Three days later, Rong Yue entered the palace, met Emperor An, and asked to leave Prince Cheng's Mansion.
Emperor An naturally refused.
"I know you have nothing to do with Prince Cheng's affairs. Even if Prince Cheng is convicted of treason, you will not be implicated."
Rong Yue knelt on the ground and raised her eyes: "I don't want to avoid being implicated. I was blinded by Xie Tianyu and insisted on marrying him despite my father's opposition. Xie Tianyu used all means to deceive me for many years, and even made me and Rong family a laughing stock in the capital. Now I just want to have nothing to do with him anymore."
She was a princess, but she refused to call herself a concubine. It was obvious that she had made up her mind to distance herself from the royal family.
Feng, the eunuch standing by, saw that Emperor An's face had darkened, so he stepped forward and said gently, "Princess, it has been many years since what happened. It is difficult to pursue the matter between you and Prince Cheng. He is now a prisoner, and there will be no consequences for him once the case of treason is investigated. Even if you stay in Prince Cheng's mansion, you will not see him again in the future."
"I know you have been wronged, but there is no such thing as divorce in the royal family, and your marriage with Prince Cheng was approved by the late emperor himself. If you divorce, how can others look upon the late emperor?"
"You will remain in Prince Cheng's mansion, and your status will remain noble. His Majesty will not be angry with you because of Prince Cheng's affairs, and the royal family will take better care of you in the future. This is a good thing for you and Princess Yiyang, isn't it?"
The implication in Eunuch Feng's words was extremely obvious.
Princess Cheng is already middle-aged and has no children. The Rong family has long been deserted. She stays in the Cheng Palace with the title of princess, and at least has the care of the royal family and the protection of the clan.
What would happen if I left the Prince Cheng's Mansion? I would lose even this dignity.
Emperor An also spoke up: "I can promise you that no matter what the fate of Prince Cheng is, you will be like the other princes' wives, and all the property of Prince Cheng's mansion will belong to you. In the future, you can adopt a son. Although he cannot enter the royal family, he can inherit the family business of the prince's mansion."
This is already a very lenient condition.
Rong Yue was unmoved when she heard this: "I don't want to."
"Rong!" Emperor An's eyes turned cold.
Rong Yue still stood up straight, looking at Emperor An without fear: "The previous emperor was deceived by Xie Tianyu when he granted the marriage. He was the one who deceived the emperor first and was disloyal and unfilial. Xie Tianyu schemed against my marriage contract in every possible way, changed my son's life, and murdered me. He is unkind and unjust."
"Father once taught me that the reason why people are human beings is because they understand propriety, righteousness, integrity, filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty and trustworthiness. If not, what is the difference between us and animals?"
"The Rong family will never marry such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person. What I want is not a peaceful divorce, but a righteous divorce. Even if there is just the slightest connection with Xie Tianyu, I feel disgusted!"
"How outrageous!"
Emperor An slammed the table beside him, his face full of anger.
Xie Tianyu is a beast, then what are the rest of the royal family? !
What's more, Yi Jue does not mean divorce, that is tantamount to Rong Yue "divorcing" Xie Tianyu. Even if Emperor An hates Xie Tianyu, what he did is unforgivable, but he is still a member of the royal family with royal blood flowing in his body. Rong Yue's behavior is tantamount to throwing the face of the royal family on the ground and trampling on it.
"Rong, please stop messing around. It is absolutely impossible for us to break up. If you bring up such nonsense again, don't blame me for not considering the feelings of the Grand Tutor."
Rong Yue raised her head and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, are you really not going to do this?"
"Absolutely not!"
Emperor An showed impatience and gloomy expression. He pointed at the palace door and said, "Get out!"
Rong Yue looked at Emperor An for a moment before speaking: "Okay, I'll leave. I'll just leave the palace, and the injustice I've suffered will be redressed."
"I will go to Jingzhao Prefecture tomorrow. If Jingzhao Prefecture does not respond, I will go to the Dali Temple and the Censorate. If they still do not respond, I will beat the drum to report the incident. I have been deceived for nearly twenty years and my own son was killed. I have finally managed to save my life. I do not believe that there is no place for justice in this world!"
"Rong Yue!!"
