Chapter 199 - 199 I Am Guilty

199 I Am Guilty

In the end, he had hurt her too deeply. The emperor rubbed his forehead. He felt that the empress was probably unable to accept that he had brought Zhao Panpan into the palace as a consort. However, now that the truth was like this, it was not a good thing for the empress’ reputation of being jealous to spread. However, he let Zhao Panpan enter the palace because he had no choice. That day, he had drunk so much that he slept with Zhao Panpan. If he did not let Zhao Panpan enter the palace and let her marry the Crown Prince, it would not make sense, right? He could not possibly sleep with his daughter-in-law, right? Moreover, Zhao Panpan was also pregnant. This matter concerned the royal family’s heir, so he could not do anything.

“Empress, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived.” The palace maid knelt on the ground and pulled on the empress’ clothes. The empress finally came back to her senses. Looking at the emperor’s face, she cried even more sadly. “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it’s me who has let you down. I’ve sinned, sinned!”

The empress was crying her heart out. The country that the emperor had fought so hard to obtain was actually going to be given to someone else because of her selfishness. She was a sinner of the ages! The empress could not say anything. She could only watch the emperor cry and cry. Her little princess… She must have been possessed back then to exchange her child for the crown prince. She did not expect to be tricked by Xiao Meili again. Her poor little princess was supposed to have a life of luxury, but she had lost her life long ago!

Thinking back to what Xiao Meili had said, her little princess had frozen to death in the snow. When she was found, she was already frozen stiff. The empress felt a sharp pain in her heart. Back then, she had simply sent her child away to a good family to be a simple, happy little girl in the distance. As long as she could live, so what if she could not see her for the rest of her life? Why did she have to exchange her child? Why did she have to conspire with Xiao Meili? Why did she fall into Xiao Meili’s trap and cause her daughter’s death? Why did she ruin this great empire?

The emperor had wanted to reprimand the empress, but seeing the empress like this, he could not bear it. “I know that you feel uncomfortable in your heart. This is all my fault. If you are angry, vent it on me.” The emperor was also a little tired. He did not have many children and now that Zhao Panpan was pregnant, he did not dare to let her apologize to the empress. No matter what, he and Zhao Panpan were the ones who had let the empress down.

Although the emperor had a good impression of Zhao Panpan, if he had not inexplicably slept with her, he might not have allowed her to enter the palace. After the incident, he investigated and found nothing wrong with the cup he had used to drink. He was afraid that he had drunk too much that day and felt embarrassed.

The empress was sometimes in pain and sometimes sneering as if she had gone crazy. “I was wrong, I was wrong!” It was all her fault. She was possessed and muddled up the royal bloodline. She killed the royal offspring and killed her own daughter! She was the one who personally gave the empire to someone else!

The empress did not even dare to look at the emperor now. The emperor had worked hard for most of his life and had even experienced a battle to sit on the throne, but she had given all of this away! She would be a sinner through the ages!

“Empress, you are the crown prince’s birth mother, the future king’s mother. You are also my empress and the future empress dowager. No matter what happens, this will not change. Whether Zhao Panpan enters the palace or gets pregnant, the throne will still be the crown prince. When you gave birth to the crown prince, there was a strange phenomenon. The crown prince was born extraordinary, and all of this shows that he will be healthy and smooth in his life, leading our country to prosperity. Don’t think too much…” The emperor consoled her. Even if Zhao Panpan gave birth to a prince, it would only be a prince and would not threaten the crown prince’s position.

The emperor thought his words would make the empress feel at ease, but he did not expect the empress to shiver even more after hearing these words. She felt as if a knife had been stabbed into her heart again. She felt as if she was being cut into pieces, the flesh of her heart being dug out bit by bit.

“Crown prince… The crown prince might not be that good …” The empress’ hands trembled. She wanted to tell the emperor that the crown prince was not his own son. He was not a descendant of the royal family! The crown prince was a fake! What natural phenomenon? Being favored by heaven? Born with a blessing? All these were not talking about the crown prince! It was her dead child! That poor child had been killed by her own hands. In order to secure her position, she had personally exchanged the child with that evil woman, Xiao Meili!