Yun Qingluo retorted, "If it were really the Emperor who did it, I wouldn't be sitting here calmly discussing this matter with him right now."

Your Majesty is magnanimous; why must you risk the scorn of the world to kill a weak woman like me?

Besides, the fact that I was able to ask the Emperor to make a decision proves that the Emperor didn't do this...

When Yun Qingluo finished speaking, the Emperor visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yun Qingluo slightly curved her lips, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and slowly spoke again:

"Besides, even if it was the Emperor who did it, if the emperor commands a subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die, right, Your Majesty?"

"You bastard!"

"Who gave you the audacity to speak to me like that? Didn't your prince teach you what it means to be wrathful enough to cause the deaths of millions?"

The emperor picked up a teacup from the table and smashed it directly at Yun.

Yun Qingluo was slightly taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

But she did not dodge, and the emperor's expression changed slightly as he looked at Liu Decai.

Liu Decai didn't notice the Emperor's gaze. When he saw the teacup flying towards Yun Qingluo, he immediately rushed over and pushed Yun Qingluo away.

He took the blow himself, and blood immediately started flowing from his forehead.

Yun Qingluo was slightly taken aback, and sighed inwardly at the same time.

It's rare to find such a loyal person by the side of a dog emperor.

When Yun Qingluo saw the teacup flying towards her, she instinctively wanted to dodge it, but then she realized that leaving the palace with a head injury would surely arouse the people's suspicion of the emperor.

She's already figured out the headline for tomorrow's biggest news story in Beijing.

Unfortunately, Liu Decai saw through her plan and blocked the teacup for her in time.

Yun Qingluo felt no sympathy for Liu Decai, whose head was covered in blood. She would never forget how arrogantly he had treated her family at the General's Mansion.

The emperor glanced at Liu Decai, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Liu Decai didn't even dare to wipe the blood from his forehead, and knelt on the ground begging the emperor to calm his anger.

The Emperor glanced at Yun Qingluo gently and said slowly, "Princess Consort, one should always be grateful and repay kindness."

Yun Qingluo pretended not to understand the meaning behind the emperor's words, and instead smiled and said, "Isn't that right? As a person, you should know how to repay kindness and know whose shoulders you have to step on to get everything you have."

The emperor's expression changed, and the anger he had finally managed to suppress surged up again.

He pointed at the clouds that were falling for a long time, but couldn't utter a single word.

Finally, he turned his back to Yun Qingluo, took a deep breath, and after calming down, asked in a low voice, "What? Does Ninth Prince also believe that I was the one who assassinated you?"

Yun Qinglu raised an eyebrow. "Your Majesty is slandering my Prince. But anyone with eyes can see whose it is. Since Your Majesty is unwilling to make the decision, then I will accept my fate."

The emperor turned around, leaned on the table, and stared coldly at Yun Qingluo, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.

"Your Highness, please watch your attitude!" the Emperor roared.

Yun Qingluo stood up and looked directly at the Emperor. "I wonder if Your Majesty has ever seen hundreds of thousands of dead souls pleading for justice for you in your midnight dreams. But Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, protected by the aura of the dragon. How could such evil spirits possibly get close to Your Majesty?"

"Let's not beat around the bush. My father is loyal to the court, and he has done right by the people and the emperor. Your Majesty, why do you keep pressuring him?" Yun Qingluo asked, speaking her mind.

The Emperor sneered, "It's truly remarkable that the Princess Consort is finally willing to speak her mind. Why should I force him? Did I force him? He has done nothing wrong to the people, but does the Princess Consort know which emperor he is loyal to?"

Yun Qinglu felt a chill in her heart and looked up at the emperor, whose face was filled with gloom, behind the desk.

Suddenly, she laughed, a sarcastic laugh.

The Emperor was slightly taken aback.

How ironic.

The Yun family were loyal ministers for three generations, serving the imperial court for generations. Countless Yun family soldiers died on the battlefield.

By the time it came to Yun's father's generation, he was the only son.

Fortunately, the mother gave birth to two older brothers, ensuring the continuation of the family line.

Fearing that the Yun family would have no successor, the mother arranged for one of her two elder brothers to study literature and the other to study martial arts.

How laughable, how pathetic, is this the fate of loyal ministers?

In modern times, when she watches TV dramas and sees loyal ministers and generals being framed, suspected by the emperor, and plotted against and killed by the emperor, she feels sorry but not much emotionally.

After all, there is a gap between TV dramas and reality.

But when I experienced all of this firsthand, I realized how desolate my heart felt.

The father's heart must have been filled with devastation.

In this world, there is no true empathy. You will never know how much pain you are in until you experience it yourself.

Now that this pain has befallen me, I realize just how painful it is.

How long is a person's life? Generations of loyal souls and heroic deeds can be easily erased by a single suspicion from an emperor, eliminating all their life's achievements.

Father, when you reluctantly relinquished power, did you already see through all of this?

However, the daughter couldn't help but feel pain and anger.

How can someone be so greedy?

Father, he took away the Yun family army, he revoked your glory, and now you are just a retired general.

Even so, he still wouldn't let you go. He wouldn't let you attend court meetings, and he allowed outsiders to slander the General's Mansion.

What kind of reputation did this loyal minister earn?

Yun Qingluo suddenly felt a chill in her heart, thinking of Achen from her previous life.

He, too, felt like he was walking on thin ice; was his heart even more desolate?

How could an ordinary person bear the pain of being betrayed by their own brother?

Her Ah Chen suffered too much injustice.

When the Emperor saw Yun Qingluo's expression, which seemed to be on the verge of destroying the world, a sense of fear rose in his heart for a moment.

He immediately realized that he was the emperor, so why would he be afraid of a weak woman?

"What are you laughing at?" The emperor was still a little uneasy.

At that moment, he seemed to see Mo Beichen standing in front of him, looking at him mockingly and saying:

"Brother, I never intended to compete with you for the throne, nor do I care about this position at all. Why must you be so ruthless as to wipe us out?"

Yun Qingluo stopped laughing. "I just thought of something funny. The Emperor is too busy with state affairs to know."

"Does Your Majesty have any further questions? If not, I'll take the children and head back. My parents are waiting for me to come home for dinner."

The emperor looked coldly at this woman who showed no fear of him whatsoever.

"The Regent has disregarded my decree, which is a grave crime. Is the Princess not afraid?"

Yun Qingluo said, "If you are upright and honest, why should you be afraid? There are others who should be afraid. Since you have come back alive, it is time to settle some scores."

"Your Highness, do you wish to settle scores with me?" the Emperor asked bluntly.

Yun Qingluo glanced at the overweight emperor and chuckled, "What I'm going to settle accounts with are naturally those who owe the Regent's Palace and the General's Palace. Does Your Majesty feel that you owe them anything?"

The Emperor looked at Yun Qingluo with a deep gaze, once again regretting that he hadn't killed her back then.

"I have treated the Regent's Palace and the General's Palace well. The reason why I am not allowing the General to attend court now is just a delaying tactic. Once things have calmed down, I will naturally allow the General to attend court," the Emperor said slowly.