The estrangement and suspicion that were inadvertently buried in the fragmented time of the past have been ignored due to countless coincidences.

But there are always traces left in my heart, and the accumulation of layers has formed seemingly calm waves.

As long as the strong wind blows, it will create huge waves.

Under the lights.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Zhen Huan. There was anger, disappointment, and an imperceptible loneliness in his eyes.

He felt that he treated Zhen Huan well and gave her all the honors, status, offspring, and palace power he could.

But what I got in return was deliberate deception.

He watched Zhen Huan struggling to crawl towards him from the ground, her hands impatiently grabbing the corner of his clothes, her face showing a panic he had never seen before, her eyes showing pleading and nervousness, but no regret, and her lips trembling as she wanted to speak.

In an instant, the disappointment in the emperor's heart was constantly magnified, and the emperor's heart began to ache rarely. He took two steps back with force, pulled the hem of the clothes from Zhen Huan's hands, then turned around and strode out of the East Warm Pavilion.

Zhen Huan was not prepared for the Emperor to avoid her like this. She was so anxious that she knelt down and walked a few steps forward, crying and shouting:

"Your Majesty, even if you are angry with me, you must let me defend myself. Do not judge me based on one-sided words."

The only answer she got was the scrape of boots on the floor and the sound of drawers being pulled open.

Zhen Huan sat on the ground and cried miserably. She was more miserable than ever since she entered the palace. The emperor's doubts today made Zhen Huan tremble with fear. She always prided herself on being able to calculate people's hearts, but today she realized that the emperor's heart was unfathomable. There were so many crises hidden in the past tenderness and sweetness, and any one of these crises could cost her life.

In today's disaster, all we can ask for is to stay alive.

As long as your life is safe, there is still a chance.

Zhen Huan is indeed a decisive person. She thought through the pros and cons clearly in a short period of time. She is now very glad that she still has someone to rely on.

As if in response to what she was thinking, the fetus in her belly became restless and showed a tendency to fall.

Zhen Huan quickly stopped crying, took deep breaths, and placed her hands on her abdomen to soothe her.

After just a few breaths, the fetal movement gradually subsided, but the feeling of heaviness and pain could not be eliminated.

Zhen Huan had a bad suspicion in her mind.

At this moment, the emperor strode back and threw a secret letter at Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan opened the letter from the ground in confusion.

The first glance at it broke my heart. The first page contained a letter written by Bijuer to her father:

"The green grass by the river makes me think of the distant road."

"..."

Zhen Huan could no longer concentrate on reading the following content. At this moment, she was overwhelmed by overwhelming fear.

She had already asked her father to burn the letter, so why did the emperor still have it? Where did he get it from?

The paper secret folder became hot in Zhen Huan's hands, and the burning sensation seemed to burn through her hands.

However, this was just the beginning, and the emperor's cold and ruthless voice sounded from above her head:

"The Zhen family first regarded the late emperor as a foolish monarch, and the traitors who joined the rebellion against Yunti and participated in the fight for the throne should have been beheaded in public long ago. However, Zhen Yuandao took advantage of his position and became close to the escaped criminals, and even dared to give birth to the descendants of the criminals. This act of Zhen Yuandao is deceiving the emperor and it is not excessive to search and confiscate the nine clans."

"Then you deceived me into being a child king and brought the descendants of treasonous officials into the palace, where they were fed with luxury. My father and I, two generations of kings, were actually looked down upon and manipulated by your Zhen family."

"Back then, the Queen Mother said that your last name was taboo, but you said Zhen meant loyalty. Watching me being deceived all these years, are you and your father very proud?"

"Among all the civil and military officials in the court, how many people have the guts to do this? You deceive me, lie to me, are dissatisfied with me, and oppose me everywhere, but you still want to raise the banner of benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty, and pretend to speak for the people, but in fact you are satisfying your own selfish desires of deceiving the world and stealing fame."

"You came to see me today, and you have the nerve to say that your father just spoke inappropriately, that he was tempted by beauty and had an affair with a guilty minister, that he deceived the emperor and defied the majesty of heaven. I can kill him for every crime!"

"I have given you time and opportunities, but have you ever been honest with me?"

"What do you think of me as?"

Every word and every scolding was like a sharp sword piercing through her heart, causing Zhen Huan's body to tremble uncontrollably. However, she was strong-willed, and even in the midst of the emperor's rage, she could still remember what he had asked her that day, "Do you have anything to say to me today?" It turned out that he was referring to this matter.

It turns out that the emperor had already obtained the evidence early on, but kept it secret. The reason behind this was definitely not just that he wanted to confess voluntarily, there were probably other unknown factors.

Zhen Huan's brain started working rapidly. The Emperor had kept her alone today to bring up this matter, and explained that the Emperor did not want outsiders to know about the matter of Bizhuer.

The late emperor! Yes, this concerns the late emperor's reputation. After all, it was the late emperor who issued an order to punish Bizhuer's family, but my father saved Bizhuer. If this matter is exposed, my father will not be able to get away with it, and it will also affect the reputation of the late emperor.

It makes people wonder whether the late emperor was really foolish in his later years when such a heavy blow was dealt to him.

Within a few breaths, Zhen Huan roughly deduced the reason why the emperor suppressed the matter.

But her emotions were fluctuating too much, and the pain in her lower abdomen was even worse. But she couldn't care less about these things at the moment. She had to find the reason why the emperor didn't want to make it public and find a way for her father to survive.

Zhen Huan knelt a few steps towards the emperor again. She endured the discomfort, bowed deeply to the ground, and apologized again with an extremely respectful attitude:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It would be a shame if my father got hurt because of his anger. As the ancients said, a son should not blame his father. I don't know the reason behind my father's foolish behavior, but I know that he is loyal to the emperor and would never dare to disrespect the late emperor. With his pedantic personality, it is very likely that he was deeply in love with Bizhuer and couldn't extricate himself from it."

"As for Huanbi, I have regarded her as my younger sister since she was young. I pity her because of her rough life and her helpless birth. I just want to take care of her. It is my selfish desire, not my intention to deceive."

"Your Majesty's love for me is as clear as the sun and the moon. I can never repay you even if I die. Heaven and earth can bear witness to my respect for you. Please forgive my father's unwise actions and let him be a commoner from now on, considering my sincerity."

At this time, Zhen Huan was still so eloquent that even the emperor had to sigh that if she were a man, she would definitely be able to achieve something in the court with this determination.

But until now she still wants to use love to coerce me, which is underestimating me. The emperor sneered and was about to attack the Zhen family.

But I saw bright red blood on the carpet.

It turned out that the fetus in Zhen Huan's belly started to move at this time.

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