The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 922 - 506: An Ning’s Identity, Xiao Jinxing Publicly Confesses (Part 1)
The officials paid homage with awe-inspiring momentum.
Everything initially went smoothly.
However, at the moment when the ministers kneeled, an official risked his life and rushed out from the crowd, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"
He directly knelt in the center of the main hall, and everyone watched him.
With astonishment.
Xiao Jinxing’s face turned completely dark.
An Ning found it rather intriguing.
What kind of trouble is this?!
She just said that today’s conferring ceremony went too smoothly.
Bai Mowan hasn’t made a move?!
An Ning turned her eyes to look at Bai Mowan, who was with the other Princesses and concubines waiting in the courtyard below the main hall.
She was in the entourage, and since her status was not high, she was not noticeable.
At this moment, however, she showed a cruel smile.
Bai Mowan, today, has suffered all kinds of humiliation.
Even though the attention of everyone was more focused on An Ning, there were still many scornful glances around her, just mocking that she had been the Imperial Concubine for so long, yet ultimately did not ascend to the position of Empress, and was instead demoted to a concubine.
Not to mention rebirth, even without rebirth, her self-respect would not allow herself to be trampled like this.
Bai Mowan slightly lifted her eyes, looking at the high and mighty An Ning at this moment.
What she couldn’t have, no one else would get.
Whether it’s the position of Empress or Xiao Jinxing!
"Today’s Empress conferring ceremony, no matters will be reported! The Right Imperial Censor of the Inspection Bureau intentionally disrupts the Empress conferring ceremony, defying the superior, drag Zhao Feihong down and give him fifty lashes!" Xiao Jinxing’s authoritative voice carried immense anger.
And these fifty lashes would leave Zhao Feihong half-dead even if he survived!
The Imperial Guards heard the command and swiftly approached.
"Your Majesty! I risked kneeling here today just for the Daxuan Kingdom, for the people of the world, and also for you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Feihong, in his forties, with wrinkles on his face, was now with tears in his eyes, carrying a sense of heroic martyrdom, he shouted, "Today, Your Majesty confers An Shi as Empress, yet where An Shi’s family resides, who her teachers are, who her father is, is all unknown." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Ministers and I only know An Shi comes from Xuzhou, but I personally went to investigate Xuzhou, and there’s no An family existing there, only An merchants, according to local people in Xuzhou, An merchants also suddenly rose in recent years, no one knows who the boss behind them is?"
"How can Your Majesty confer someone whose background can’t be traced as Empress? How can you, so casually, let her become the Empress of my Daxuan Kingdom! I beg Your Majesty to think thrice before acting, Minister earnestly requests Your Majesty to cancel today’s Empress conferring ceremony!"
Zhao Feihong spoke with righteous indignation.
He knelt on the ground, heavily kowtowing!
The Imperial Guards came forward and seized Zhao Feihong, dragging him away.
At this.
Among the officials, some ministers also voluntarily stepped forward and directly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, what Lord Zhao said is reasonable, before investigating An Shi’s true identity, we request Your Majesty stand on the position of our country and the common people, to cancel today’s conferring ceremony."
"Please Your Majesty cancel the conferring ceremony!"
In front, at least twenty civil and military officials were kneeling on the ground, asking Xiao Jinxing not to confer.
Xiao Jinxing’s face was gloomy.
He stood on the high stairs, facing requests from civil and military officials, there was not a trace of panic in his eyes, he remained composed in a crisis, full of presence!
"An Ning is indeed my Empress Hejing, Ye Qichi!" Xiao Jinxing’s voice was majestic and fierce, not angry but authoritative.
As soon as the words fell.
Everyone gasped.
Empress Hejing died five years ago, moreover, An Shi’s appearance in front didn’t resemble Empress Hejing in any way, how could they be the same person!
"Ye Qichi once took Beimu for me, and perished together with the traitor Xiao Jinsen from the city wall of Beimu Country. Fortunately, the traitor Xiao Jinsen retained a last bit of humanity and cushioned his body under the Empress at the moment of falling and was secretly sent out by Xiao Jinsen’s loyal subordinates. But due to the chaos of the war at that time, I did not notice Xiao Jinsen’s movements and then found two charred bodies below the city wall, thinking Empress Hejing had passed away."
"The Empress survived narrowly but suffered serious injuries falling from the city wall, losing her memory and forgetting her identity, thus settling in Xuzhou. As for the change in the Empress’s appearance, it was because of severe facial burns and total disfigurement during the fall, later through the Empress’s superb medical skills, she had herself transformed into the current appearance."
"If I hadn’t gone to Xuzhou for a personal investigation, I wouldn’t have met the Empress, the Empress wouldn’t have regained her memory!" Xiao Jinxing said word by word, the truth mixed with lies, but in his mouth was full of confidence, every word was authoritative.
"And I kept the Empress’s identity hidden, firstly because of the change in her appearance, I didn’t want to arouse too much suspicion, nor did I want to cause trouble for the Empress. Secondly, for me, no matter whether the Empress is Ye Qichi or An Ning, I just love her, regardless of her identity, I only know my one and only Empress can only be her!"
As he spoke, Xiao Jinxing directly took An Ning’s hand.
Tightly holding it in the palm of his hand.
Declaring his affection for An Ning in front of the civil and military officials!
An Ning lightly pressed her lips together.
Listening to Xiao Jinsen’s so-called heartfelt words, her entire hand was filled with the warmth of Xiao Jinxing’s palm.
"Minister doesn’t doubt Your Majesty’s words, I also believe An Shi is Empress Hejing, but Your Majesty, after all, An Shi and Empress Hejing bear no resemblance, and Minister has never heard of human appearance being reconstructed surgically. Minister daringly requests Your Majesty could provide more evidence to prove An Shi as Empress Hejing, to silence ministers’ mouths, to reassure ministers and the common people." Zhao Feihong shouted again.
Even if being detained, he still regarded death as returning home!
"My only Prince is the best proof." Xiao Jinxing ordered, "Bring the Prince to the hall."
"At your command," Eunuch Ping quickly responded.
Before long.
An Luming was brought to Xiao Jinxing and An Ning’s side.
An Luming actually had followed Xiao Jinxing to the morning court, although he hadn’t truly appeared at the court, only listened in the back.
Today, he was present openly and honestly before the eyes of civil and military officials.
And his appearance.
Everyone was shocked.
Bearing an exactly same resemblance to the Emperor, no doubt of being his biological child.
"My Prince, who is four years old, happened to be conceived when I deployed troops. As Crown Prince, I only had one woman, Empress, who could give birth to my four-year-old prince, only Empress Ye Qichi!" Xiao Jinxing affirmed, his voice was powerful, indisputable.
Officials buzzed with discussions, momentarily speechless.
Just when the belief in An Ning’s identity set in.
Zhao Feihong shouted again, "The Prince’s appearance does indeed speak that An Shi is Empress Hejing. But Your Majesty, Minister heard during my investigation in Xuzhou that there is a fox demon appearance in the Xuzhou area, doesn’t Your Majesty find the sudden appearance of the Empress very bizarre?!"
