Chapter 312 – Conviction

“Your Imperial Majesty, don’t just look at the face of the monk. Look at the face of the Buddha*. If it weren’t for me, how could you have what you do today? Longyuan is my only son. If you want to condemn him, you will be asking for my life.” She spoke rudely, as she didn’t believe that Mo Rongzhan would dare to offend her at this time. She still had a few cards left of her own.

[*Don’t just look at the present, look at where you started.]

A cold chill flashed in Mo Rongzhan’s eyes. Princess Royal had always used the fact that she had once helped him as an excuse to disrespect him and the empress dowager. Recently, she had even secretly asked people to find a way to contact the deposed emperor.

What did she want to do?

“Imperial Aunt, go home first; I will find a way,” Mo Rongzhan said softly.

Princess Royal looked at the other and said, “Okay, then I will leave now.”

She could only hope that Mo Rongzhan wasn’t an ingrate, otherwise, she would definitely not stop with just this.

Watching Princess Royal leave the imperial study, Mo Rongzhan’s handsome face was full of solemnity. How could he not see through her? She was planning to threaten him. If Xie Longyuan was not released, what would she want to do then? Form an alliance with the deposed emperor he had placed under house arrest in the summer palace, to deal with him?

To an onlooker, Princess Royal had been merciful to him. But the truth was, she hadn’t had the slightest intention to help him at the time. She was simply sitting on the fence, betting on both sides ready to move with the course of the tide. As such, only when she saw him bring troops back to the capital, did she decide to fully support him.

Did she really think that he didn’t know she had sent someone to assassinate him and the empress dowager?

“Your Imperial Majesty, Marquis Jing Ning wishes to see you.” Eunuch Fu’s voice from outside interrupted his train of thoughts.

Mo Rongzhan nodded. “Come in.”

Tang Zhen came in from outside and said, “Your Imperial Majesty, Xie Shaojie has taken the people to the prisons of the Ministry of Justice.”

“He wants to get his son?”

Princess Royal was a strong and domineering person, but the Princess Consort was a timid, coward