Empress Xie smiled faintly and said, "She is innocent, but you are not! I am suffering so much, why should I grant your wish? Don't you love Xu Zhiyan very much? Then I will make you lose your beloved too!"
"You, you scoundrel!" Xie Anfeng cursed, then quickly bowed to His Majesty, "Your subject has overstepped his bounds!"
Even if Empress Xie is bad, it's not his place to scold her.
The two were arguing, but Xie Zhaozhao burst into tears and cried out loud.
"Your Majesty, in my heart, you are the most gentle and loving person. How could you bear to let me be born without a mother?"
Xie Zhaozhao cried, and so did Old Madam Xie.
Empress Xie watched her cry, paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Zhaozhao, in the end, your mother was poisoned to death by Xu Yingrong and Wei Yingzi. I just watched from the sidelines."
Besides, since you were born, I've always loved you as my own daughter, which makes up for that guilt I felt.
"No matter how much love my aunt has, it can't compare to my birth mother's. Do you know that from childhood until now, I have prayed in the temple on every birthday, feeling guilty that my birth caused my mother to lose her life?"
"Yes, I am no match for your biological mother. And you, no matter how well I treat you, you are not my biological daughter."
Empress Xie gave a desolate laugh. "Right now, you shouldn't be speaking, yet you're crying and questioning me about why I persecuted your birth mother. Xie Zhaozhao, the Xie family treated you like a pawn, but you chose to abandon me to protect the Xie clan!"
Madam Xie retorted angrily, "You don't need to morally blackmail Zhaozhao! Now, besides His Majesty, who can protect you?"
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