"Actually... I was actually Empress Dowager Dong's person a long time ago!"
"Three years ago, after returning to Luoyang from the village, he went to the Western Regions with a merchant to learn the arts. He was then noticed by Empress Dowager Dong's people and brought to the palace to perform exclusively for the Empress Dowager."
"When Empress Dowager Dong saw that I was well-behaved, she intended to cultivate me into her confidante. She took good care of me and even promised to help me find my family."
"One day, Empress Dowager Dong wanted me to secretly hide by the Prince's side, to be at her beck and call and to know the Prince's every move."
"I didn't want to stay in the palace for long, so I agreed."
"Six months ago, I was taken back to the villa in Beiman Mountain by the prince in Luoyang. Actually, it was my own doing to appear in front of the prince. Everything was arranged intentionally."
“I never expected that Your Highness would treat me so sincerely. On the day of Shanwu’s wedding, I made up my mind to sever ties with the past and no longer want to obey Empress Dowager Dong.”
"Who would have thought that the two people from the delegation today would use a code that only Empress Dowager Dong and I knew?"
"I originally intended to tell Your Highness the truth before the delegation left, but these two people just came looking for us."
"They only conveyed one sentence to the Empress Dowager, reminding me not to forget that I am the Empress Dowager's person."
"......"
Diao Chan was already sobbing uncontrollably, and she recounted her past as if pouring out beans from a bamboo tube.
"I have deceived Your Highness and know that my crime is unforgivable. I beg Your Highness to punish me."
Liu Wei looked at the woman in front of him. Over the past six months, the two had been inseparable and devoted to each other.
He still thought she was just a simple woman from Renjia Village, a songstress who had studied with the Western Regions Song and Dance Troupe.
Although Liu Wei already knew about the connection between Diao Chan and Empress Dowager Dong, it was a different feeling now that Diao Chan had admitted it herself.
"Chan'er, why didn't you confess to me when we were in Shanwu? Why did you only tell me now that I'm asking you?"
"What if one day, Empress Dowager Dong orders you to kill me? You would do so without hesitation. I might die without ever knowing that it was my most beloved woman who took my life!"
Liu Wei's words were cold; he was finding it difficult to get over the matter of Diao Chan.
Compared to Empress He, who secretly bribed various bandits, guards, and foreign tribes to kill him, Empress Dowager Dong was even more insidious, actually planting a hidden agent right next to him.
In order to gain his trust, she was willing to give up her virginity.
Did Empress Dowager Dong also consider Liu Wei a huge threat?
There's no way to explain it!
This puzzled Liu Wei greatly.
Before he was demoted to Shuofang, he was just a prince who was kept in captivity and lived a life of extravagance and debauchery.
How could he possibly pose the slightest threat to either Liu Bian or Liu Xie?
"There is one thing I don't understand. Before leaving Luoyang, whether in front of Empress He or Empress Dowager Dong, I was like an ant. They could crush me at any time!"
"What exactly does Empress Dowager Dong intend to do by bringing you to my side?"
Liu Wei really wanted to figure this out.
"Empress Dowager Dong instructed me to get close to the Prince and become his woman, even to bear his children. But she didn't say anything else!"
Diao Chan's eyes were misty; she didn't know what Empress Dowager Dong wanted her to do.
"I thought that I would follow Your Highness to the borderlands, where I would be thousands of miles away from Empress Dowager Dong, and we would never have any contact again."
"Ever since Shanwu's wedding, my heart and soul belong to Your Highness!"
"Now I only want to serve Your Highness wholeheartedly, bear children for Your Highness, and fulfill my duty as a woman."
Diao Chan knelt before Liu Wei, sobbing, "This servant truly loves Your Highness, heaven and earth bear witness, and I would never do anything to harm Your Highness."
Seeing Diao Chan's pitiful and helpless appearance, even Liu Wei, with his hard heart, couldn't help but be moved.
Although Diao Chan was Empress Dowager Dong's person, she never did anything to harm him from beginning to end.
From Luoyang to Wuyuan City, Diaochan used her body to tightly embrace and comfort Liu Wei as he walked step by step.
Moreover, she became pregnant with Liu Wei's child.
What Liu Wei couldn't get over was that he felt he had already conquered Diao Chan, both physically and mentally.
However, Diao Chan was hiding something from him, which made him feel somewhat defeated.
This is why he couldn't forgive Diao Chan for a while.
Seeing Liu Wei's still expressionless face, Diao Chan's heart sank further.
She knelt and crawled two steps to Liu Wei's feet, her face contorted with misery, and said:
"I know that I have concealed this matter from Your Highness, and my sin is unforgivable."
"Your Highness, if you wish me to die, I will die willingly."
"However, I am carrying Your Highness's child. I beg Your Highness to allow me to come down before I die, is that alright?"
"From now on, let him recognize Fei'er as his mother and raise him."
Liu Wei immediately flew into a rage: "You're using the child to blackmail me?"
"When did I ask you to die? I just want an explanation from you."
"Now that we are husband and wife, we should be honest with each other and not hide anything from each other."
"You should reflect on your mistakes while you are in camp!"
"If I hear you threatening to kill yourself again, I really won't be polite."
After saying that, Liu Wei suddenly stood up and walked out of the tent without looking back, leaving Diao Chan kneeling on the ground, bewildered and not knowing what was going on.
However, remembering that he had transmigrated here and had a system with him, he realized that he was a transmigrator.
This matter was, of course, kept secret from everyone, including Diao Chan.
"I can only hide things from the world, but the world cannot hide things from me!"
Liu Wei said bitterly.
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