If only the long wind of last night could have passed, leaving only sorrow and heartbreak in the human world.

Emperor Hui was somewhat moved and said softly, "I am sorry to the Empress."

Empress Xie laughed heartily: "Of course you've wronged me!! You summoned Consort Qing, gave her a cup of poisoned wine, and even ordered the slaughter of her entire clan in front of me to avenge my son. Shouldn't I be grateful to you? Yes, although I was heartbroken at that time, I couldn't say anything more! But—"

Seeing how pitiful she was, Lan Lin gave that Consort Qing a drug to make her appear dead.

Consort Qing was abandoned in a mass grave, and Lan Lin found someone to pick her up.

Empress Xie then realized that His Majesty had arranged for Consort Qing to deliberately fall in front of her.

"How cruel you are! If you hate me so much, why did you still allow me to enter the palace?"

"Nonsense! Why don't you say it was Consort Qing's revenge against you? You've become disloyal to me, so she succeeded in her revenge!" Emperor Hui roared in anger. "You colluded with Lan Lin, causing chaos in the court! How dare you!!"

Empress Xie laughed again: "I will never be a mother in this life. I have four children, and none of them have ever seen a single blade of grass or a tree in this world... It's no use asking anyone, not even Heaven. So what do I have to worry about?"

"So you raised Dong Qin, this traitor, to help you plot rebellion?"

"Raise?" Empress Xie turned to look at Dong Qin, who had already been beaten by the Imperial City Guard and Zhou Shaoyu, resulting in broken legs and arms.

Dongqin looked at her like a son looking at his mother. Even though he was in unbearable pain, he still gave Empress Xie a warm smile.

Dongqin shouted at Emperor Hui, "You killed my parents, and I'm here to avenge them! The soldiers are mine, and I killed them; it has nothing to do with the Empress. Spare her!"

Emperor Hui gently tapped the dragon throne and said calmly, "Oh, I killed your parents? Who were your parents?"

Xie Anfeng and Madam Xie lowered their eyes, their clothes soaked with cold sweat.