Lin Suqing let out an angry shout, startling the palace maid so much that her body shuddered, and her crying abruptly ceased, daring not to weep any further. She released her hands, not daring to cry or continue kowtowing.
Seeing that she finally quieted down, Lin Suqing then said, "Even if you had not come to beg me, I would still have to make the trip."
After all, in the incident involving the Prince of Ying, he was also a party concerned, wasn't he? How could he not go when the Emperor demanded a confrontation?
Moreover, even if the Emperor had not summoned him, once he became aware of the matter, he must take the initiative to clarify!
This chaos in the harem was no minor offense; it was akin to cuckolding the Emperor—sleeping with his father's consort was like putting a cuckold's hat on his own father!
If he did not go to make things clear, he feared that today might become his day of death every year.
