My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 439 Royal Reputation

Chapter 439: Chapter 439 Royal Reputation

"All these are matters of your inner palace, and as such, the Empress Dowager shouldn’t interfere too much."

The Empress Dowager sighed. She could naturally sense that Ye Yunting had kept quite a few things from her.

But since the child did not wish to speak, it was not right for her to press too assertively.

On this point, the Empress Dowager was clear.

"By the way, is the child in Concubine Lin’s womb still healthy?"

During the last imperial longevity feast, the Empress Dowager indeed wanted Lin Fuying to stay behind to inquire about the child in her womb.

Although she did not like Lin Fuying, the child Lin Fuying was carrying was, after all, of the Royal Family’s bloodline.

To the Empress Dowager’s question, Ye Yunting’s response was somewhat perfunctory, "Returning to the Empress Dowager’s words, all is well."

He had no expectations for the "child" in Lin Fuying’s womb; as long as the child was born safely, that was enough for him.

As for anything else, he did not care.

"If that’s the case, then the Empress Dowager can rest assured."

"Alright, the Empress Dowager is also weary. You may leave the palace now."

The Empress Dowager had asked so much and did not wish to continue further.

She still harbored some suspicions about the origin of that child, and when the time came, she would have the Emperor thoroughly investigate.

It was not until they left the Empress Dowager’s palace that Princess Consort Yang Shu found an opportunity to speak.

"Such a significant matter, and you did not inform me at all?"

The attitude of Ye Yunting, however, was exceedingly indifferent, "What does Mother want to know?"

"Before everything is set in stone, the prince does not wish to disturb Mother with such news."

"Disturbance?"

Yang Shu’s emotions suddenly flared.

The last conversation between mother and son had ended in discord.

And so much time had passed since, yet Ye Yunting had not sent any messages to the palace, nor shown any intention of softening.

Her son, it seemed, was about to completely slip out of her control!

"You do not tell me these things; I really don’t know how much you have hidden from me in the dark!"

"And that child, what exactly is going on? Is it really that wretched woman’s?"

It was only then that Yang Shu came to a realization.

"And the one in her womb, could it also be..."

"Since Mother has guessed as much, please do not hinder me," Ye Yunting said, looking coldly at Yang Shu. Since their last unhappy parting, his tolerance for Yang Shu had been growing ever thinner.

"She is the mother of my child, naturally, she can only be the Princess Consort of the War King."

"No, I do not allow it! I absolutely do not allow it!"

Yang Shu had always disdained Chu Nanli’s common heritage, and the previous matter of divorce had further disgraced the Royal Family.

If Ye Yunting insisted on bringing Chu Nanli back to the War King Residence,

What would the Emperor think if the news reached his ears?

"I’m telling you, if you really want her to be the War King’s Princess Consort, I will never agree!"

"I will definitely go to the Emperor and insist we choose another lady of good family for you!"

Yang Shu stared fixedly at Ye Yunting, and her well-maintained face was now filled with a fierce intent.

She continued, "If you insist on this, then you might as well not acknowledge me as your mother!"

"But Mother, I am your only child, am I not?"

Ye Yunting looked coldly at Yang Shu, long since bereft of the childhood affection he felt for her.

He had understood since a young age that Yang Shu’s affection for him was not entirely out of motherly love.

Yang Shu cared about her favor with the court, about the Yang Family’s position in the imperial court, and he was to Yang Shu merely a tool for power struggles.

"If the prince had a brother, the Mother and the Yang Family wouldn’t have placed all their hopes on the prince."

Unfortunately for them, he had now come into his own, and neither Yang Shu nor the Yang Family had any more control over him.

"You there, stop right where you are!"

Before a crowd of palace attendants, the Princess Consort Yang Shu had truly lost her composure.

But no matter how much she shouted, Ye Yunting refused to turn back.

This time, she could clearly feel a significant rift forming in her mother-son relationship with Ye Yunting.

If this continued, she feared Ye Yunting might soon be unable to trust even her, his mother!

...

The news that the Empress Dowager had summoned Ye Yunting to the palace quickly reached Ye Jiuxiao.

He did not obstruct Ye Yunting from going to the palace.

Instead, shortly after he left the palace, he promptly went to see the Empress Dowager.

"Today is not a special day. What brings you to visit me in the palace?"

"Could it be, you have something to tell me?"

Although she was just troubled by matters concerning Ye Yunting, the sight of her younger son still brought a smile to the Empress Dowager’s face.

"Mother should know what I have come to say."

Ye Jiuxiao’s tone at that moment was still relatively relaxed.

He knew very well that in front of the Empress Dowager, he absolutely could not appear overly concerned about Chu Nanli.

But he couldn’t do nothing either.

"You’re here for that girl, aren’t you?"

The Empress Dowager shook her head, she knew Ye Jiuxiao had come to the palace for this very matter.

Her younger son had never been touched by love from a young age, and now that he had finally felt it, he was confronted with such a predicament.

If the child was truly Chu Nanli’s own as Ye Yunting claimed,

Then she would have no choice but to go back on her word to Ye Jiuxiao.

She would never allow her youngest son to marry such a woman.

Even if she had highly regarded Chu Nanli before, when it came to her own son and grandson, the Empress Dowager couldn’t help but be partial.

"Yunting has just said, that child..."

"Does mother know how she was treated at the War King Residence before?"

Ye Jiuxiao quickly relayed all the information he had previously learned to the Empress Dowager.

Especially about how exactly that child was forcibly aborted.

"This is simply preposterous!"

Upon hearing Ye Jiuxiao’s words, the Empress Dowager’s brow furrowed even tighter.

"This is too much! No matter what, she was once recognized by the royal family as the Princess Consort, how can they use royal blood to save a concubine?"

The words of the Empress Dowager caused Ye Jiuxiao to slightly raise his eyebrows.

It appeared that the Empress Dowager was aware of something.

But even so, the Empress Dowager’s pity was only for the child, not for Chu Nanli.

He didn’t continue to question, but instead continued, "Now that mother knows of these things, do you really think she would turn back for the child?"

Moreover, that child was nothing but a pretense.

Of course, Ye Jiuxiao did not intend to reveal the truth to the Empress Dowager just yet.

He and Chu Nanli had other plans.

"But that is, after all, the bloodline of the royal family!"

The Empress Dowager was only now realizing just how wrong Ye Yunting had been toward Chu Nanli.

However, Ye Yunting was ultimately her own grandson.

Even if Ye Yunting’s actions were excessive, she couldn’t possibly punish him for the sake of an outsider, could she?

"Even if all you’ve said is true, these matters must not become known to outsiders."

The Empress Dowager looked at Ye Jiuxiao with worry, her heart already completely leaning toward the other side.