Upon hearing this, Xinglai almost knelt down.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten who I am? I'm not someone who would die out there," the Empress Dowager added.

Yu Jingchen was silent for a moment, but finally said, "Then let it be as the Empress Dowager wishes."

The Empress Dowager was pleased with these words and sat down again, saying, "That's right."

Yu Jingchen: "..."

"Since the Empress Dowager wants to leave the palace, has she already been informed?" Yu Jingchen changed the subject.

"Her? Who is she?" The Empress Dowager seemed not to understand and continued to do her makeup in front of the mirror.

"Who does the Empress Dowager think I will ask?" Yu Jingchen knew, of course, that the Empress Dowager was doing it on purpose.

"How would I know who His Majesty is going to ask? It certainly isn't Yun'er, since His Majesty has always disliked and hated Yun'er the most. But if His Majesty is asking someone else, he shouldn't be telling me. What would I tell anyone else?" the Empress Dowager said.

Yu Jingchen: "..." (I've never been so speechless in my life. You've said everything, good and bad, haven't you?)

But since the other party had already made their point so clear, Yu Jingchen suddenly found it difficult to speak.

"I will bring Yun'er with me later," the Empress Dowager suddenly said.

Yu Jingchen's heart skipped a beat: "Together? Didn't the Empress Dowager just mean that she would stay in the palace?"

"That was just now. Now I've changed my mind. After all, what if Yun'er gets bullied by you bunch of monsters and demons again after I leave? I'd be heartbroken!" The Empress Dowager spoke slowly and deliberately.

"I will not allow that to happen again." Yu Jingchen did not expect to say such a sentence. After he finished speaking, he was stunned.

"That won't do, Your Majesty. What's the value of your promise? I haven't forgotten how you nearly killed Yun'er when she returned before I came back. If Your Majesty has forgotten, then I can remind you now," the Empress Dowager said.

Yu Jingchen fell silent; there was no way he could refute this.

"Your Majesty, how about I go and give you a detailed account right now?" The Empress Dowager waved her hand, and the palace servants around her withdrew, except for Xinglai who... well, persisted.

However, when the Empress Dowager looked at him, he couldn't resist and, seeing that Yu Jingchen seemed to have no objections, he also withdrew.

Only the Empress Dowager and Yu Jingchen remained in the room.

"It seems Your Majesty has truly forgotten, so I will speak to Your Majesty properly. First, does Your Majesty know how many hurtful things you have said to Yun'er? Insults, belittlings, and angry curses?"

"Secondly, how much of Yun'er's effort did Your Majesty waste? How many of the gifts she made for you by hand, the things she prepared herself, did you throw away? Oh, you didn't keep a single one, did you?"

"Thirdly, how much injustice has Yun'er suffered because of you? How many people have trampled on her? How much cold has she endured? How much hunger has she gone through? How much hardship has she suffered? How many tears has she shed? How many wounds has she endured?"

"Fourthly, how many scoldings and punishments did Yun'er suffer under His Majesty? Demotion, forced kneeling, forced copying, slapping, flogging, whipping, caning, and even being sent to the Department of Cautious Punishment, where she was subjected to all sorts of abuse, including needle torture, water torture, sleep deprivation, and being locked up with wolves and dogs in a dark, damp, and cold room, with rats and insects as her companions..."

"The fifth point... the cold palace, flesh and blood, family, and the sword that killed her for you..."