dognovel Chapter 1642 I'll tell you everything (262 million reward points added)
Chapter 1642 I'll tell you everything (262 million reward points added)
It's over...it's all over...
Consort Feng's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
At that moment, only one thought remained in her mind—
She cannot implicate Master Xingchen!
He was a holy monk, a noble Buddhist disciple.
We must not let her drag us into the mud!
Thinking of this, Consort Feng raised her head and cried out in despair, "It's my fault! It's all my fault!"
"It was my own fault for being so indiscreet, it was me... it was me who seduced Master Xingchen!"
"It was my wishful thinking that desecrated Buddhism; it has nothing to do with Master Xingchen!"
"He was forced by me, I was the one who clung to him! All the blame lies with me!"
"Kill me! Don't implicate Master Xingchen! Please, don't destroy him..."
Consort Feng was on the verge of collapse, but she insisted that she had taken the initiative to seduce him and tried her best to protect Master Xingchen.
Li Changde's face remained expressionless, but he felt a sense of relief.
It really is Master Xingchen...
This was true of Lady Chu, and it was also true of Consort Feng.
Both women are protecting the same man in their own ways.
Li Changde was somewhat confused. No matter how good Master Xingchen was, he couldn't be compared to His Majesty! How could Lady Chu and Consort Feng not love His Majesty, but instead love a lewd monk?
He looked at Consort Feng and said sarcastically, "Consort Feng, you are desperately trying to exonerate Xingchen and throwing all the blame on yourself. Have you ever thought about whether the lover you cherish is truly sincere towards you?"
Consort Feng raised her swollen eyes and looked at Li Changde with a puzzled expression.
Li Changde shook his head and said directly, "Let me tell you, the Chu woman who entered the palace at the same time as you and is pregnant is also Xingchen's lover. Just like you, she firmly believes that he treats her specially."
“Even… that child of the Chu family was Xingchen’s.”
Consort Feng was completely stunned!
"No...impossible..."
She simply couldn't accept the truth: "The Chu family... the Chu family is long dead... You... you mustn't be spouting nonsense and deceiving me!"
"Xingchen...how could he..."
Li Changde knew the time was right, and he smirked, saying, "Who told you that Madam Chu is dead? 'Died of illness' is just the official story. Right now, she's right next to you, just a wall away."
Immediately, he turned around and ordered, "Someone, take Consort Feng over there."
"Yes!"
Consort Feng was pulled up from the ground by two eunuchs and carried to another secret room.
The room was dimly lit, and a gaunt figure was huddled on a pile of hay in the corner.
Hearing the noise, the person slowly raised their head.
The moment their eyes met, Consort Feng's pupils suddenly contracted!
Although the other person was emaciated, covered in dirt, and looked almost unrecognizable, one could still recognize from the contours of their features that it was clearly Chu Shuxian!
She's really not dead?!
The moment Chu Shuxian saw Consort Feng, her lifeless eyes were suddenly filled with a storm of emotions!
She remembered what Li Changde had said before...
Chu Shuxian initially thought that Li Changde was deliberately deceiving her in order to get her to tell the truth.
But now, Consort Feng has also been arrested...
So...it was true after all?!
Is there really someone else involved in Xingchen?!
At that moment, Chu Shuxian and Feng Guiren both saw disbelief on each other's faces...
"Sister Chu... Sister Chu?"
Consort Feng asked in disbelief, "You...you're really not dead? Is what Eunuch Li said true?"
"The child you were pregnant with before, was it also Xingchen's?!"
Chu Shuxian stared at Consort Feng's belly, then suddenly chuckled softly, a chilling laugh that sent shivers down one's spine: "Also?"
"Hahaha—hahaha—"
He made vows of eternal love to me, saying I was his only bond in this mortal world, hahaha—hahaha—
Chu Shuxian smiled, but tears streamed down her face: "So, so his entanglement isn't just me..."
"For Xingchen's sake, I endured torture and refused to confess even at the cost of my life, believing that this was to protect our love and his innocence!"
"But what happened? You were his woman too?! Maybe...maybe there were others too!"
Lady Feng was struck dumb, staggering back a step before finally managing to steady herself against the cold stone wall.
Every word Chu Shuxian said made her more and more desperate...
Xingchen's gentle whispers, his deep gaze, his sole promise... it was all a lie!
Consort Feng shook her head in despair: "No...it can't be..."
"Xingchen clearly said... said he only had feelings for me..."
Little did Chu Shuxian know that these words sounded very familiar.
She stared intently at Consort Feng and pressed, "Did he also say that you are special?"
"Is your meeting guided by Buddha?"
"He said that although he was a Buddhist monk, he had developed worldly desires for you?"
Consort Feng's eyes were filled with horror: "Could it be that...could it be that he said these things to you too?!"
The same rhetoric.
The same... scam!
The last vestiges of hope and illusion in Consort Feng's heart shattered completely at this moment...
She slid down the stone wall and sat on the ground, covering her face and sobbing uncontrollably.
So it turns out... so all my sincerity was misplaced from beginning to end!
It turns out that her self-righteous love was so ridiculous!
Li Changde said expressionlessly, "Chu Shi, Consort Feng, Xingchen is using you to confuse the royal bloodline; his intentions are far from small."
“You concealed things for him, suffered for him, and were willing to die for him, but he never cared about you. He only used you as pawns to achieve his ambitions.”
"Now that the truth is out, it's time to make a choice. Will you expose all his deeds and bring those who deserve punishment to justice? Or will you continue to keep his secret, needlessly sacrificing yourselves and your families' lives?"
In the red and swollen eyes of Consort Feng and Chu Shuxian, there was no longer any infatuation or love for Master Xingchen, but only deep-seated hatred!
The two looked at each other and saw the pain of betrayal in each other's eyes.
What Buddhist disciple, what holy monk, what unique love... it's all fake!
"I said!"
Chu Shuxian said ruthlessly, "I'll tell you everything I know!"
"I'll say it too!"
Consort Feng wiped away her tears and gritted her teeth, saying, "I will tell you everything: how Xingchen met me, how he seduced me, how he arranged for me to evade the physical examination before entering the palace!"
Love can turn into hate in the blink of an eye.
Li Changde nodded slightly, signaling his subordinates to prepare to take notes.
……
The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Behind the imperial desk, Nangong Xuanyu's expression grew increasingly somber.
Li Changde bowed and reported to the emperor that Master Xingchen was cunning. Although Steward Tao had not found any concrete evidence at Fatu Temple, Consort Feng and Madam Chu had already given clear accounts.
They recounted in detail how they met and had an affair with Xingchen.
The sweet words Master Xingchen uttered to the two were strikingly similar...