The Emperor instead brushed him off in indignant rage!
Lei Chen fell with a thud to his knees before the Emperor, pleading pitifully: “Father, although Mother has committed a travesty, but Fourth Brother he has just…..”
A loud clear smack resounded!
The Emperor’s slap fueled by his indomitable rage swung straight across Lei Chen’s face.
“Do not even bring up that bastard before me!”
Having just had the poison purged from his body, Lei Fan began to stir awake. He had been shocked awake by the loud curse from the Emperor and he got up groggy and confused. When he saw the Empress and the Prime Minister both kneeling on the ground, the realization suddenly hit him in the head like a lightning bolt!
“Fa….. Father…..” Lei Fan began to tremble like a leaf as he turned to look at the seething Emperor, feeling a wave a dizziness suddenly hitting him.
“You bastard child! Who allowed you to address me as your Father! ?” The Emperor was bitter and overcome with hatred as he looked at Lei Fan, thinking back to the years of love and attention he had showered on this son, but it turned out that he was someone else’s, which made him feel completely disgusted at that moment!
Shock ran through Lei Fan’s entire body and he crashed to the ground on his knees, his heart filled with abject fear. He did not know what happened, but seeing the Empress’ and the Prime Minister’s clothes in their disheveled state of undress with the two of them kneeling on the ground, and together with the Emperor’s expression of furious rage, he was able to surmise that the Empress and the Prime Minister must have engaged in illicit activities in the period while he had been unconscious, and got themselves discovered by the Emperor!
At that moment, Lei Fan felt like his entire body had been plunged into a icy pit. Caught with throes of extreme terror, he suddenly thought of something.
“Father! What is wrong, Father? Does Father not want your dear son anymore?” Lei Fan suddenly raised up his head to say sobbingly.
“A bastard child like you is no son of mine! You are not fit to call me Father!” The Emperor hollered. “You are just a bastard child born from the Empress and that adulterous lecher.”
Lei Fan was startled but he forced himself to calm down as he put on a forlorn expression and said: “Father, how is it possible I am not your son? Doesn’t Father recognize this face on your son anymore? Father! Have you really forgotten my mother’s looks already! ?”
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Lei Fan was startled but he forced himself to calm down as he put on a forlorn expression and said: “Father, how is it possible I am not your son? Doesn’t Father recognize this face on your son anymore? Father! Have you really forgotten my mother’s looks already! ?”
[He still has wiggle room to put up a final struggle!]
[He still has a chance to turn this around!]
[His face might just be able to save his life!]
When the Emperor saw the face that looked so much like the woman he had loved so much on Lei Fan, he hesitated a moment. It was a fact that Lei Fan’s countenance looked very similar to the woman he loved and did not look the slightest bit alike to the Empress or the Prime Minister at all.
The Empress knew she had no way of getting herself out of this anymore but Lei Fan’s words had given her another glimmer of hope. She would not be able to save herself, but her son, might still have a chance to be able to live!
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Lady had in a moment of folly, committed such a shameless deed. But Little Fan….. Little Fan is really the son you had with Lady Cheng! No matter how much you detest and abhor your Lady now, but don’t you still remember elder sister Lady Cheng’s looks anymore? In what way does Little Fan even looks like me, your Lady at all?” The Empress said as she continued to weep.
The Emperor’s brows knitted up in a knot, as he stared fixedly at Lei Fan’s face.
“Whatever you said to the Prime Minister earlier, I heard them very clearly.” The Emperor glared at the Empress coldly.
The Empress was taken aback but she refused to give up. She hurried to kowtow, hitting her head on the cold hard floor as she said: “It was all your Lady’s greed! Your Lady wanted the Prime Minister to assist Little Fan to ascend into the throne and tried to pull wool over his eyes. Little Fan is not his or my child at all. He is Your Majesty’s son that Lady Cheng gave birth to! If Your Majesty doesn’t believe me, you can just look carefully at Lei Fan’s face!”
She knew she and the Prime Minister were sure to lose their lives here, but if the Emperor could be convinced that she had said all those words just to deceive the Prime Minister, Lei Fan might still stand a chance to escape.
As expected, the Emperor’s face showed a trace of hesitation as he stared at the face that looked so much like his most beloved woman. He had been reluctant to believe that Lei Fan was not his biological son as well. Afteralll, he had loved him so so many years, and doted on him for so long!
“Father! Father! I am really your child, just look at my face!”
The Emperor drew in a deep breath. “Since you are not the Prime Minister’s son, then tell me how was the Prime Minister able to save your life?”
Lei Chen was stumped for words. Blood of Kin had become a major flaw in his plan.
The Empress saw that things had taken a bad turn and she immediately said: “The Prime Minister did not give Little Fan any blood. Your Lady had used an alternative method to neutralize the poison in Little Fan’s body, and I have asked the Prime Minister to come here as I wished to use this opportunity to make him believe that Little Fan was his son, to convince him to assist Little Fan more strongly.”
The Emperor’s frown creased up deeper and he looked at Lei Fan’s tear streaked face, the hatred within his heart slowly being eroded!
