Chapter 224: Trying to Disown
It seemed that Concubine Chen was trying her best to distance herself from Shangguan Yan, saying that all this was done voluntarily by Shangguan Yan.
With just one sentence, she easily negated everything the Shangguan family had done for Concubine Chen over the years.
"Xie Rongying, don't you want him to die clearly?" Concubine Chen stared at Xie Rongying coldly. "If you agree, then I can just stop associating with Shangguan Yan. After all, he is now truly charged with treason, and I have long wanted to distance myself from him, lest the emperor suspect me."
As she spoke, Concubine Chen seemed to recall something. She taunted, "Do you think you're that noble? You knew it was Shangguan Jing who attacked you, yet you let your father insist in court that it was the Crown Prince. What was your motive? Or did your Xie family already ally themselves with the King of Wei?"
The more she spoke, the more she felt her suspicions were correct: "Your Xie family has been insisting on the Crown Prince, and now the Prince of Wei is also insisting on this matter in the court, forcing the emperor to take action against the Crown Prince. Your Xie family has long been secretly colluding with the Prince of Wei."
Xie Rongying smiled faintly, "Didn't Her Majesty personally come to Kaifeng Mansion and tell me that the Crown Prince has long been dissatisfied with the Xie family, and that the Yongyi Marquis Mansion and the Shangguan Family are his right-hand men. Because of my revelations, the Crown Prince has lost his left and right arms. Shouldn't you be careful that the Crown Prince will take ruthless action against me?"
"Why is it that now that my Xie family is wary of the Crown Prince, Her Majesty has said such a thing?"
"You..." Just as Chen Fei was about to say something, she heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. She looked in the direction of the heavy footsteps and her face turned pale instantly.
When Xie Rongying saw Emperor Ren De walking down the wooden steps step by step, she held the armrests of the wheelchair tightly.
The purpose of having King Wei bring Emperor Ren De here today is to let Emperor Ren De see what kind of person Concubine Chen is.
Of course, this method is not a good idea for her and the Xie family.
They may even set themselves on fire.
Emperor Ren De was a suspicious person by nature, and in his eyes, the Xie family must have been in collusion with the King of Wei for a long time.
But Xie Rongying really couldn't think of a better way to deal with Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen was determined to kill her. How could she do nothing and just wait for Concubine Chen to attack her?
Since the Concubine Chen was unkind in the first place, why should she be afraid of the Concubine Chen's position?
The sound of Emperor Ren De's footsteps was like something heavy hitting Concubine Chen's heart. When Emperor Ren De walked onto the stage, Concubine Chen had already collapsed to the ground.
Xie Rongying also stood up from her wheelchair and knelt before Emperor Ren De: "Your Majesty, your humble servant greets you."
Emperor Ren De's gaze stayed on Xie Rongying for a long time, but he never spoke.
Xie Rongying felt the oppression from the emperor. She knew that what she had done today had touched the bottom line of Emperor Ren De.
But so what.
Emperor Ren De was not really making use of the Xie family. It was just that the current situation required the Xie family. Once the world was at peace and there was no war, the Xie family would be the first clan that Emperor Ren De would kill.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Concubine Chen knelt at the feet of Emperor Ren De, clutched his robe tightly with both hands, and looked up at him: "Your Majesty, what Xie Rongying said is just to make me feel estranged from you so that she can interfere. Your Majesty, please don't believe her words."
Emperor Ren De looked at Concubine Chen calmly as she regained her former gentleness and fragility, without saying a word.
Concubine Chen felt the coldness in Emperor Rende's eyes as he looked at her. Tears kept rolling down her cheeks as she sobbed, "Your Majesty, please believe me. I have been behaving myself all these years. Your Majesty has seen it all. Your Majesty, Xie Rongying asked me to come here today in order to alienate our relationship."
"Then why did you tell me that you wanted to visit Xie Rongying to heal her injuries? Why didn't you tell me that it was Xie Rongying who wanted to see you?" Emperor Rende spoke to Concubine Chen in his usual gentle tone, "You knew Xie Rongying had no good intentions towards you, so why didn't you tell me?"
"Your Majesty, I see that you are already overwhelmed by the Crown Prince's affairs. I don't want to cause you any more trouble because of such matters. Your Majesty, I..."
Before Concubine Chen could finish her words, Emperor Ren De grasped his robe and shook off Concubine Chen's hand.
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Chen prostrated herself on the ground, feeling as if something was constantly falling in her heart. "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have concealed this from you, Your Majesty."
Emperor Ren De walked up to Xie Rongying and looked down at the kneeling woman. Thinking about what Xie Rongying had just said, he said coldly: "How much of what you said just now is true and how much is false?"
Xie Rongying lowered her head even more and said, "It's all true."
"How do you prove it?" Emperor Ren De said this with murderous intent in his eyes. "If you tell even a single lie, the heads of the entire Xie family will fall to the ground."
Xie Rongying took a deep breath and looked up at Emperor Rende: "Your Majesty, what if what I said was not a lie?"
Emperor Ren De stared at Xie Rongying's determined eyes, and his heart seemed to be tightly strangled by a pair of hands.
What then?
What else can I do?
What else can be done when the king of a country has been played around by a woman for all these years?
"If what you said is true, I will be a laughing stock of Dayin. What do you think we should do?" Emperor Ren De asked with a sneer.
Xie Rongying knew what Emperor Ren De meant. Regardless of whether what she said was true or false, what she did today had touched Emperor Ren De's bottom line.
Even Emperor Ren De will not let her go!
I will not let the Xie family go.
Xie Rongying raised her eyebrows, clenched her hands under her sleeves, and said, "Since Your Majesty has said so, then I will do my best to the end."
"What do you mean?" Emperor Ren De's eyes turned cold.
Xie Rongying looked at Huai'an who was standing on the other side. Huai'an nodded, put away the sword in his hand and walked towards the room on the right side of the hall.
Emperor Ren De had a sullen face. He wanted to see what other tricks Xie Rongying could come up with.
At this time, Zhao Yu left Fulou quietly.
After a while, Huaian grabbed a person from the room and dragged him towards the stage.
"Your Highness!" When Concubine Chen saw the Second Prince, she stumbled to her feet and said, "Your Highness!"
The second prince was now being held by Huaian with his hands and feet tied, his eyes full of fear.
Huaian was holding Zheng Pingxi in his other hand. When he saw Emperor Ren De, he knew that his day was over.
"Thank you, Rongying!" Concubine Chen was completely panicked, her voice trembling slightly: "What on earth are you going to do!"
Xie Rongying raised her eyes and looked directly at Emperor Rende: "I think Your Majesty has already decided whether what I said is true or not. Your Majesty's coming today, I also know what consequences it will bring to the Xie family."
"Since you know the consequences, if I have to die, I will drag Concubine Chen down with me." Xie Rongying stared at Concubine Chen intently as she spoke. "Since the Second Prince is also present, Your Majesty, why don't you have a blood test to prove your relationship?"
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