Di Qingtian looked at Di Qingyu, who had already stopped breathing, with a look of pity and regret. In order to prevent future troubles, killing all of them was a worthwhile sacrifice for Di Qingyu.
Di Qingtian looked at the surrounded crowd and said, "Well, is there anything you want to say before you die? I can grant your wish."
To his surprise, these people completely ignored him. It was Rong Qi who stepped forward and pressed Di Qingtian to tell him everything he had done in the past.
Di Qingtian wasn't that foolish; he wouldn't say it in front of so many people. The fewer people who knew about it, the better. Even if he was the emperor, there were bound to be people who would sabotage him behind his back.
Even if they find out, so what? If you don't admit it, it won't become evidence of a crime.
"Alright, if you have nothing to say, then forget it. Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law, you shouldn't have gotten involved."
Ye Pianpian, who was standing nearby, was about to retort when she heard Di Qingtian's words, but Zong Yan pulled her back, signaling her to calm down and that they would be fine; it was Di Qingtian who would be in trouble.
Upon hearing Di Qingtian's words, Di Xiao's face was filled with disappointment: "Brother, even now, you still don't know how to repent. We originally thought that if you admitted what you did before, we could plead for you. Now, not only do you not admit it, but you also plan to wipe these people out in one fell swoop. Brother, you really have a good plan."
Di Qingtian waved his hand: "No need for more nonsense. You're all not leaving today anyway, so don't make any more futile struggles. Maybe I can even leave you with a whole corpse."
Emperor Xiao sneered: "A complete corpse? Your Majesty's words are a bit premature. Does Your Majesty think we came to this banquet unprepared?"
Di Qingtian narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by that, Sixth Brother?"
"What I mean is, are our lives more important, or are the concubines and children in Your Majesty's harem more important?"
Di Qingtian laughed heartily: "So that's why you all came to the appointment so readily today. It turns out you had this planned all along. I'm afraid you've already taken control of the harem, and the Empress Dowager too?"
"Mother, you are old and frail, we will not control you."
Actually, the Empress Dowager originally wanted Di Xiao to become emperor, but Di Xiao had no such intention, and Di Qingtian was pressuring her. For the sake of the Holy Feather Kingdom, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to compromise. If the Empress Dowager hadn't agreed, Di Qingtian would have had to kill her to seize the throne, but she ultimately agreed. This is why Di Qingtian has kept the Empress Dowager alive until now.
"Since that's the case, then I have nothing to worry about. I was able to sit on this throne more than ten years ago, and I can do it again more than ten years later. As for those concubines and children, let them go. They were just unlucky and born at the wrong time, just like you."
After saying his last words, Di Qingtian glanced at Rong Qi.
Rong Qi sneered: "Since that's the case, then I have nothing to hold back anymore. Let's kill them all."
Rong Qi was about to give the order when Feng Qinghuang stopped him.
"Aqi, can you wait for me a moment?"
Rong Qi nodded instinctively upon hearing her words.
Seeing him nod, Feng Qinghuang took out a magnolia hairpin from her sleeve and walked up to Di Qingtian.
"Your Majesty, do you recognize this hairpin?"
Di Qingtian's initially disdainful gaze suddenly turned excited upon seeing the hairpin.
"How did you come to have this hairpin? Where is its owner?"
Di Qingtian reached out to snatch it, but Feng Qinghuang wouldn't let him succeed. She quickly withdrew her hand and put it in her bosom.
"This hairpin was given to me by someone I saved before. She said it was very important to her, but it's also very important to you, right?"
Upon hearing her words, Di Qingtian said dismissively, "It's just a broken hairpin, what's so important about it? Hairpins like this are probably everywhere."
Feng Qinghuang nodded, took out the hairpin and examined it repeatedly: "Oh, is that so? Since it's so cheap, I don't need it. I'll just smash it."
"You dare."
Feng Qinghuang turned to look at him: "This is my thing, why wouldn't I dare?"
Di Qingtian looked at the little girl in front of him and found it hard to imagine why that person would give her the hairpin. Even if it was a life-saving favor, there was no need to do so.
"Young lady, if you return the hairpin to me, I'll spare your life, how about that?"
Feng Qinghuang shook her head: "No, does His Majesty not want to know what the owner of the hairpin said to me after giving it to me?"
Di Qingtian didn't want to know, because now was not the time. Couldn't this young girl choose a different occasion and reminisce with him later?
He also wanted to know how the person he hadn't seen for many years, whom he had searched for everywhere, had met this little girl in front of him, and even gave her the hairpin.
This hairpin was his mother's keepsake, and also a token of his love for that person. He chose his mother's heirloom, the most important thing to him, as a token of his love to reassure her, because he couldn't give her unique love. But even if she left in anger, he shouldn't have given it away so easily.
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