"No, Jie'er will let me out. He is being disloyal and unfilial by trapping me here."
Concubine Dong spoke in a very loud voice, as if only by speaking louder could she feel more justified and her words would be more convincing.
Murong Zheng just looked at her with a smile, but upon closer inspection, that weak and tired smile was filled with coldness.
"Well, I failed to fulfill your wish this time. Do you think your son still has hope of ascending the throne?"
"Murong Zheng, you said that you owed me a life, and that you would agree to my request at any time, no matter what it was."
Murong Zheng's words were very weak, but the cold tone made Concubine Dong feel uneasy.
She took out the promise he made that year and questioned him at the top of her voice. She said that with Murong Zheng's pampering over the years, she didn't need to beg him for anything. She had already made a plan to use this request to ask for her son's position as crown prince.
"Your Majesty, you are the ruler of a country, and your words are law. You will not deny what you said back then, right?"
When Concubine Dong saw that Murong Zheng had no reaction, she became even more flustered. She asked softly, staring at Murong Zheng, afraid to miss any of his expressions.
Murong Zheng naturally noticed Dong's nervousness. Thinking of her righteous look just now, the smile on his lips deepened, but when he looked into Dong's eyes, his smile became even deeper.
"Your Majesty, you won't deny it, will you?" Murong Zheng's smile made Dong feel creepy.
She discovered that the man in front of her was different from the man who had spoiled her for more than ten years. He had changed, so much that she couldn't figure out what he was thinking, let alone what he was going to do next.
"I owe someone a life, so of course I have to pay it back, but are you sure that the person I owe is you?" Murong Zheng finally spoke. He spoke very slowly, but every word sounded like thunder in Dong's ears.
"Of course it was me. I risked my life to save the emperor. Has the emperor forgotten the wound on my ribs? Because of that wound, I am tortured by pain every year. Your Majesty, you also know that I saved the emperor with my own life, but the emperor is unwilling to acknowledge even one of the promises made back then. I regret it so much."
Concubine Dong originally wanted to make Murong Zheng soften his heart, but in the end, her heart was filled with anger, thinking that Murong Zheng owed her too much over the years.
Murong Zheng looked at Concubine Dong's angry expression and couldn't help laughing out loud.
She lied, and then over the past decade or so, she repeatedly emphasized the truth of that lie. Over time, she actually took that lie as the truth, and even accused herself with a clear conscience. It was really...
"I don't know how you got the wounds on your body, but I know the sword wound on Concubine Jin's heart."
Murong Zheng's voice was still weak and tired. After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
He didn't even want to look at Dong any more now. He even wondered what kind of person he had been pampering all these years that was so unpresentable.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jin lied to you. You said that she loves you the most. She even doesn't want to give up her own son. How could she risk her life for you? Your Majesty, don't be fooled by that bitch. She..."
Concubine Dong's face turned pale. She looked at Murong Zheng. Her frantic heartbeat made it too late for her to even think. She hurriedly explained, wanting Murong Zheng to know that it was she who saved him that year.
Murong Zheng opened his eyes and looked at the confused woman in front of him, his eyes full of mockery.
At this point, she was still arguing. I really underestimated how shameless she was.
"Ms. Dong, you know the truth best in your heart. Because you lied, I doted on you for thirteen years and six months and ignored her. How should I settle this debt?"
"No, this is not true, this is not true, I saved you... What debt, what do I owe you? Did I ask you to pamper me? You did it voluntarily, you recognized the wrong person, are you going to put all the blame on me now?"
Mrs. Dong fell limply to the ground. She looked confused and wanted to explain and defend herself. But when she was most confused, the words she said made the most sense.
(End of this chapter)