Chapter 1023 - 861, Taking the Blame
The Emperor looked at Consort Ji and Consort Xiang with a dark expression, "Do you have anything else to say now?"
Consort Xiang, pale as paper, knew there was no turning back and instantly understood how to strive for the best outcome. She hurriedly crawled toward the Emperor:
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. It was the Empress Dowager who forced me; if I didn’t do as she said, she would have someone kill my parents and siblings. I know I’ve committed grave sins and dare not ask for mercy, but my family is innocent, please, Your Majesty, save them."
Consort Ji also came to her senses. As a woman once favored by the Emperor, she clearly understood how to save her family and immediately followed in begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, everything was compelled by the Empress Dowager. Without the Death Exemption Token, it was I who slandered the Crown Princess. Please, Your Majesty, save my family."
Upon hearing these words, the expressions of the royal kin and ministers present changed again and again.
Yet the Emperor’s face looked considerably better than before.
However, just at that moment, an Imperial Physician hurried out of the sleeping quarters.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is not doing well, she wants to see you and the ministers."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor immediately gave the speaking Imperial Physician a cold look.
The physician, feeling a chill down his spine, suddenly regretted his actions, previously seeing how anxiously the Emperor was concerned about the Empress Dowager’s illness, he thought that the Emperor was very worried about her. Seeing the Empress Dowager wake up, he hurried out without delay.