Back to the day I married my second wife, I turned around and married my ex-husband's uncle

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Bingde's face changed suddenly.

Looking at her in shock, "What did you say!"

Jiang Xiru explained, "If the Zhou family marries the King of Chu, he will definitely speak up for us. The Emperor values ​​the King of Chu the most, so if he intercedes, it will definitely work."

"Furthermore, if the King of Chu were to take a concubine, it would be a happy occasion. It would also delay the Emperor from making a decision, buying more time for His Highness to save himself."

Jiang Bingde looked embarrassed, but he knew Jiang Ningwan's temperament and knew that she would never let the King of Chu take a concubine.

"Dad, you just promised me? Are you going to go back on your word?"

Jiang Bingde looked solemn and sighed, "I'll give it a try."

"Thank you dad!"

……

Just when the issue of the crown prince was still unresolved.

Zhou Tingxu went to the palace and filed a complaint against the King of Chu.

In the imperial study, Zhou Tingxu knelt on the ground, weeping heartbrokenly, "I am accusing the King of Chu of adultery and abandonment. We were already husband and wife in the north, but Jiang Ning arrived late, and he denied it."

"I am now more than three months pregnant..."

When these words came out, everyone present was shocked. The emperor slammed the table angrily, "What did you say! You and the King of Chu?"

"Is the child in your belly the King of Chu's?"

Zhou Tingxu nodded, "Yes!"

The emperor couldn't believe it and immediately summoned the imperial physician to take his pulse.

After checking the patient's pulse, the imperial physician reported, "Your Majesty, Miss Zhou Er is indeed three months pregnant!"

The emperor's expression grew serious. "Immediately summon the Prince of Chu and his wife to the palace."

When Eunuch Hai came to the Prince of Chu's mansion to deliver a message, explaining Zhou Tingxu's situation, Jiang Ningwan was shocked.

"What? She's crazy!"

Qin Shuangchi also looked solemn. The two of them got on the carriage and entered the palace first. Both of them were nervous.

Qin Shuangchi held her hand and said, "I made a vow and I will never break it."

If he can't even keep his promise, then what's the difference between him and Qin Beihuang.

Jiang Ningwan smiled and said, "I believe you."

But she didn't believe the emperor.

What's the point of breaking your oath if your life is at risk?

Although she didn't want to go that far, nothing was more important than them being alive.

On the way to the palace, Jiang Ningwan had already prepared for the worst.

When the news of Zhou Tingxu spread, all the Zhou family members and the queen came.

The atmosphere in the imperial study was serious.

The emperor asked solemnly, "Sixteen, Zhou Tingxu said that you had physical contact in the north?"

Qin Shuangchi immediately denied: "No!"

"I have nothing to do with Miss Zhou Er. I haven't even touched her hand."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Tingxu began to cry sadly.

"I know that the prince is trying to keep his oath to the princess, but there is no need to deny everything about us..."

"I love the prince. I don't need any status. I don't want anything. I just want to be with the prince."

The queen sat beside her and patted her shoulder comfortingly.

Looking at the King of Chu, he said angrily, "King of Chu, don't you even have this little bit of responsibility? Tingxu followed you all the way to the North. Everyone has seen her love for you!"

"Now she's pregnant, and you've abandoned her and refused to acknowledge her!"

"Aren't you going to force her to death?"

Zhou Lin also knelt down immediately: "My daughter has suffered such a great injustice, please let the emperor make the decision!"

Jiang Ningwan couldn't help but retort, "It's said that Zhou Tingxu and the King of Chu had physical intimacy. Did the Queen and Commander Zhou see it with their own eyes?"

"Why does everything Zhou Tingxu says come true?"

"She's pregnant with a bastard from who knows where, and she wants to blame the prince?"

Zhou Tingxu said that she was three months pregnant. She appeared on the street that time, probably to ask for a name for the child.

She was already pregnant at that time.

But the people in the north did not believe her at that time, so she did not succeed. Unexpectedly, she came back to Kyoto and it happened again.

If I had known this, I should have gotten rid of her on the way back to the North.

The Queen angrily shouted, "Jiang Ningwan, how dare you! Are you saying that Tingxu has disregarded her honor and committed adultery with other men, and is now blaming the King of Chu for it?"

"That's ridiculous!"

"Everyone knows that Tingxu loves the King of Chu and only has him in her heart! Otherwise, why would she chase him all the way to the North? How could she have an affair with another man?"

The emperor also frowned, "Jiang Ningwan, don't talk nonsense!"

"Bastard, that's really ugly!"

Jiang Ningwan sneered in her heart. Is it unpleasant now?

When she was pregnant, didn't the queen call the child in her belly a bastard?

She looked at Zhou Tingxu fiercely: "Do you dare to swear on the future of our family?"

Zhou Tingxu's eyes suddenly became flustered.

The queen secretly squeezed her hand and signaled her with her eyes to swear.

Zhou Tingxu knelt before the emperor with tears streaming down her face, raised her finger and swore to the heavens, "I, Zhou Tingxu, swear that the child in my belly belongs to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu! If even one lie is told, the entire Zhou family will be annihilated, and no one in the family will have a peaceful end!"

After taking the oath, Zhou Tingxu quickly said to himself: It’s fake, don’t take it seriously!

Hearing such a vicious oath.

It was hard for everyone present not to believe that the child was the King of Chu's.

The Queen quickly spoke up: "Your Majesty, you heard it all. This child has even staked her entire family. She is absolutely not lying!"

The Emperor's expression was solemn as he spoke slowly, "Sixteen, I know you and Princess Chu have a deep affection for each other and you don't want her to be sad. However, the child in Zhou Tingxu's belly is yours, and therefore also of royal blood."

"What the Queen Mother hoped for most during her lifetime was for you to have a child. Unfortunately, Jiang Ningwan lost the baby in her womb. Now, it can be considered a happy ending."

"Letting Zhou Tingxu be a concubine wouldn't be considered unfair to Jiang Ningwan."

Hearing this, Jiang Ningwan's heart tightened.

Qin Shuangchi spoke slowly: "Royal brother, it's not that I don't have any responsibility, but this child is indeed not my own."

"The imperial physician said Zhou Tingxu is three months pregnant, but it's only been a month since I returned safely from Dayan. I was still in Dayan three months ago. How could Zhou Tingxu be pregnant with my child?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Suddenly I remembered that the King of Chu had been missing before this, and was in Dayan, and there was even news of his death.

When Zhou Tingxu heard this, he quickly took out his entry and exit certificate from his arms and said, "Three months ago, I went to Dayan!"

"If I can follow the prince to the North, I will naturally follow him to Dayan!"

"But I knew I couldn't cause trouble for the prince, so I kept my whereabouts secret and no one knew."

"That night, the prince returned from the palace banquet and was drunk. I took care of him. He might have mistaken me for the princess, which is why..."

As he spoke, Zhou Tingxu began to sob and wiped away his tears sadly.

"I'm not lying, this child is the prince's!"

"If the prince doesn't acknowledge me, then I can only... die."

After saying that, Zhou Tingxu rammed into the wall in despair.

Tried to commit suicide by banging his head against the wall.

"Ting Xu!" The queen was startled and quickly stood up to stop him.

But he was a step too slow, and Zhou Tingxu bumped into the wall, blood oozing from his forehead, and fell down.

No one expected that Zhou Tingxu would commit suicide by banging his head against the wall.

The emperor shouted in shock, "Imperial Physician!"