This move of the prince made the emperor furious.

He could tolerate the prince's liking for married women, and he could also tolerate his willful behavior.

But we must not tolerate him ignoring the government and his own safety for the sake of a woman.

The prince's behavior will undoubtedly make the officials doubt whether he is qualified to succeed to the throne.

Coupled with the subtle push from a force behind the scenes, the proposal to depose the crown prince was raised again. The momentum was greater than ever before.

As a result, all the pressure instantly fell on Zhao Yuan.

On the other hand, no one paid much attention to Yun Dai.

She was the hero who saved the Queen Mother. With the Queen Mother protecting her, the Emperor would not kill her. At most, he would drive her away.

On the contrary, the prince was somewhat unable to protect himself.

The emperor went to the East Palace in person.

He slapped Zhao Yuan hard.

A bright red palm print quickly appeared on Zhao Yuan's fair cheek.

This was the first time he had been slapped since he was born.

The emperor said with a cold face: "You worthless thing. You were weak back then. If Empress Yuan hadn't tried her best to save you, would you be alive today? As the legitimate son of Empress Yuan, this is how you repay your mother's kindness!

"

Zhao Yuandao: "I understand how my father, the emperor, and the empress love and care for me, but at this moment, I am also protecting my son."

"Now that things have happened, do you still want to protect that Gu Yundai?" The emperor said angrily, "That woman has a son outside, and you don't know who she gave birth to, so you just believe that he is your own. For the sake of a woman, you have lost everything."

Are you crazy?"

Zhao Yuan said calmly: "My son has already explained that the child is indeed mine."

"Then bring the child to me!"

"It's not possible now. Father, please wait a moment."

"What are you waiting for?" the emperor said angrily, "You are obviously delaying on purpose. What child? Where did the child come from? Zhao Yuan, you are really deceived by lard! Now the courtiers are talking about it. If this continues, even the Queen Mother will

We can’t save that woman! How can we calm down if we don’t kill her?”

"What do you want your father to do?"

"Explain to the clan, give an explanation to the ministers, and then imprison Gu Yundai."

"I'm sorry, I can't do it," Zhao Yuan said calmly.

The emperor angrily took out the Xiuchun knife from the hand of the guard next to him and slashed at him.

Jin Yiwei was frightened and hurried to stop him.

"No, don't" screamed.

Immediately, Concubine Chen rushed over, stood in front of Zhao Yuan, and cried, "Please forgive His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness was just blinded and confused for a moment. All mistakes were caused by Gu Yundai, please kill Gu Yundai."

!”

Zhao Yuan looked at her coldly and uttered one word from his thin lips: "Get out."

Concubine Chen was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears.

But she defended Zhao Yuan with all her strength.

The emperor said angrily: "Look at Concubine Chen, she is the woman you should love!"

"But she is the one who deceived me and plotted against me." Zhao Yuan said coldly.

Concubine Chen's face turned pale.

The emperor threw the knife and said coldly: "Prince, since you are going to be punished, I will let you. Someone come and give the prince thirty lashes."

The prince was punished...

This is a big deal.

Everyone's expressions changed.

Who dares to lay a hand on this?

The emperor casually pointed at an eunuch and told him to torture him.

The eunuch immediately trembled with fear.

But when the imperial edict was issued, if he did not fight, he would be resisting the edict.

Had no choice but to take action.
Chapter completed!