Yu Jingchen was not surprised to hear the question. He held Nan Zhiyun on his lap as if he were holding a little girl, and even lifted her up a bit.
"Does Yun'er want to hear the truth?" Yu Jingchen asked.
Upon hearing Yu Jingchen's words, Nan Zhiyun's heart immediately tightened.
"Hmm," Nan Zhiyun nodded nervously.
“At first… I didn’t know.” Yu Jingchen didn’t lie to her, and Nan Zhiyun’s heart jumped.
"Yun'er, the Empress Dowager is very good to you, but only to you. In terms of methods and abilities, there are very few people who can compare to her." Yu Jingchen's words were somewhat earnest.
“But…” Nan Zhiyun wanted to argue, but she found herself unable to utter a rebuttal.
"It was the Empress Dowager who contacted Yu Jing'an, saying she wanted to help him seize the throne, on the condition that your safety, the Nan family's power, and her status be guaranteed," Yu Jingchen said.
Nan Zhiyun felt it didn't seem true, but Yu Jingchen had no reason to make this up to deceive her.
"The Empress Dowager has her own power base. I have people all over the palace, except for Cixi Palace, which is completely blocked. Maybe I can get some information occasionally. But rather than saying they get information, it's more like the Empress Dowager is willing or even deliberately letting me know." Yu Jingchen said this meaningfully, but Nan Zhiyun became more and more confused as she listened.
"What I mean by all this is that if the Empress Dowager didn't want me to know about this, then I wouldn't know. But I did find out anyway, so do you understand what that means?" Yu Jingchen asked her.
Nan Zhiyun understood somewhat, so...
"Did the Empress Dowager deliberately let you know? So... the Empress Dowager didn't intend to hide it from His Majesty; she was on His Majesty's side, right?" Nan Zhiyun asked.
Yu Jingchen smiled and shook his head. Nan Zhiyun was confused again.
"I don't know what the Empress Dowager was thinking at first, but I can say that in the end she chose to stand on your side." Yu Jingchen's choice of words was quite clever; he used "you" instead of "me."
The Empress Dowager will always stand in Nan Zhiyun's position, and the side that favors her will not be the Empress Dowager herself, nor will it be Yu Jingchen.
“I don’t want to lie to you. I don’t trust the Empress Dowager, and I don’t trust your father either. I can’t completely entrust everything to them. So… I’ve arranged people inside and outside the palace this morning. If anything else happens… I won’t hesitate to act.” Yu Jingchen made it very clear.
If it weren't for Commander Chen and his men's defection today, the death toll would have been even higher. Yu Jingchen had already ordered the Dragon Guards to prepare; in fact, outside the Zichen Palace, men lurked with bows and arrows. Had they chosen the wrong path today, they would have been shot on the spot…
Nan Zhiyun was shocked, so... "What about the Empress Dowager? And my father?" Nan Zhiyun couldn't help but ask.
"Sparing their lives is the greatest blessing... Yun'er, in this world, especially in my position, the one thing you can't afford to be soft-hearted. Just like the two babies you saved today with your gold medal, they didn't do anything, but they are a threat. You can't guarantee that they won't be indifferent to the hatred of their clan's extermination when they grow up." Even if he thinks they deserved it, they are still their flesh and blood, so... can he really not care? Yu Jingchen himself certainly wouldn't believe it.
Nan Zhiyun fell silent...
Yu Jingchen was guiding her slowly, but whether Nan Zhiyun could understand or accept it was another matter entirely.
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