“Guards! Immediately imprison those two people! I will slowly interrogate them!”
With the Emperor’s orders given, the guards outside instantly moved to arrest the Empress and the Prime Minister, but they did not bring Lei Fan away. It was obvious that he had believed the Empress’ version of events in his heart.
Lei Chen observed everything that was happening, and he spied Lei Fan’s expression secretly secretly showing signs of relief and Lei Chen laughed coldly in his heart.
As expected, the Emperor did not have the heart to part with that face on Lei Fan. Lei Fan had managed to avert disaster based purely on that countenance he was showing. But alas, that was not all that Jun Wu Xie’s plan was and there was more to come. Lei Chen told himself to patiently await the moment that Lei Fan’s facade would be smashed, and he would like to see if Lei Fan could still be so relaxed then!
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The Emperor walked out in a huff, not saying much more but just ordered for people to clean Lei Fan up and instructed Lei Fan and Lei Chen to go to the Imperial Palace’s main hall where he would carry out the interrogation.
Lei Fan had just suffered from a huge loss of blood and adding the shock he had just been put under, his legs were now very weak, needing help from a group of eunuchs before he could even struggle to stand.
Ye Sha had observed everything that occurred within the Empress’ Chambers from a hidden location and he quickly rushed to where Jun Wu Xie was to tell her everything that he had seen.
“The Emperor had only ordered for the Empress and the Prime Minister to be arrested but did not do anything against Lei Fan.” Ye Sha said, kneeling before Jun Wu Xie.
“As predicted.” Jun Wu Xie did not show the tiniest bit of surprise but was just calmly sitting in her chair, stroking the little black cat’s soft fur.
“Young Miss had expected this to happen?” Ye Sha was the one surprised instead.
Jun Wu Xie replied: “What’s not to know? Lei Fan was afterall his most favoured son for so many years whom he had doted on for
so long. As long as the slightest possibility remained, the Emperor would not have wanted to see that Lei Fan was truly the Empress’ and the Prime Minister’s child. The Empress is a smart woman. She knows that she has totally lost this time and she could not be saved. Hence, she had pinned all her hopes on the face that Lei Fan carries, hoping against hope that the Emperor would soften and be a little more lenient when seeing that face.”
“Would our Young Miss require me to go reveal Lei Fan’s disguise?” Ye Sha asked.
Jun Wu Xie however, shook her head. Her eyes lifted as she stared at the scenery outside as she said slowly: “You know who the Fire Country’s Third Prince is?”
Ye Sha was startled by the question.
The Fire Country’s Third Prince had shown great intelligence when he was very young, but because his mother’s position in the Imperial Palace had been shaky, the Third Prince had not been greatly favoured. But due to the high intelligence he had exhibited when he was young, he had also been shown favour for a time by the Emperor. A pity though, the year when he was seven, his mother suddenly passed away and the young Third Prince lost the protection of his mother. His time in the Palace after that was hard and it was incredibly difficult for him to progress, causing him to gradually lose his spirit, finally turning into the current scared and timid weak prince, who doesn’t step out of his chambers.
“That your subordinate knows.”
Jun Wu Xie gingerly stroked the little black cat’s smooth luxuriant fur.
“The year the Third Prince’s mother died, it was also the same year that Lei Fan was born. When the Third Prince’ mother died, the real Lei Fan had just been sent to the Empress’ Palace and not long after that, the real Lei Fan’s mother then died, while the real Lei Fan was switched out with the Empress’ and the Prime Minister’s child. Do you still not see the link within all this?”
It suddenly dawned on Ye Sha what Jun Wu Xie was implying at. “Don’t tell me the Third Prince’s mother found out about what the Empress did and hence she was silenced by the Empress?”
Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly. “Fei Yan had investigated into the circumstances surrounding the Third Prince. Although he is timid as a mouse in front of people, but he is a truly intelligent person. I am thinking he must have either personally witnessed something, or he had discovered some important fact. In the past, the Empress had ruled oppressively within the Imperial Palace harem and he had not been able to make a move. Now that the Empress has fallen from grace, he will definitely not miss this rare opportunity to avenge his mother.”
After saying that, Jun Wu Xie set the little black cat upon the table and picked up the teacup to take a small sip from it.
“Before Lei Chen came here, he had secretly gone to meet the Third Prince and by now, the Third Prince himself should have shown up within the Imperial Palace.”
[To take out the enemy, and to throw them over into the deep abyss, doesn’t always require her to do everything herself.]
[Sometimes, when the chess pieces in hand are well played, the same desired result can be achieved just as well.]
“Nevermind. How can such a great show be missed? Ye Sha.” Jun Wu Xie suddenly stood up.
“Your subordinate awaits your orders.”
“Come with me to watch this great show unfold. I still have a great big gift that I want to present to the Fire Country’s Emperor.” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes narrowed up as she said.
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[When the enemy has fallen into utter despair, when the enemy has been totally defeated, letting them know whose hand they have been defeated by, savouring their expressions of complete despair, was quite an enjoyable form of amusement.]
