Tearing the Prince's Clothes after Withdrawing Marriage
Chapter 160: This Contrast Is Just Too Huge!

Chapter 160: Chapter 160: This Contrast Is Just Too Huge!

Chu Qianli still stood erect.

It was Qin Liuyan, kneeling at the side, who suddenly had tears brimming in her eyes.

"Xiaoqi, it’s Mother’s fault... it’s all Mother’s fault! Xiaoqi, Mother has wronged you!"

Chu Qianli looked at her coldly, "Hold on, you are merely a concubine of the Grand Tutor, not my mother."

A stepmother, having the audacity to call herself ’Mother’ in front of her?

Qin Liuyan continued to force tears, crying in a pitiful and lamenting manner.

However, Chu Hongtao could no longer restrain himself and angrily said, "Unfilial daughter, look carefully, she is your mother! Your true mother!"

"What did you say?" Chu Qianli’s eyes darkened, staring at Chu Hongtao. "Make yourself clear!"

This low growl, not very loud, yet the intimidation it carried made Chu Hongtao subconsciously want to step back.

Not just him, even the others present were genuinely shocked by this girl’s imposing attitude!

How come, they felt she possessed an aura meant for a sovereign?

This aura, was it even close to overshadowing the Emperor seated upon the dragon throne?

After what seemed like an eternity, the Emperor’s face darkened, and he snapped, "Presumptuous!"

Celebrant the eunuch immediately began to scold, "Audacious Chu Qianli, you really are a wild and disrespectful mad girl, showing such an attitude towards your own father!"

"Ha! A man who wants to have me killed while the Prince is in trouble, what right does he have to be my father?"

Chu Qianli’s cold gaze swept over them, only briefly touching Chu Hongtao before quickly settling on the Duchess.

The Duchess straightened her spine, inexplicably feeling that oppressive force.

Her whole being suddenly felt cold.

She clutched at her chest, pretending to feel stifled.

The Empress Dowager, being elderly herself, immediately looked upon her with pity and hurriedly said, "Quick, grant the lady a seat!"

"Yes, Empress Dowager!"

The eunuch below immediately brought a chair for the Duchess to sit and rest.

Chu Hongtao stepped forward, this time not looking at Chu Qianli, but instead kneeling stiffly before the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, this servant has failed in his discipline, allowing someone from his household to commit such an error! It’s all this servant’s fault, I beseech Your Majesty to mete out punishment!"

Chu Huaiyu, who had been silent until now, also knelt down, next to her father.

She clung to Chu Hongtao’s sleeve, looking at the Emperor and Empress Dowager with tear-filled eyes.

"It’s all this servant’s daughter’s fault, it has nothing to do with father. I pray for Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager’s leniency, father is unwell, I am willing to bear all the wrongdoing myself!"

The Empress Dowager had a soft heart, seeing such a kind and filial girl, how could she not like her?

She hurriedly said, "How could it be your fault? You’re the one wronged in this whole matter. Rare is such filial piety; I am truly moved by you."

Jin Mama, seeing the Empress Dowager’s fondness for Chu Huaiyu, immediately went down to help her up personally.

Unexpectedly, Chu Huaiyu shook her head and said hoarsely, "How can a daughter rest easy while her father kneels? If father must kneel, then Huaiyu will kneel with him."

The words, not too loud or too soft, were gentle and seemingly powerless.

Yet they were like knives, piercing into everyone’s heart in an instant.

This was what a true daughter should be like!

This was the attitude a daughter ought to have!

In contrast to Chu Qianli, not only did she not care about her kneeling father, she even dared to retort!

Such a foul attitude, such an inferior woman, had actually become part of their Imperial Family!

Should Prince Chaoxuan have the opportunity to ascend the throne, would this woman not become the Empress?

Where does she have the qualifications to be the mother to the nation?