Chapter 193

“I’m asking you whether you did something with her or not. Is my question difficult to answer?”

Mo Linyuan asked softly as he glanced at Wen from the side. There was a shallow smile on his handsome face as he stood next to a cluster of beautiful flowers.

Wen was in a daze as he stared at Mo Linyuan. He finally opened his mouth to talk, but he was unable to say even a word.

His heart thumped rapidly. Those things had happened such a long time ago that he never expected that he would be questioned about the events from that time in such a direct way.

Mo Linyuan could already guess the answer to his own question after he saw Wen’s reaction. He slightly raised an eyebrow and asked, “So, you really did something you shouldn’t have done?”

Wen swiftly knelt down. He didn’t kneel down because he was afraid. After all, the late empress had died many years ago. Even if he was put on trial right now, he won’t be charged with any crime because there were no witnesses.

Mo Linyuan sighed, “Since you want to kneel, then just kneel and tell me the details of what actually happened.”

He paused for a second before continuing, “I just want to know more about what happened in the past. I want to know more about my royal mother’s past regardless of our personal interest.”

Mo Linyuan’s words touched Wen’s heart and soul. He looked left and right and saw that no one else was present. Suddenly, Wen had the urge to tell him everything.

In addition to that, he also wanted to confirm his doubts.

“Your Majesty, do you want to know about the empress’s past, or do you want to know about something else?”

“That will depend on what you have to say.”

Wen stared at Mo Linyuan, but he discovered that he couldn’t read any emotions on Mo Linyuan’s handsome face. He lowered his head and remained silent for a few moments before he finally began talking.

“Your Majesty, this official is guilty. However, there was no alternative at that time. No one knew what really happened besides me and the late empress.”

He confessed that he had private dealings with the late empress. Mo Linyuan did not believe that his mother was someone who would have an illicit affair with someone else, so he stared at Wen with ill intentions and asked, “Then what kind of situation rendered the two of you with no alternatives?”

Wen pointed at the pavilion on the side. Mo Linyuan snorted and walked towards it first. The two sat opposite each other with a cold stone table between them.

“Speak.”

Mo Linyuan’s deep eyes stared at him without blinking.

Wen usually had a fake smile on his face. It was rare for him to show other emotions. However, if one looked at him closely right now, he appeared to be quite nostalgic and compassionate.

“This official already knew the late empress before she was crowned as the empress. She was a noble lady of the first-class that all the men in the capital loved. They all wanted to marry her, and this official was not an exception.”

Mo Linyuan did not rebuke him, “Continue talking.”

“At the beginning, this official had gone to her estate to ask for her hand in marriage. She did not dislike me at that time, but she refused my proposal at the last second. This official was not reconciled and went to her estate to propose to her multiple times. In the end, I did not succeed because the Grand Tutor’s daughter was destined to enter the palace.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Wen sighed, “Sure enough, the late emperor married her that year and she was crowned as the empress. She had known that that was her destiny for a long time, so she didn’t give anyone a chance with her since the beginning. At that time, the late emperor coveted her beauty, so he acted quite nicely to her. I asked to have an audience with her several times after she married, but she rejected my request each time.”

“She was virtuous and ladylike. It was the late emperor’s blessing that he was able to marry her. But because she was greatly favored by the late emperor, one of the imperial consorts became jealous. During the hunting event, the imperial consort plotted against her.