Chapter 294 A Chaotic Argument
"Insolence!" Xie Yuxiao slammed the bamboo slip in his hand down forcefully. "Don't you know why I let people stay by your side?!"
"I don't know!"
When Xie Yuxiao lost his temper, Empress Zheng was not one to back down.
Anyway, Xie Yuxiao already knows about this, so there can't be any worse outcome. If you're so capable, then depose her as empress; if you're so capable, then wipe out the Zheng family!
Xie Yuxiao laughed in anger, "Empress, you have truly disappointed me."
"His Majesty is no less so. His Majesty has always been known for his benevolence, but how could the people of the world know that the His Majesty they revere is someone who even places spies around his own Empress?"
The two of them were arguing back and forth, and Consort Liang, kneeling to the side, was trembling with fear.
Can anyone tell her what she should do?
She is neither the empress nor does she have a powerful maternal family behind her. What should she do if His Majesty blames her?
Thinking of this, Consort Liang glanced at Empress Zheng with a somber expression, inwardly blaming herself: if she hadn't been so desperate to climb the social ladder, she wouldn't have so hastily listened to Empress Zheng. They had promised not to be discovered, and yet, less than a few minutes after the scandal broke, they were exposed!
At this moment, Consort Liang was filled with regret. If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have agreed to Empress Zheng's request in a moment of impulse.
Xie Yuxiao was so angry with Empress Zheng that his temples throbbed, so he simply ignored her and looked at Consort Liang—Xie Yunyang, who was standing beside him.
Consort Liang was startled. She jumped when Xie Yuxiao's gaze fell on her, but fortunately, he only glanced at her and did not try to talk to her.
Xie Yuxiao looked at Xie Yunyang, who was kneeling silently to the side, and hesitated for a long time before he could say anything.
After a long pause, Xie Yuxiao sighed.
Sigh, what a mess this is.
"Your Highness, what do you think?"
Xie Yun was taken aback. Just as he was about to answer, he noticed that Empress Zheng was watching him. Without hesitation, he replied, "Your Majesty, I believe that it is wrong for Your Majesty to correspond with Consort Liang while under house arrest."
Empress Zheng narrowed her eyes in surprise and straightened up in disbelief: "What did you say?"
"Enough!" Xie Yuxiao frowned and gave Eunuch Hou a look, signaling him to stop Empress Zheng. "I am asking the Crown Prince."
"Your Majesty! The Crown Prince is also my son. Don't I have the right to speak to him?"
Empress Zheng and Xie Yuxiao had been a harmonious couple for half their lives, but everything changed after Sheng Sheng returned.
Especially after Sheng Sheng was confined to her quarters, Xie Yuxiao's attitude towards her changed completely. This made Empress Zheng, who already disliked Sheng Sheng because of Xie Yun, even more disgusted with Consort Rong and Sheng Sheng and her ilk.
A person who has been in control of a situation for a long time will naturally be anxious when they suddenly lose control of the people in the situation. How can they then realize their own mistakes and problems?
In particular, Empress Zheng is deeply obsessed with the death of the Third Prince, and she will only sink deeper and deeper until she falls into the abyss.
Xie Yun-yang had fully understood this point, so he continued, "Secondly, the Empress Dowager and Consort Liang joined forces to destroy the Rejuvenating Herb, which is the second mistake. Finally, the Empress Dowager was unaware of her mistake and offended the Emperor, which is the third mistake."
Empress Zheng shoved aside the wretched-looking eunuch Hou who was trying to stop her, and roared, "What do you mean by this? Are you going against your mother?"
Xie Yunyang ignored him and continued, "Father, Consort Liang is the same. It's not that I disrespect Consort Liang. Although she is an elder, she is also the mother of my fourth brother. My fourth brother is young, and Consort Liang not only failed to fulfill her duties as a mother, but also aided and abetted the evildoer, even destroying the medicine meant to cure her own son's leg."
That Rejuvenating Herb was not only for me, but also for my second brother, fifth brother, and Sheng Sheng. We obtained it with great difficulty from Physician Shen. Moreover, the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital have devoted themselves to its treatment every day; even Sheng Sheng spent a great deal of time on it. Mother and Consort Liang, for their own selfish gain, have betrayed the efforts of so many. I beg Father to punish them!”
"I did it for my own selfish gain?!" Empress Zheng screamed.
Consort Liang hurriedly got up from the ground and cried out, "Your Majesty, please understand! I was completely instigated by the Empress. I had no idea that the Empress would destroy the Rejuvenating Herb!"
"Consort Liang, what are you saying!" Before Empress Zheng could finish her previous outburst, she strode over to Consort Liang and pointed at her nose. "No wonder you were swayed with just one letter. You're a complete opportunist, always bending whichever way the wind blows. You swore you were never loyal to Consort Rong, but now that something's happened, you say you were instigated by me?"
Consort Liang glanced at Xie Yuxiao's face and saw that his face was extremely dark and his eyes were full of gloom. She was so frightened that she immediately leaned back and put distance between herself and Empress Zheng.
The pearls on the hairpin jingled and clattered together, becoming entangled after a few rounds and refusing to separate.
Consort Liang frantically tried to loosen the beads with her hands, but they were too tightly wrapped. She gave up and grabbed her skirt, taking a step back. She said guiltily, "Your Majesty, please don't talk nonsense. I have always been honest and upright, and I am not that kind of person!"
"If you're honest and law-abiding, how could you not care about your son?" Empress Zheng sneered. "At least I dare to say 'I love you' to my son with a clear conscience. Do you dare?"
Consort Liang twitched again in fright, her eyes darting around erratically.
Xie Yun frowned, took a breath, and said in a deep voice, "Don't say any more."
"What do you mean, 'don't say it again'? Are you siding with outsiders? Don't you respect your mother? You ingrate! And you, you opportunist, let me tell you, I still have all those letters safe and sound. Don't even think about running away!"
"Your Majesty, what letter? I know nothing about it."
"Stop arguing, all of you, Father hasn't spoken yet..."
"Shut up! There's no place for a child to interrupt when adults are talking!"
"Your Highness, please say a few more words!"
"Shut up too, you have no right to speak here!"
"Your Majesty, your words are too harsh. I have done my best to help and fulfill my duties, so why do I receive such a response from Your Majesty? It is truly disheartening!"
"Heh, you're disheartened? I haven't even had a chance to feel disheartened yet, and you're already talking about it? Who are you trying to fool! At most, you sent a maid to the Imperial Hospital to get some medicine. What else did you help with? It was all me—"
"Mother, are you admitting what you've done?"
"Oh, that's right, Your Majesty, you're absolutely right. I didn't do anything; it was all your doing. I simply sent a palace maid to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine!"
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