"Esteemed Empress Dowager has arrived, the emperor has arrived!"
She kneeled on the ground with the others and secretly observed the emperor's face. Seeing that he was like the empress dowager, his face was tight with tension, and his eyes were filled with anger, she knew that Xiao Zhenhai had already reported to the empress dowager and the emperor that the eleventh princess might not be the real princess.
"You can all leave, leaving Princess Eleven behind."
Sure enough, Zhou Chengdi's tone was cold as he dismissed everyone, leaving behind just him, the empress dowager, Eunuch Feng De Gui and Princess Eleven.
"Imperial Father, Grandmother …" Princess Eleven's face is as white as paper, and her whole body is trembling with fear. Large beads of sweat appear on her forehead, and she can't help but look for Lian Ruyue's figure, as if she wanted to find strength and courage from her body.
When she finally saw Lian Meng Yue, Lian Ru Yue seemed to know what she was thinking and nodded to her. Her expression gradually relaxed and a smile even appeared on her lips. She immediately became calmer.
Lian Ruyue went out with the servants, and the door inside the hall immediately closed slowly.
The people kneeling outside looked at each other in dismay. What was going on? Why did they shut the gates? What was the emperor and empress dowager doing, did they have to cry?
Even Moon saw Xiao Zhenhai kneeling in the crowd, and Feng Yunyao also knelt in the crowd. There was a trace of a smile on her face, and Lian Yue's eyes slowly swept over the two of them. The corners of her eyes slightly narrowed, and a cold intent surfaced.
Within the hall.
Princess Eleven kneels beside the empress's coffin. The Emperor and Empress Dowager sit on chairs in front of them, looking at the eleven before them with heavy faces.
"Feng Degui, get me a bowl of water." After a long while, Zhou Cheng Di instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Feng Degui carefully poured a bowl of water and placed it on the table between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.
"Ling Yue'er, get up." Zhou Chengdi looked at Feng Lingyue and said.
Feng Lingyue couldn't help but shiver. She stood up and said in a low voice, "Royal father …"
"Bite your own finger and drip your blood into this bowl." There was a hint of impatience in Zhou Chengdi's tone.
Feng Lingyue immediately understood. Her royal father already knew about this secret, and now he wanted to step aside to verify what Xiao Zhenhai had said.
Seeing her kneeling without moving, the empress dowager said, "Ling Yue'er, don't be afraid. Do whatever your father asks you to do. You're the Eleventh Princess after all."
At this point, there was no path of retreat.
Feng Lingyue strode towards the emperor, placed the tip of her index finger between her teeth, and bit down hard. Then, she dripped a drop of her blood into the bowl.
Zhou Chengdi looked at the blood and bit his own finger, dripping it into the bowl as well.
The empress dowager and emperor stared fixedly at the two drops of blood in the bowl. Instantly, the air seemed to freeze, and Feng Lingyue clenched her fists, her heart pounding. She already knew the result.
After waiting for a long time, the two drops of blood in the bowl did not fuse together. The empress dowager's expression suddenly changed, and her body went limp as she slumped into a chair.
"As expected, it's not …" Queen, oh Queen, you … How dare you confuse the blood of my royal family! "
Feng De Gui hastened to kneel down. "Esteemed Empress Dowager, please calm your anger and carefully piss off your body."
Zhou Chengdi suddenly stood up and flipped over the bowl on the table. The blood from the bowl splattered on Princess Eleven's body, wetting her face and clothes.
A very bad connection appeared in the emperor's mind, so it was difficult to calm his anger. He looked down at Eleventh, "No wonder, when you were born, This Emperor felt that you were a little strange. When you grew up, your appearance and your temperament were all unlike mine. This Emperor feels uncomfortable every time I see you. "So it's all because of you. You are not my flesh and blood, you are just a lowly bastard!"
Lowly seed?
Feng Lingyue's heart suddenly shook. She slowly raised her head and felt her entire body go cold, but there were no more tears. She only pursed her lips and endured the heart-wrenching pain, not willing to speak.
"Empress, oh Queen. It is fortunate that I thought you only gave birth to a useless son like Feng Ming to defeat my River Mountain. I didn't expect you to do something so unfair to me."
At this moment, I wish I could pull you up from the coffin and interrogate you. " It turned out that Zhou Chengdi had thought that the empress had done something to him, that Feng Lingyue had been born of the empress and someone else, and this was the greatest insult to a king, "Even though you have died, you still bear the blame. This emperor will not forgive your mother, this is the price you have paid for deceiving me!"
When Feng Lingyue heard this, she suddenly raised her head and said, "No, no! royal father, you misunderstood my mother. My mother definitely did not do anything to let my father down, and I was indeed not born to my mother. But, I was not born to someone else … "
Following that, Feng Lingyue honestly told her what the empress had said, and said in the end:
"Imperial Mother, I was afraid that I wouldn't believe you, so you let me drip my blood, and I couldn't fuse with Imperial Mother's blood. At that time, I only believed Imperial Mother's words when I saw the blood." Imperial Father, no, Your Majesty, please don't doubt Imperial Mother's loyalty, otherwise, she will die with grievance. "
At this time, Feng Lingyue finally began to shed tears.
"Emperor, as matters stand, there's no need for this child to lie. This one believes her words. Although the empress is at fault, according to my understanding of her, she definitely won't do anything that would let you down." The empress dowager said from the side.
He couldn't help but stagger two steps forward to support her. However, Zhou Cheng Emperor ruthlessly shook off her hand and said, "You aren't even my flesh and blood, so don't come any closer to me!"
"Imperial Father, no, Your Majesty, Esteemed Empress Dowager, the empress dowager has already passed on to the empress dowager for her thousand sins, let your son bear the consequences. Don't punish the empress and let my grandfather's family off, they don't know about this, it doesn't matter even if your mother is cut to pieces, please forgive them."
"Emperor, the Empress should never brag about the disgraceful matter of the royal bloodline. If word of this gets out, the royal family will lose all face and will be laughed at by the people of the world." The empress dowager pondered at the side.
Zhou Chengdi frowned as he looked at Feng Lingyue. In the past, he had considered this daughter of his to have some feelings for her. But now, that feeling was completely gone.
He was only thinking about how to deal with this fake daughter of his.