"Father, you can't do that. That's your grandchild too..."
Chu Father cut Chu Rongguan off and said:
"Shut your mouth! The Chu Family has no shortage of grandchildren. I have no use for a bastard born of adultery.
You have two choices now. The first is to get rid of the child in the Tenth Prince's Consort's womb. Once the evidence is gone, we'll deny this to our dying breath. As time passes and her belly shows no signs of pregnancy, all those rumors will collapse on their own.
The other is to get rid of the Tenth Prince's Consort along with the child in her womb.
Choose for yourself."
Chu Rongguan remained kneeling there. After a moment, he said:
"Father, don't force me!"
"I'm forcing you? Are the hundreds of lives in our Chu Family worth less than that bastard?
If you won't choose, I'll choose for you."
"I... I choose the first."
"Wouldn't it have been simpler to say that from the start?
I'll have a trustworthy physician prepare an abortifacient. Take it to the Tenth Prince's Manor and make the Tenth Princess Consort drink it.
Don't worry. The medicine won't harm her health."
"Yes."
"Now get back to your courtyard. Without my permission, you're not allowed to go anywhere."
"Yes."
"Get out!"
Chu Rongguan rose and left the study. He had never expected the affair to be exposed so suddenly, catching him completely off guard.
The scandal was already boiling over outside. Even if the Tenth Prince died, he and Wenwen would probably never be able to be together, lest they give anyone something to hold against them.
Chu Rongguan was miserable, but things had reached a point where they were beyond his control. He couldn't drag the entire Chu Family down with him.
And so he