Chu Mengwan refused to confess Song Heng in front of everyone.
She loved Song Heng deeply and naturally wanted to protect his reputation.
The emperor's sullenness and disappointment became even worse: "Ah Huan, I have indulged you too much."
Chu Mengwan was stunned for a moment.
She couldn't help but look up at the emperor. There was anger, disappointment, blame, and almost invisible sadness on his face.
He seemed to be looking at her, but he seemed to be looking at another person through her.
Ah Hu.
Chu Mengwan remembered that this was her mother's maiden name.
Who is the emperor's anger directed at?
Everyone else present thought that the emperor was extremely angry, so he made a mistake and called "Awan" by mistake.
Only Cha Jiu and the Queen noticed the difference in the title.
The queen lowered her eyes, hiding the deep meaning in her eyes.
The chamberlain who was sent out to investigate the drugging came back. Since the only one who had contact with Chajiu, Aunt Zou, had disappeared and Qingdai was very clean, the chamberlain only found Mrs. Chen, the nanny beside Chu Mengwan.
How dare Mrs. Chen reveal her plan to frame Cha Jiu?
In order to save Chu Mengwan, she took everything on herself. She only said that she had given the drug to be more interesting when having an affair with her lover in the palace, but she did not expect to harm her own princess and the Second Young Master Song.
After saying that, she banged her head against the wall and ended her life's loyalty and love for Chu Mengwan.
After checking this, the emperor's last trace of patience was exhausted.
He ordered the matter to be kept secret and all the relevant persons to be executed. Song Li poisoned them and transported them out of the palace for burial in the name of violent death.
In the end, he pushed everyone away except Chu Mengwan.
"Now that there is no one else around, you can tell me directly, who is the man who has been having an affair with you?"
The emperor also knew that he had slightly lost his temper in front of everyone just now.
At this time, he gathered his emotions back within the high wall and regained his majesty and calmness.
Chu Mengwan was still hesitating, but in fact she had no choice.
Her pregnancy has been exposed. At this time, she can only ask the emperor to grant a marriage so that the child in her belly can be born legitimately.
"It belongs to...Song Heng." Chu Mengwan was afraid that the emperor would treat Song Heng the same way he treated Song Li, so she quickly interceded for him, "Master Song and I are committed to each other life and death, and I also ask the emperor not to punish him!"
Otherwise she will follow him!
Chu Mengwan didn't finish the rest of her words, but the emperor already understood.
The emperor thought about it a lot, but he didn't expect it to be Song Heng.
It has to be said that Song Heng's fake love affair was so successful.
"It turned out to be him." The emperor's eyes flashed with disdain for this person, "Awan, if it were anyone else, I might be able to grant you a marriage, but not Song Heng."
Chu Mengwan suddenly raised her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Why not?"
In fact, she had always known that the emperor intended to marry her to Li Shilang's son, Li Yuanzong.
But Li Yuanzong was ordinary in both appearance and talent.
Even as the legitimate son, he was not liked by Li Shilang. He was suppressed by the other concubine brothers all day long, and he felt very aggrieved.
How could she be willing to marry such a person?
"I have already opened my mouth to reward Song Heng with a chastity arch. He will never have the possibility of marrying a wife or taking concubines in this life." The emperor said.
Chu Mengwan was not present at that time.
Now when she heard the news, her heart was shattered by thunder: "What? How can a man..."
The more the emperor looked at Chu Mengwan, the more he thought of that person back then. He felt both love and hate in his heart, and his tone became cold and mean.
"If you insist on marrying Song Heng, you can only sit silently in a small sedan and be sent to the Song Mansion. From now on, you will not have the honor of a princess, nor will you have the status of Mrs. Song, all the glory and wealth. It has nothing to do with you."
"But if you realize your mistake and turn around and give up the child in your belly, I will let Li Yuanzong marry you willingly and stay with you forever. I will promote him and give you more food."
"Ah Huan, which one do you choose, useless affection or lifetime wealth?"
When the emperor asked the last sentence, there seemed to be a hint of hope hidden in his indifferent expression.
Chu Mengwan protected her lower abdomen with both hands and said without hesitation, "I want to enter the Song Mansion!"
