After Ji Wanrong finished speaking, he knelt down neatly and his knees hit the ground with a bang.
The sound hit Mo Jiecheng's heart hard, like a round blow to his heart, causing his whole body to tremble and his internal organs to break in pain.
No, that's not the case!
It's not like he didn't choose her!
He didn't expect that the moment she jumped off the cliff, she would feel so desperate!
He panted, but he couldn't find his breath no matter what, and the bones in his body almost fell apart.
Mo Jiecheng looked at Ji Wanrong with scarlet eyes, looking at her pale face, and wanted to hold her into his arms, but he backed down at this moment.
He seemed... to lose Ji Wanrong.
Mo Jiecheng didn't speak anymore, and he didn't object.
But when the emperor looked at Mo Jiecheng's despairing look, as if he were mourning for his concubine, his face slowly darkened.
"Such a thing has never happened in the Tian family. Today, all the people in the palace are our own people, and Ji Aiqing's request will not be spread. Just treat this matter as if it never happened, and don't mention it again in the future."
Everyone in the hall was stunned by the emperor's sudden words.
Concubine Hua couldn't help but shed a few tears when she listened to Ji Wanrong's words. However, before the tears were wiped away, she heard that the emperor refused without hesitation.
Ji Wanrong's body swayed, and his face turned pale for a moment.
You have no joke, you have no joke, but you didn't expect that the emperor could go back on his words like this.
She had made so many preparations for today. Her brother even made a request in the main hall, but was it dismissed by the emperor's words?
"Your Majesty! If you do this..."
Ji Wanrong gritted his teeth and wanted to continue talking regardless.
At this moment, a calm voice slowly came from the door of the hall, interrupting Ji Wanrong's offensive remarks.
"Your Majesty, Mo Lan is willing to accept the punishment."
Everyone was startled and turned their heads following the direction of the sound. What they saw was the figure of the eldest princess slowly approaching in the sunlight.
The door of the main hall was open, and the sunlight shone in from outside the main hall, which was a bit dazzling, and seemed to put a layer of gold on the figure of the eldest princess.
She was very thin, wearing plain white clothes, with long waterfall-like hair hanging behind her back. There was no hairpin on her head, and her face was very pale. There seemed to be no blood on her face without makeup.
The eldest princess was dressed as if she had taken off her hairpin to apologize.
Just like that, in the eyes of everyone, she slowly walked into the hall with her bare feet, her white feet stained with bright red blood.
Calm, yet vigorous.
Everyone thought about the recent rumors in Beijing, with various expressions and thoughts.
When the Queen Mother saw the eldest princess's naked feet, she stood up from the chair and said, "Mo Lan! What on earth are you doing!"
The emperor stared at her motionless.
The eldest princess just walked to Ji Wanrong's side calmly and knelt down slowly.
Ji Wanrong frowned and looked at the eldest princess's naked feet, which were stained with blood. She wanted to speak, but was stopped by the eldest princess.
The eldest princess' eyes were very kind and full of tenderness. When she looked at Ji Wanrong, she was like a mother looking at her daughter.
The softest place in Ji Wanrong's heart seemed to be lightly struck by her gaze.
"Your Majesty, there is no precedent in the Tian family for the eldest princess to never marry."
"If Your Majesty and Queen Mother both feel that Wan Rong did something wrong by wanting to divorce, then my never getting married will set a precedent for doing something wrong."
After the eldest princess said this, she folded her hands and bowed deeply and solemnly to the emperor.
Ji Wanrong's eyes changed from blank to sad.
She saw a few strands of silver hidden in the eldest princess's black hair, and her slender neck was exposed when she leaned down deeply. Ji Wanrong could hardly control her emotions.
She gritted her teeth tightly and trembled all over to prevent herself from crying.
"Mo Lan is not worthy of the position and is willing to accept the punishment. Please, Your Majesty, demote Mo Lan to a commoner."
As soon as the eldest princess's words came out, the emperor stood up straight from the dragon throne, with disbelief in his usually calm eyes: "Sister!"
He had always respected his sister, and he vaguely knew the reason why she was so determined and unwilling to marry.
If you don't want to get married, then you won't get married. He will block all the people in the world!
But he didn't expect that his sister would say such words today.
The eldest princess listened to the words "Sister" blurted out by the emperor.
He hasn't called himself sister for a long time. After ascending to the throne, in order to maintain the majesty of the emperor, he would only call him princess.
The eldest princess's eyes changed slightly, but she still straightened up and looked at him calmly without speaking.
The emperor didn't speak, and the two seemed to be playing a game.
The huge hall fell silent again.
In the end, the emperor was defeated: "My mother and I agreed to your decision not to get married. If anyone in the world dares to blame you, they are blaming me!"
"If anyone in the world dares to spread rumors, it will be my fault!"
This was the first time the emperor was so angry. He was so angry that everyone in the hall knelt down.
The Queen Mother slowly sat back on the chair, her aging body a little slumped.
"Brother pities his sister, and his brother will pity his sister. Xie Lingxiao even ignored his own future and the emperor's thunderous wrath to make my sister's request. Your Majesty, his feelings for Wan Rong are the same as yours for me."
"Every woman in the world has parents, brothers and sisters who pity her. It's not because I am the eldest princess that I am an exception. The eldest princess should set an example and worry about the women in the world. Men can propose to divorce their wives, and women can also propose to make peace. Divorce, otherwise, they will become a resentful couple."
"Mo Lan knows that if what Mo Lan said today spreads out, some people may praise me, but more people will scold me, scold me for being a philanderer, a libertine, and persuade women to reconcile, but I still have to do it."
"Why force a relationship that can't be brought to fruition?"
After the eldest princess said this, the emperor suddenly fell silent.
A few women's low sobs could be heard faintly in the silent hall.
The women in the main hall all had tears in their eyes when they heard what the eldest princess said.
With trembling hands, he went to find the handle of his chair, held it tightly, and sat down again, looking as if he was angry.
"The Ai family feels that Mo Lan's words are quite right. If someone dares to do this to the Ai family's daughter, the Ai family will fight him to the death!"
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she sighed again and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Let the children deal with the children's matters by themselves. If Jiecheng did something wrong, let Jiecheng make it right. Abandoning his wife is really not a good thing." It's so outrageous that even if you break your leg, it's Wanrong's fault whether you forgive me or not. It's not sweet to force you to do anything, why are you joining in the fun?"
As soon as the Queen Mother said these words, the emperor closed his eyes.
He took a deep breath and then spoke——
