Her expression suddenly turned cold, and she said, "So what if you don't have the demeanor of an empress? You've still been empress for nearly 20 years. Do you regret it now?"

Seeing the emperor remain silent on the bed, the empress's resentment intensified, and she sneered, "You do want your beloved Consort Zheng to be empress, but does she have the destiny for it?"

Upon hearing the name Consort Zheng, the emperor's face darkened considerably.

The empress, adorned with jade hairpins, seemed to feel that this wasn't enough to provoke the old emperor, so she spoke again, "Do you know how happy I was when I found out that you had personally poisoned your beloved Consort Zheng?"

"Hahahaha, I drank a few extra drinks to celebrate that night."

When Wu Chenxi heard the name Consort Zheng on the rooftop, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, her hands clenched into fists, and her breathing became heavier.

Upon hearing the unusual breathing of the person beside him, Ning Qing immediately looked up and stared at him. He saw that the person seemed to have turned several degrees colder upon hearing the laughter coming from the house below, with a chilling murderous intent in his eyes.

Ning Qing reached out and placed her hand on his fist, offering silent comfort.

At that moment, the emperor's roar came from inside the room, "Shut up, you wicked woman, shut your mouth!"

He then shouted towards the door, "Guards, guards, drag this wicked woman away from me!"

The Empress scoffed, "Don't waste your energy. Your Imperial Guards are all under my command now."

As he spoke, he pulled a small token from his sleeve and waved it in front of the old emperor.

The emperor stretched out a trembling arm, trying to snatch the token in front of him, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach it. Furious, he clenched his fist and slammed it onto the brocade quilt.

The emperor retorted, "Do you think they would betray me so easily? How shallow."

The Empress remained calm. "Whether it's easy or not, let's put that aside for now. The fact is that you can't call anyone."

emperor……

A smile appeared on the Empress's face. "Let's talk about your Consort Zheng first."

The emperor's eyes were icy, his face full of disgust. "Don't mention that slut in front of me."

The Empress's eyes were full of malice. "Bitch? Isn't she your favorite concubine now? Didn't you want to depose me as Empress and let that bitch take the throne?"

At this point, the resentment in the Empress's eyes was about to burst forth. "We were childhood sweethearts, and we were bound together in our youth. To help you ascend the throne, my family and I gave everything, including my father's life and my unborn son who died young."

The Empress continued through gritted teeth, tears welling in her eyes, "And what about you? You sat on the dragon throne and put on the dragon robe, and in the blink of an eye you forgot all the vows we made. Every three years there's a grand election, and every two years a minor election. When you were embracing those little vixens, did you ever think about me, lying awake in the cold night, tears streaming down my face, repeatedly recalling the past to try and warm my gradually icy heart?"

At this point, a malicious glint suddenly flashed in his eyes, "Let me tell you the truth, your Consort Zheng's lover is actually a fake, hahahaha, I had someone frame her."

Upon hearing this, the old emperor's pupils contracted slightly, his face filled with disbelief. He raised a trembling finger and pointed at the empress, "You... what did you say? Say it again."

With tears still wet on her face, the Empress smiled broadly and said, word by word, "I sent people to frame your beloved Consort Zheng for adultery, and you, without investigating or asking any questions, directly sentenced her to death and ordered her to drink poison. Do you think she hated you when she died?"

The emperor suddenly coughed up a mouthful of black blood, as if all his life force had been drained away, and he aged more than ten years in an instant. He opened his eyes wide and slowly fell onto the bed, his lips trembling as if he wanted to say something, but he could not make a sound. Water slowly flowed from his open mouth.