"Father, this son knows he was wrong, this son truly knows he was wrong. This son was bewitched by that person! Didn't You also know who that person was? It was he who said he would help me seize the throne, and he who said that once it was done, I only needed to make him a prince so he could enjoy endless wealth and glory. Father, I was wrong, please spare me this once."
Tang Jue crawled on his knees toward Emperor Chengde, weeping with a grief so contrived it was impossible to tell if it was real or false.
"If your heart were good and honest, how could he have bewitched you?" Emperor Chengde demanded with an icy voice.
Chapter 421