To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

After the Fourth Prince finished speaking, he shouted loudly, "Guards! Prince Zhan, Xiao Zhan, is plotting a rebellion. I, the Fourth Prince, have come to protect him!"

At the Fourth Prince's command, the area was immediately surrounded by Imperial Guards. The commander of the Imperial Guards respectfully approached the Fourth Prince and received his order: "Your Highness, the Imperial Guards have surrounded this area. We are ready to capture the rebels."

"Very good. Obey my orders without fail."

The Emperor's face darkened as he watched the prince commanding the Imperial Guards. He ascended the throne, looking down at the Fourth Prince; "Fourth Prince, what are you doing? When have my Imperial Guards ever obeyed your orders?"

"Father," the fourth prince said, feigning an act of kneeling, "I have just received news that my uncle is plotting a rebellion. Upon receiving this news, I dared not delay and came here immediately to protect you."

"The Fourth Prince is crying wolf. It seems that the Fourth Prince and Zhou Wenjun have already reached an agreement. If they hadn't already reached an agreement, he wouldn't be so eager to force the emperor to abdicate."

The Fourth Prince looked at Xiao Zhan and sneered, "Uncle, I know you've always had doubts about your parents' deaths. You've been investigating their cause of death all this time. The results are pretty much what you expected, so you want to rebel, clear their names, and incidentally overthrow this empire. You have wolfish ambitions, colluding with the Kyushu Merchant Guild and using them to raise an army of 100,000 outside the Great Wall. Naturally, I cannot tolerate you."

"I'm not blind. I can tell at a glance who is plotting a rebellion." The Emperor pointed at the Fourth Prince: "You and Su Sihai are wolves in sheep's clothing, attempting to overthrow my empire. I will not let you get away with this. Guards, bring Su Sihai here. There are some things I need to ask him."

"I wonder what Your Majesty wishes to discuss with me?" Su Sihai, dressed in a bright purple official robe, swaggered in from outside. He held a letter in his hand.

"Su Sihai, I want to ask you, did you and Consort Mei know each other since childhood? Were you childhood sweethearts?" The Emperor threw the information he had found on the ground.

Su Sihai glanced at the scrolls on the ground, then clasped his hands together and said, "What is Your Majesty saying? I don't understand."

"You and Consort Mei were childhood sweethearts. That year, she had no choice but to enter the palace, and you subsequently went to take the imperial examination and became the top scholar that year. Tell me, are these coincidences, or did you come to the capital on purpose?"

“Your Majesty, I just received urgent news that Prince Zhan is colluding with foreign enemies and intends to harm you, which is why I rushed to the palace. As for what Your Majesty has mentioned, I have no idea what Your Majesty is trying to say. Although Consort Mei and I come from the same place, that is all; we have no other connection. Therefore, I am completely unaware of what Your Majesty has said.”

"Lord Su is really stubborn and refuses to admit anything. Lord Su has been scheming for the Fourth Prince for half his life, even abandoning his own daughter. This kind of devotion is truly touching."

"Tell me, I also want to know to what extent Lord Su is willing to sacrifice for my fourth prince."

"In order to support the Fourth Prince, Lord Su switched his two biological daughters at birth. The second young lady of the Su family is not Lord Su's biological child, but a daughter adopted from outside, who was raised to have a chance to get close to the Fourth Prince. However, Su Ziyu had already consummated her marriage with the Fourth Prince at a young age and became pregnant unexpectedly."

At that time, the Fourth Prince committed a grave error and was banished from the capital by Your Majesty. This was the Fourth Prince's first child, and Lady Su didn't want him to be left behind, so she devised a plan. Your Majesty still remembers Fu Jingsheng, right? Fu Jingsheng was the husband Lady Su chose for her daughter. He came from a humble background and was extremely ambitious and power-hungry.

He had two motives for marrying Su Ziyu to Fu Jingsheng. First, to protect the Fourth Prince's eldest child; second, to control Fu Jingsheng and make him work for him.

"Your Highness, your storytelling skills are truly impressive. It's a pity you're not a storyteller." Su Sihai sneered, "What else do you want to make up? Just tell me everything at once. I also have something for Your Highness, something from my rebellious daughter, Su Mingyue. Would you like to see it?"

Xiao Zhan glanced at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin stepped forward, took the envelope, and handed it to Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan didn't even look at it and destroyed it directly; "If my queen has anything for me, my people will naturally send it over. When will I ever need you?"

Su Sihai didn't expect that he would destroy it without even looking at it.

"That's her letter of annulment, saying she wants to break off the engagement and that we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on. You can ask her in person if you want, but she doesn't want to see you right now. She said that she only got engaged to you out of desperation, to salvage her damaged reputation."

Now that her reputation has been restored, and you, Your Highness, are of no use to her anymore, you can naturally discard her.

"As I just said, she can do it herself; no one can do it for her. Besides, this kind of thing isn't impossible to forge. Who knows what Lord Su will forge to sow discord between my wife and me?"

"We'll talk about A-Zhan's matter later. A-Zhan, continue with the matter of Su Sihai and the Fourth Prince. I will make sure they die knowing why."

"Yes." Xiao Zhan clapped his hands: "Bring the person up."

Su Sihai had just been languid and confident, but his expression changed drastically after he saw the people Xiao Zhan had brought forward.

The fourth prince's expression changed drastically when he saw the people being brought in.

"Mother!" the fourth prince shouted.

The Fourth Prince's address of "Mother Consort" immediately drew the Emperor's attention. Although she looked different from what he remembered, the Emperor recognized her at a glance as his Consort Mei.

Wasn't she dead? How come she's here now?

"Consort Mei." The Emperor looked at the woman opposite him, dressed in a purple dress, frail and delicate, as if a gust of wind could blow her away, his expression full of disbelief: "You're not dead."

"Your Majesty, you have mistaken me for someone else. This is my concubine, Liu, who only bears a slight resemblance to Consort Mei, but is not Consort Mei. Your Highness, what are you doing bringing my concubine here?"

Just as Su Sihai was about to step forward, he suddenly smelled a fragrance emanating from Aunt Liu. Upon smelling this fragrance, his mind went blank for a moment, and he seemed to have forgotten what he wanted to say.

"I cannot mistake her. She is my Consort Mei. Consort Mei, what exactly is going on? What is your relationship with Su Sihai? Is the Fourth Prince really your son with Su Sihai? You have done this behind my back, you are truly audacious."

Liu Yiyi was locked up by Madam Ruan. She fainted in the woodshed and then came here.

For so many years, she has dreamt of this scene every time she falls asleep, fearing the arrival of this day.

This day has finally arrived.