"I really don't understand what they want to do. They have the secret edict and the imperial seal, but the Western Rong people are not legitimate. Even if they kill me, they cannot rightfully inherit the throne."
"It wasn't until you said that the person behind the scenes was the Empress Dowager that I suddenly realized that the mastermind behind it all was the rightful and legitimate Empress Dowager, my mother!"
When Emperor Guangqi reached this point, he was utterly dejected, tears streaming down his face like a burst dam. Suddenly, he laughed, his voice deep and desolate:
"If she has my secret letter and the imperial seal, and then kills me, the Western Rong can take control of the entire Daqian without lifting a finger or losing a single soldier."
"By then, Da Gan won't even need to fight. My overall plan will be useless. Da Gan will be destroyed and its people wiped out by the Western Rong people."
As Emperor Guangqi spoke, he almost fell off his chair: "Mother, Mother..."
What exactly do you want to do?
"I am your own son... Mother..."
This was the first time Pei Yunyi had ever seen Emperor Guangqi so distraught. He was crying like a child because he had been betrayed by the person he loved most.
He finally understood why Emperor Guangqi did not allow him to get involved in the case and why he avoided talking about the past.
It is conceivable that someone as proud as an emperor could not bear the thought that his son had discovered that his wrong decisions had caused his empress, along with her unborn child, to be left in exile among the common people, their fate unknown.
How could he possibly bear the fact that the Western Rong spy, whom everyone in the world despised, was his own mother, with whom he shared blood?
Pei Yunyi slowly lowered his eyes, then strode forward and helped the distraught Emperor Guangqi back onto the dragon throne.
At that very moment, a eunuch rushed into the palace to report, his eyes flashing with panic and fear: "Your Majesty! The Empress Dowager is not in the palace!"
"She went to the imperial palace today, saying she would be practicing her spiritual cultivation there..."
It was clearly him; he also knew that things were in serious trouble.
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