As soon as they entered, they saw Zhen Huan and Prince Guo kneeling together in the hall. Zhen Huan was crying, while Prince Guo's face was full of sadness.

"May the emperor be healthy and well." The two of them saluted. The emperor looked up at An Lingrong with a hint of grievance in his eyes.

An Lingrong was stunned. What was going on?

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" An Lingrong asked as she stepped forward and stood beside the emperor.

"Su Peisheng, draft the decree." The emperor held An Lingrong's hand, but did not answer. He directly summoned Su Peisheng in.

The one who didn't want to come in was Xiao Xiazi.

"Your Majesty, Master has been suffering from abdominal pain..." Xiao Xiazi knelt down and spoke, and the emperor looked at him.

"Then you draft the decree. Wanpin is greedy, arrogant, jealous, and has bad conduct. She is stripped of her title and demoted to a concubine. Hongzhou and Lingxi will be temporarily raised by Jingfei." The emperor spoke, and Zhen Huan looked at him in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, please have mercy on me. I cannot live without a child. Your Majesty, I am willing to be reduced to an official woman. I only ask Your Majesty not to give my child to others."

Zhen Huan then knelt down and took two steps forward, continuously kowtowing to the emperor, behaving somewhat crazily.

The emperor was about to sentence her to death, but when he looked at her face that looked just like Chun Yuan, he couldn't bring himself to say it. Now, looking at her again, how could she still look like Chun Yuan? !

An Lingrong was also somewhat shocked. She had already been accused of being a cuckold, but the emperor only stripped her of her title and demoted her rank. How damned tolerant the emperor was...

When Ye Lanyi heard the imperial edict, hope ignited in her heart. Prince Guo was the emperor's younger brother. Would the emperor show some leniency?

"Brother Emperor, I am willing to die to show my loyalty. I hope Your Majesty will show leniency to Concubine Wan."

Upon seeing this, Prince Guo suddenly spoke. Ye Lanyi looked at Prince Guo in disbelief.

Is Prince Guo crazy? !

An Lingrong thought it was very normal. In the previous life, Doctor Wen, a man Zhen Huan didn't even look at, could destroy himself for him. Prince Guo and she both had a child, so he would only become more crazy. It was not difficult to understand why he lost his mind to save Zhen Huan...

"How outrageous!" The emperor slammed the table, and Zhen Huan also stopped talking.

Zhen Huan raised her head and looked towards the Emperor. When she saw An Lingrong, she suddenly smiled. She pointed at An Lingrong and said, "It's you, right?!"

An Lingrong looked at the emperor with a bewildered look on her face, not understanding what was going on.

"It's you again!" Zhen Huan pointed at Ye Lan Yi again.

She remembered that before she returned to the palace, Ye Lanyi had advised her not to go back. Now, there is a great possibility that she will expose herself!

"Mrs. Zhen is really good at slandering me!" Ye Lan'yi glared at Zhen Huan, wishing she could tear her apart right now. She was the one who harmed the prince, and yet she dared to bite her!

"Your Majesty, please believe me. I did nothing. All of this is groundless. Someone is framing me. It's her, Concubine Ning..." Zhen Huan continued to accuse, but the emperor remained unmoved.

Zhen Huan looked at the Emperor in despair, then at Prince Guo, straightened her body, and spoke again:

"Your Majesty, I really didn't do that. When I was praying for the royal family at Lingyun Peak, Prince Guo helped me many times, but I am innocent with him!

I don’t know what Prince Guo is thinking, but you are the only one I love in my heart!

Your Majesty, don’t you remember the time when you and I listened to the rain and cut the candle by the west window together?

You said you loved listening to me talk, you said I could always resonate with you, you also said you would treat me the same as before, were those loving times fake?"

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor while crying, tears streaming down her fair face, looking so pitiful.

The emperor looked at Zhen Huan and it was as if he saw Chun Yuan crying. His heart ached and he turned away. He had already spared her life. If it weren't for her face, he would have wanted to sentence her to death immediately.

Prince Guo looked at Zhen Huan with a sad face.

Yes! Could it be that those loving times at Lingyun Peak were fake?

She said she returned to the palace because of her unborn baby and for her family. Although he was trying his best to take care of her family, he felt that what Zhen Huan wanted was for her family to return to Beijing, and he really did not have that ability.

He understood her helplessness and her necessity.

She said that she had a hard time after returning to the palace, as her mother's family was in decline and she had no one to rely on. So he took care of everything for her and gave her almost all the money in the mansion.

When she told him that the baby in her belly was his, he was so happy. In those days without her, he was no different from a walking corpse. When he knew that Zhen Huan had her child, he felt like he was alive again...

But what about now? She is now asking the emperor whether he has forgotten the loving times they had in the past. It turns out that she and the emperor were also very loving in the past.

Then who do you think you are?

Prince Guo closed his eyes, his face showing an indescribable sadness.

Ye Lanyi couldn't understand the expression of Prince Guo. If she had a knife in her hand at this moment, she would kill Zhen Huan, the bitch! Everything was her fault! Now she even pushed everything onto the prince. The prince loved her so much, but she wanted to kill him!

"Hypocrisy! I don't want to listen anymore. Come, drag Zhen out." The emperor spoke without even raising his head, and two guards came in.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I really didn't do that! I..." Before Zhen Huan could finish her words, she was dragged out by the guards.

"You, go too!" The emperor looked at Prince Guo. Even if there was no irrefutable evidence against Xia Qie, Zhen Huan's words just now explained everything. The Seventeenth Prince could not be kept.

Upon hearing the voice, Prince Guo stood up, kowtowed again to express his gratitude, then turned and left.

The hall was eerily quiet for a moment.

"Your Majesty." An Lingrong spoke and shook the emperor's hand. The emperor's face was tense and he sighed slightly after a long time.

"Let's go. I'll go with you to see Nianchu." The emperor spoke, and An Lingrong nodded. When she was about to get up, Caiyue walked in.

"May His Majesty be blessed with good health, May Concubine Chen be blessed with good health, and May Concubine Ning be blessed with good health.

"Your Majesty and Concubine Chen, Princess Jinghe is now well after the treatment by Imperial Doctor Wen. I have specially asked this servant to come here to tell you that Your Majesty and Concubine Chen please do not worry."

Caiyue came in and bowed, and the emperor nodded.

Finally, the emperor went to Cunju Hall with An Lingrong. An Lingrong gave Ye Lan'yi a look, and Ye Lan'yi understood and left with the excuse that she wanted to see Prince Guo for the last time.

*

"Your Highness, please stay." Ye Lan Yi called out to Prince Guo who was about to leave the palace.

"May Lady Ning be well." Prince Guo turned around and bowed to Ye Lan'yi.

"Your Highness, I will take good care of Hongzhou and Lingxi and let them grow up safely." Ye Lan'yi spoke, and Prince Guo looked at Ye Lan'yi in shock.

"Were you the one who heard our conversation that day?" Prince Guo spoke with a sad look on his face.

"What conversation?" Ye Lanyi looked confused.

"Then how do you know about Hongzhou and Lingxi..." Prince Guo looked at Ye Lanyi again, unable to hide his confusion.

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