"Why did she ask you for that promise? Did you say something to her at that time?" Zheng Liang asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.
Zheng Huang pursed his lips upon hearing his son's suspicious question. He coughed awkwardly before responding, while avoiding his gaze, "I didn't say anything. Why would I say anything to her?"
"However, at that time, that woman was planning to select a new consort for you. There were some strange rumors about yours and Yang Ning's relationship. Considering that it had been a few months since you both got married and there was no good news about a successor, she brought up the topic of finding a new consort for you," he explained, referring to the former empress, Yang Lingxin, as "that woman" to avoid using her name.
"I believe Yang Ning might have heard those rumors and our conversation back then, which is why she brought up that topic," he said with hesitation.