Emperor An was not a good-tempered person, and he had been moody recently. He had tried his best to suppress his annoyance when he was talking to Rong Yue before. Now, he was repeatedly contradicted by the woman in front of him. When his anger surged, his eyes were filled with irritability, and it was as if a string in his mind was broken. He said in a cold voice: "Are you blackmailing me?!"
"I dare not."
"I see there is nothing you dare not do!!"
Emperor An swept the cups and plates off the table with a flick of his hand. When they fell to the ground with a crash, Eunuch Feng and others were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Emperor An didn't even look at the palace servants. He just looked at Rong Yue with a gloomy face and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you are the only one left in the Rong family, do you think you can stand here safely?!"
The anger in his heart made his eyes dark and his words were full of hostility.
"You want to break off relations with Xie Tianyu, but it's impossible. The little bit of affection Rong Qianan left behind can't stop you from committing crimes again and again!"
Seeing that Rong Yue wanted to speak, he said coldly: "Rong Qian'an taught you to be proud, but didn't he teach you what it means to be a monarch and a subject? Or do you want me to send you to be with Xie Tianyu?"
Whether he lied to her or not had nothing to do with him as the emperor, and Emperor An didn't care what Xie Tianyu did.
Rong Yue's repeated offenses made him angry.
Rong Yue seemed to have sensed his murderous intent. She pursed her lips for a moment, and her back bent a little bit. After the stubbornness on her face faded a little, her eyes began to turn red a little bit.
"Then your majesty, tell me that I have to grit my teeth and endure the grievances I have suffered for the past twenty years?"
She was the proudest girl, but she married the wrong man, took the wrong path, and was laughed at and ridiculed by others. All her former glory became rumors that crushed her.
The woman's voice trembled slightly. "He deceived me for so many years. He was obsessed with others but pretended to be affectionate with me every day. He made me raise his son for nearly 20 years. My sincerity has become a huge joke."
"If he were anyone else, I would have cut him into pieces and burned down the palace. I would rather drag him to be buried with me than let anyone humiliate me and the Rong family in the slightest."
"But he is a member of the royal family, with the most noble blood flowing in his veins. His life and death can only be decided by Your Majesty. I can't even drag him down with me if I want to."
Rong Yue was undoubtedly extremely beautiful. She used to be as bright as the sun when she was in the boudoir, but now her back was bent and she was full of sadness. After all her glory faded, even if she did not cry loudly, her sobs and hoarseness made Emperor An's anger pause.
"I know I shouldn't argue with His Majesty. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Emperor. But if I have to bear the false title of Princess Cheng and be Xie Tianyu's wife until my death, then I would rather die in the palace than be accused by others of being greedy and vain and ruining the good reputation of the Rong family for many years."
She kowtowed to Emperor An, then stood up and ran to the side with determination, facing Eunuch Feng.
There was a scream in the hall. Eunuch Feng quickly blocked the corner of the table and was knocked by Rong Yue, causing him to stagger and his back hit the table heavily, causing the documents on it to fall to the ground.
Emperor An was also shocked: "Rong Yue!!"
"If Your Majesty doesn't allow me to leave, then just sentence me to death." Rong Yue turned around and wanted to continue.
Eunuch Feng knelt on the ground in a panic, hugging Rong Yue's legs: "Oh, Princess, please don't, please don't...if you have anything to say, please say it nicely..."
Emperor An also stood up: "Rong Yue, are you crazy?"
"I'm crazy." Rong Yue's voice was hoarse, and her eyes were red. "I shouldn't be like this. I'm blind and deaf, and I deserve to be in this situation. But Your Majesty, do you know that when Xie Tianyu wanted to kill me that night, I was already four months pregnant with a baby boy whose face could be seen."
"He knows I have a child, he knows..."
The woman finally burst into tears, and as her tears rolled down, every word sounded like tears of blood.
Emperor An's expression changed, and he lowered his eyes to Rong Yue's trembling hand that was gently stroking her lower abdomen. After a while, he finally gave in: "It's impossible to divorce each other. I can agree to let you and Xie Tianyu divorce."
"I..."
"Rong Yue, I have already given in."
Emperor An looked at the person in front of him calmly: "Allowing you to divorce is already an exception. If you insist on refusing, not only me, but also the royal family will never agree to it."
The royal family also has to save face.