Jun Wu Xie changed out of Qu Ling Yue’s clothes, and donned the Zephyr Academy’s uniform. She wiped away the disguise on her face, and assumed the appearance of the delicate featured youth, Jun Xie.
Ye Sha brought Jun Wu Xie out from the place.
The show was about to come to an end, she would naturally want to savour the fruits of her labour!
The Emperor was sitting within the Imperial Palace’s main hall as he stared at the Empress and the Prime Minister who were brought in by the guards and were kneeling down.
These two people, one was the person who shared the same bed with him for many years, while the other was his most trusted court official. But they had both secretly betrayed him behind his back for many years and from what he had heard and witnessed personally earlier, this was not the first time they had engaged in such secret illicit affair!
When he thought back to how the always gentle and compliant Empress had actually committed adultery with another man, the Emperor was suddenly feeling utterly disgusted!
“Reporting to Your Majesty! As per Your Majesty’s orders, your subject has searched through the Empress’ Palace and I discovered all the eunuchs and palace maids from the Empress’ Place knocked unconscious and tightly bound up in the backyard.” Yuan Biao walked into the main hall and knelt down to make his report. He had been out searching for traces of Jun Xie but had been urgently summoned back by the Emperor only to discover that such a scandal had broken out in the Imperial Palace!
When the Empress heard that, her heart went cold. This meant that someone had obviously set all this up, knowing about the illicit affair between her and the Prime Minister, had been able to predict that the Emperor would show up at her chambers, and set all these up to coincide flawlessly.
[Just who was this person? How did he know this well kept secret?]
The Empress suddenly recalled that Lei Fan had told her that the black robed assassin had possibly known the truth behind his birth. She had thought that Lei Fan was just being over suspicious but from the way things were now, everything might very well have been part of that person’s plan, that was slowly and irrevocably pushing them over into this bottomless ravine!
What made the Empress even more fearful was, even when she had fallen to such a sorry state, she did not have the slightest idea just who was the person responsible for all of this!
“Lock all of them up and you send some men to interrogate them thoroughly!” The Emperor ordered.
“Yes!” Yuan Biao answered.
At that moment, Lei Fan was slowly walking into the main hall assisted by a group of eunuchs, Lei Chen accompanying him by the side.
Lei Fan’s body had not recovered and his face was a sheet of white. Seeing the Empress and the Prime Minister kneeling on the ground, his eyes showed him startled a moment, but he did not dare exhibit any other sign of his shock.
“Fourth Brother, be careful.” Lei Chen saw Lei Fan body sway slightly, and he pretended to give him a concerned reminder.
Lei Fan had found Lei Chen an eyesore for a long time but he was now being doubted by the Emperor and he had no choice but to depend on Lei Chen’s help. So, he smiled weakly and said: “Big Brother, you’ve got to help me.”
Lei Chen nodded his head gravely and replied: “My Fourth Brother, rest assured. You are my brother, I will not let you be bullied.”
Hearing that, Lei Fan sighed in relief inwardly.
The Emperor saw Lei Fan and Lei Chen entering the hall and the rage with him was still boiling. He scrutinised Lei Fan’s face repeatedly as if trying to ascertain that he had not made the wrong judgement.
“Towards the incident today, do the two of you have anything to say about it?” The Emperor turned his gaze back to the front, glaring angrily at the kneeling Empress and Prime Minister before him.
“Your Lady realizes her crime!”
“Your subject realizes his crime!”
The Empress and the Prime Minister both kowtowed and acknowledge their crime readily. They were caught by the Emperor himself engaged in their illicit affair and no amount of denial would get them off the hook. They were both thinking the same and having realized that they would not be able to save themselves, they wanted to at least protect Lei
Fan!
The Emperor snorted with derisively and he was just about to issue his Imperial Decree to execute the Empress and the Prime Minister when he suddenly heard the eunuch making an announcement!
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“Reporting to Your Majesty! The Third Prince seek for an audience in the main hall! Saying there is an important matter to report to Your Majesty!”
The Emperor’s face frowned up as he said: “At a time like this, why is he here? Allow him to come in.”
Soon, a rather harried looking Third Prince, Lei Xi walked into the main hall. Lei Xi’s age was seven years older than Lei Fan, but due to him always being holed up and never taking a step out from his residence, he was not much taller than Lei Fan. His skin was fairer than most people and looked very pale.
Lei Xi’s looks was not too bad but compared to Lei Chen and Lei Fan, he looked less outstanding. Added to that, his timid nature made him the one prince most easily overlooked among the four princes of the Fire Country.
Even the Emperor himself did not feel like he know this son of his well at all.
But Lei Xi on this day, was different from the past. There was an absence of his usual timid cowardice in his eyes and they were filled with sharp determination instead.
When he walked into the main hall, he immediately knelt down before the Emperor.
“Your son greets my Father! Long live my Father, a hundred million years!”
“Stand up. For what reason have you come here today?” The Emperor asked, rubbing at his temples.
Lei Xi stood up, and turned his head to look over to the Empress kneeling on the floor, and his eyes flashed with intense hatred.
“Reporting to Father! Your son has come here today, to seek redress for injustice!”
“Seek redress? For whom?” The Emperor asked.
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