."
Zhu Wuhuan was almost amused by the system!
God’s finishing blow!
"..." In the pavilion, Feng Changye's mouth curled up when he heard Zhu Wuhuan complaining about Prince Jin being greasy.
But when he heard the system's complaints, he suddenly returned to his expressionless face.
Oh!
This person and this system are always good at putting him in jail, how hateful!
Sooner or later he would let these two damn bastards know whether he was a homosexual or not!
…
Once again, he hugged nothing. When Prince Jin lowered his head, he saw that Zhu Wuhuan's delicate and dependent look had changed into the cold and arrogant face of a queen!
He suddenly felt something was wrong!
Wu Huan had been acting strangely today, and he had assumed she was emotionally unstable because her entire family was facing execution. But now, that reason couldn't explain her indifference!
"Wuhuan, you today——"
He narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhu Wuhuan.
"I'm weird today, right?"
Zhu Wuhuan raised his head and glanced at King Jin with a curled lip.
Now that everything that needed to be tested had been tested, and she didn't have to endure the disgust and act with this man anymore, she was going to start confronting him!
She just acted so pitiful for so long, she must be so frustrated!
"In order to save my brother, the Prince of Jin was willing to expose his affair with me and become the enemy of the Emperor. I am truly moved."
She slowly adjusted her sleeves and stared into his eyes, "Then I will also tell you, Prince Jin, some good news."
She curled her lips and smiled at him, as bright and charming as a peony. "The Emperor has pardoned the death penalty for the entire Zhu family. I am leaving the palace this time to announce the decree."
Prince Jin didn't expect to hear such news. He was so stunned that he couldn't control his expression for a moment, "How could this happen?"
Zhu Wuhuan glared at him.
"Prince Jin is very disappointed, right? My Zhu family has survived this disaster, and I, Zhu Wuhuan, will not join you in angering the Emperor and being cut into pieces by him. Even more so, my entire Zhu family cannot become the innocent souls under your sword as you wish, Prince Jin, and spread the Emperor's reputation as a tyrant throughout the world for you—"
Her smile was devoid of any warmth. "I'm truly sorry that your plan, Prince Jin, has been completely useless."
Prince Jin didn't expect Zhu Wuhuan to hit him straight away, exposing the fact that he wanted to kill Zhu's family!
The expression he had finally recovered collapsed again in an instant!
Fortunately, for someone who has been acting for many years, maintaining facial expressions is as easy as eating and drinking, and he returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
He showed a look of sadness, looking at Zhu Wuhuan with disbelief, "Wuhuan, why are you speculating about me so maliciously? Did someone tell you something?"
Zhu Wuhuan smiled, "I don't need anyone to tell me anything. As long as I'm not stupid, I know that you came here today with bad intentions."
She raised her hand to stop King Jin from making excuses and continued speaking.
"You just said that in order to save Chengying, he must pretend to be your and my illegitimate son—"
"Tsk, I'm confused. If you really want to save Chengying, why not let Chengying pretend to be your illegitimate son? Why do you have to let him pretend to be the illegitimate son of you and me, the queen?"
"You can say that Chengying is your child with a prostitute. Because his mother is of low status and cannot see others, she asked the general's mansion to take care of him. Is that not okay?"
"You said you were worried that the Zhu family's achievements would overshadow the Zhu family's, so when our family's youngest child was born, you swapped your own flesh and blood with ours. So Chengying is your own flesh and blood, isn't that okay?"
"You can even say that this child was born out of love between you and one of our maids, and that the Zhu family raised Chengying for you in order to cover up your scandal."
She smiled and spread her hands.
"Look, no matter which explanation you use, you can save Chengying. You don't have to bear the crime of having an affair with the empress, and you don't have to become the enemy of the emperor. But why do you insist on dragging me into this and making me face the emperor's wrath with you?"
"You had to make me fall from being the most noble queen of Daning to a sinner having an affair. Is this the love you always claim to have for me?"
"You just want the emperor to hate me, the woman who cheated on him, and then cut me into pieces!"
"And an emperor who can brutally murder even his own wife will surely be known throughout the world as a tyrant!"
She looked directly at Prince Jin and sneered.
"You used the wronged souls of my Zhu family as a pretext to give the people a vague impression that the emperor is a tyrant. Then, you'll continue to use other incidents to fill in his image as a tyrant. In just two or three years, you'll have ingrained his image as a tyrant among the people, causing him to lose the support of the people and the hearts of the court officials—"
"And by that time, you, who have rid the world of their tyrant, will be able to sit on the throne legitimately, and no one will accuse you of treason!"
"This is your ultimate goal!"
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