At this time, a palace maid suddenly hurried in to report that the Second Prince requested an audience, and the Empress immediately ordered someone to invite him in.
Upon seeing the Empress, Pei Chengye got straight to the point, "Mother, I don't want to marry Jiang Zhou."
He had heard more than enough rumors about this woman. It was bad enough that she was older, but she also failed to behave with propriety. There were rumors flying around that she had been improperly intimate with other men.
Although she had not been caught red-handed, there is no smoke without fire. If she really hadn't done anything, why would people smear her reputation like this?
The Empress narrowed her eyes slightly and scoffed, "What do you know? Your father, the Emperor, intends to give up on you. We must make preparations early."
"How can this be!" Pei Chengye said, agitated.
He held a high position in the court, how could his father, the Emperor, bear to forsake him?
