930 Slap with Borrowed Hand – First Form 6 (1/2)
Lei Fan was startled but he forced himself to calm down as he put on a forlorn expression and said: ”Father, how is it possible I am not your son? Doesn't Father recognize this face on your son anymore? Father! Have you really forgotten my mother's looks already! ?”
[He still has wiggle room to put up a final struggle!]
[He still has a chance to turn this around!]
[His face might just be able to save his life!]
When the Emperor saw the face that looked so much like the woman he had loved so much on Lei Fan, he hesitated a moment. It was a fact that Lei Fan's countenance looked very similar to the woman he loved and did not look the slightest bit alike to the Empress or the Prime Minister at all.
The Empress knew she had no way of getting herself out of this anymore but Lei Fan's words had given her another glimmer of hope. She would not be able to save herself, but her son, might still have a chance to be able to live!
”Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Lady had in a moment of folly, committed such a shameless deed. But Little Fan….. Little Fan is really the son you had with Lady Cheng! No matter how much you detest and abhor your Lady now, but don't you still remember elder sister Lady Cheng's looks anymore? In what way does Little Fan even looks like me, your Lady at all?” The Empress said as she continued to weep.
The Emperor's brows knitted up in a knot, as he stared fixedly at Lei Fan's face.
”Whatever you said to the Prime Minister earlier, I heard them very clearly.” The Emperor glared at the Empress coldly.
The Empress was taken aback but she refused to give up. She hurried to kowtow, hitting her head on the cold hard floor as she said: ”It was all your Lady's greed! Your Lady wanted the Prime Minister to assist Little Fan to ascend into the throne and tried to pull wool over his eyes. Little Fan is not his or my child at all. He is Your Majesty's son that Lady Cheng gave birth to! If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can just look carefully at Lei Fan's face!”
She knew she and the Prime Minister were sure to lose their lives here, but if the Emperor could be convinced that she had said all those words just to deceive the Prime Minister, Lei Fan might still stand a chance to escape.