Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Song Yale's brows jumped when she saw this, and a bad premonition arose. Just as she was about to say something, the emperor took the lead and said displeasedly, "Why are you sitting so far away, Song Aiqing? We will be one family from now on, and it seems strange to be like this."

It can be heard that the emperor's tone was filled with dissatisfaction, as if he was blaming Song Yang for not knowing the rules.

Song Yang had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He immediately cleared his throat, stood up, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I dare not overstep the boundaries. The royal family is so noble and honorable that I dare not pretend to be related to them."

The emperor looked puzzled, his brows furrowed even deeper, "What do you mean?"

Song Yang said more respectfully, "Actually, Yale is not my biological daughter. She is the orphan of my wife's deceased brother. Originally, we didn't intend to tell the world about this and would have treated her as our own and sent her off to marry. But now that Yale has been chosen by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to marry into the Imperial Palace, I naturally dare not conceal Yale's identity any longer."

After the words fell, the scene fell into silence. No one had expected that Prime Minister Song would directly bring up this matter in front of the Emperor on the day of Mu Qinghan's wedding.

Isn't Prime Minister Song afraid of being beheaded for offending the royal family in this way?

Everyone gasped, lowered their heads, and looked at their noses and hearts, fearing that any noise would lead to anger.

Sun was also stunned at the moment. Before she could think of a response, Song Yang told her everything bluntly.

Looking up at Yale, I saw that her face was pale and her eyes were full of despair.

There was indeed murderous intent in the emperor's eyes. Even though he was the most noble emperor in the entire Tianqi, this was the first time he heard of Song Yale's life experience.

However, due to his face, the emperor did not take any action immediately, but turned his head and looked at Song Yale.

Song Yale no longer had the complacency she had just now. It was as if someone had taken her soul away and her body was shaky and almost falling.

Mu Qinghan, who was standing by, was the first to lose his temper. He was shocked and asked anxiously, "Yale, is what Prime Minister Song said true?"

"I……"

Song Yale didn’t know how to explain it, so she looked at Sun for help.

Today should have been her most glorious day, but she kept falling into this kind of predicament.

No, it's not a dilemma, it's a desperate situation.

This is going to drive her to death.

Seeing Anya Song like this, Mu Qinghan couldn't guess the truth. His face changed drastically and he muttered to himself in disbelief, "How could this happen?"

Sun quickly stood up to smooth things over, "Although Yale was not born from my womb, in my eyes she is my biological daughter."

"How can they be the same!" Mu Qinghan shouted angrily in a low voice.

What's the point of her, Sun, treating her as her own daughter? Prime Minister Song looked anxious to distance himself from the matter, and it was obvious that he didn't like Song Yale very much.

The thing about her being the Song family's most beloved daughter is all fake.

Mu Qinghan gritted his teeth, and the people present didn't dare to make a sound. The scene was so quiet that it was almost eerie.

"boom!"

Suddenly, the emperor slapped the table hard, "Song Yang, you are so brave!"

Song Yang immediately knelt down without hesitation, "I am terrified."

The Emperor said with a forced smile, "You're afraid? She's not the Prime Minister's daughter, yet you knew about it and married her off to the Empress. You've even dared to commit the crime of deceiving the Emperor, and yet you're afraid?"

Song Yang's face was full of innocence. "Your Majesty, I am innocent. The Crown Prince had originally insisted on breaking off the engagement with Zhier and only specifically requested to marry Yale, not the Prime Minister's daughter. Therefore, I absolutely did not know about this but failed to report it."

He deliberately emphasized the words "insisting on canceling the engagement" in an effort to shift the blame.

The ministers present nodded in agreement. Prime Minister Song had not originally wanted to marry his own daughter to the prince, but the prince was not up to the task and insisted on canceling the marriage at the prince's coming-of-age ceremony, and even said that he wanted to marry Song Yale as his principal wife. Many people witnessed it at the time.

Although everyone understood that the reason why Mu Qinghan gave up Song Zhi so decisively was because Song Yale was also the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, after all, it would be the same no matter who he married.

But who knew that Song Yale was a fake legitimate daughter? If the prince married a vase princess who had no power from her mother's family, it would be ridiculous, and it would be extremely detrimental to the prince's consolidation of power.

But these twists and turns obviously cannot be put on the table, so on the surface, the Prime Minister's Office does have a clear conscience, and this loss was caused by the prince himself, so he can only swallow his anger.

The emperor also knew that he could not find any fault with the Prime Minister's Mansion at the moment, and stared at Song Yang meaningfully.

"Okay, very good."

All the ministers were silent, and Song Yang bowed his head even lower.

Just when everyone thought this sensitive and suspicious monarch would fly into a rage and cancel the wedding banquet, he suddenly laughed coldly, "Since the matter is done, I won't bother with it. This is Han'er's own request for marriage, so he should be aware of it."

"Father..." Mu Qinghan called out.

The emperor didn't look at him again, but called Song Yang with an expressionless face and asked everyone to sit down and drink.

The atmosphere of the entire banquet was solemn. No one had any appetite and sat on pins and needles, afraid of saying a wrong word. They prayed that it would end quickly and leave.

Perhaps the only one here who is in a good mood is Song Yale.

She thought she would be punished for having her identity exposed when she was caught off guard, but she didn't expect that the emperor not only did not punish her, but also acknowledged her identity.

In this way, she will no longer be afraid of her identity being exposed in the future.

She carefully took Mu Qinghan's hand, "Your Highness..."

"You've known your true identity for a long time, right?" Mu Qinghan looked at him viciously, without any trace of the tenderness and affection he had shown before.

"Concubine..."

"You've known it for a long time, but you've been hiding it from me and plotting against me." Mu Qinghan interrupted Song Yale firmly without waiting for her to speak.

He looked at the woman whom he had been very fond of just two days ago, and now he felt only annoyance, with a breath stuck in his chest and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

He, the dignified Prince Tianqi, was being fooled around like a clown!

"Your Highness, I really love you and only wish to be with you forever." Tears welled up in Song Yale's eyes.

If Mu Qinghan saw Song Yale's tearful face at other times, he would definitely feel pity for her, but now he only felt bad luck.

He looked at Song Zhi not far away again. Just now he thought she would regret it, but he didn't expect that he was the one who should regret it. Mu Qinghan felt very complicated.

Feeling this gaze, Song Zhi knew who it belonged to without even looking up.

She pretended not to know and silently appreciated everything in front of her.

Song Yang was sitting next to her. He knew that he had offended the royal family this time, but he still happily held Song Zhi's hand and said, "Zhi'er, from now on, she will never be able to use her identity as the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion to snatch things that originally belonged to you."

Song Zhi felt warm in his heart and scolded: "Dad, don't take such a risk next time."

She didn't expect her old man to be so tough today, even though she had clearly instructed him to use a softer approach.

However, it was precisely because Song Yang spoke so frankly and decisively today that the situation in which the prince's side would use Song Yale as an excuse to tie the Song family to the same boat was completely prevented.