How could her love for Song Heng be measured by money and status?
She believed that even if there was no status, Song Heng would still love her as before.
"..."
The light outside the palace gradually weakened, and the emperor put away his last trace of warmth and allowed himself to be silent in the half-darkness.
"You are exactly the same as your mother." His eyes gradually became filled with disgust, "You have the same humble affection in your bones."
…
Leaving the oppressive side hall, the queen and Cha Jiu distanced themselves from the palace people, and the two mother and daughter talked quietly.
Cha Jiu told everything that happened today.
When the queen heard Chu Mengwan's vicious plot, she felt angry and disgusted.
But when she heard Shen Beizhan's carefulness and determination, she nodded in appreciation.
In the past, the queen felt that Shen Beizhan was not worthy of her precious daughter at all.
But after this period of time, after she heard things related to his words, deeds and character from the prince and Cha Jiu, she felt that this person was quite good.
It would be even better if he could have children with Ayuan.
The queen felt a little sorry after all.
"Queen mother, who is the Ah Huan that the emperor father talks about?" Cha Jiu suddenly asked.
"Did you hear it?" Although the queen was surprised, she thought it was expected.
Her two sons and daughters both look like her and have similar careful personalities.
It was not surprising to find the emperor's strange words and deeds.
The queen held Cha Jiu's hand, walked slowly, and said slowly.
"The A-婠 mentioned by your father is Prince Gong's concubine, Mrs. Lin. She, Prince Gong, and the emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, have been together since childhood and have a close friendship."
"The time when the emperor was the crown prince was very difficult. The late empress died young, the late emperor did not pay attention to him, and the other brothers relied on their powerful maternal family to suppress him in everything. Fortunately, he had a brother, Prince Gong, who always helped him win over the courtiers and resist open attacks. Hidden arrows to help him ascend to the throne of God."
"Although Lin is not beautiful, she has an exquisite heart and is good at martial arts, riding and shooting. She is the sweetheart of the emperor and Prince Gong. The late emperor originally intended to betroth Lin to the then emperor as the crown princess, but Mrs. Lin and Prince Gong have had a mutual understanding for a long time, and they have made a private decision for life, and are secretly pregnant."
Chajiu was surprised: "Isn't that exactly the same as Chu Mengwan's situation today?"
The queen smiled bitterly: "Exactly, maybe because of remembering the past, your father became furious."
The emperor loved Lin so deeply that he even regarded her as the only salvation in those dark days.
Prince Gong is his good brother who talks about everything.
But the two people who were most important to him fell in love without telling him.
To the emperor, this was tantamount to betrayal.
Perhaps only one-tenth of the emperor's anger over what happened in the side hall today was because of Chu Mengwan's lack of self-love, but more of it was still about the Lin family's choice of Prince Gong back then.
Chajiu was curious: "What happened next?"
"Later, Prince Gong and the Emperor had a big quarrel, and Prince Gong insisted on asking the late Emperor to marry Lin. The late Emperor agreed in order to separate the two brothers. Unfortunately, Lin became Princess Gong's concubine within a month, and her stomach The child was killed by the concubine."
Chajiu felt there was a clue: "This concubine..."
The queen shook her head: "Now the world is the emperor's. We should not speculate on many things."
Chajiu knew everything about Prince Gong's death escorting him and the Lin family leaving behind a pair of children who died in love.
But no matter how much Cha Jiu pestered her about the details and truth, the Queen remained tight-lipped.
Some filthy things should rot in the past and should not taint the ears of the next generation.
The breeze blows slowly and the flying flowers fill the sky.
Shen Beizhan's back appeared not far away, with broad shoulders, waiting silently.
He did not stay at the flower viewing banquet, but waited for Cha Jiu not far from the side hall.
It was just because he was worried that he would not be able to arrive in time when Cha Jiu needed her.
The queen stopped.
Cha Jiu walked a few more steps, then looked back at her: "Mother?"
The queen stopped moving forward and only looked at her with a smile, with moist relief in her eyes: "Go, someone is waiting for you."
As a mother, you must also learn to stop.
