For the sake of one woman, he had remained unmarried for life, willingly protecting and helping the daughter of the woman he loved.
So, he wasn't protecting the daughter of the woman he loved. He was protecting the woman he loved.
Su Yue's heart pounded, and she nearly fell off the brick bed:
"E-Emperor... You-you-you've misunderstood. Your Concubine... Your Concubine couldn't possibly have secretly met a man!"
"Your Concubine... Your Concubine only went to see Daoist Priest He because something was wrong with her body. Your Concubine is utterly loyal to the Emperor!"
Ye Beiyao seemed to find even looking at her dirty, and he immediately turned his head away.
"Someone, examine her."
Two Old Wet Nurses emerged from the side hall and quickly approached the Empress.
Their purpose was obvious at a glance.
Panic instantly engulfed Su Yue. She clutched the ties of the black cloak tightly:
"Emperor, how can you do this? Your Concubine is the Empress, the empress of an entire nation! How can Your Concubine suffer such humiliation? How will Your Concubine establish herself in the harem after this?"
"The empress of an entire nation?"
Ye Beiyao truly couldn't stay any longer. He shot to his feet, his face filled with viciousness:
"You think an old woman with corrupt morals, shameless and vile, is qualified to be the empress of an entire nation?"
Su Yue was stunned. "An... old woman?"
Thinking of how foolish he had been, manipulated so completely by a mere woman, Ye Beiyao's expression darkened, his face twisted with savagery:
"Your identity was exposed long ago by Nanny Gui, the wet nurse at your side.
"Whenever I think that I actually shared a bed with an old woman for so long, I feel sick—so sick I could vomit!!!"
"N-Nanny Gui?"
*So Nanny Gui