"Do you think I made your brother emperor for my own sake?" The Empress Dowager seemed to age a lot in an instant, and her voice became hoarse.
“Isn’t that right?” Chu Tan’er retorted. “My brother never wanted to be emperor. Didn’t he just want my eldest brother to ascend the throne? If it weren’t for your intervention, my brother would never be in that high position now.”
The Empress Dowager calmed her breathing and spoke coldly: "It seems you also remember that your elder brother was not favored. Like him, you and I were not favored by the late Emperor."
"Yes, I did want to become Empress Dowager and sit on the supreme throne, but it was still for you!"
"Have you ever thought about whether you, as an unfavored princess, will still be able to live as freely and happily as you do now if the eldest prince really does ascend the throne in the end?
"Do you think you can still get the title of Princess? Do you think you can still choose your husband at will? Do you think you can still stand here and tell me that you want to be Empress Dowager?"
"At that time, your life will be like the most tattered leaf. You will have to marry whomever the emperor tells you to marry, and you will have to die wherever the emperor tells you to die."
"Without my scheme to help your brother ascend the throne, you would now be the virtuous wife of some unknown minister."
Chu Tan'er was stunned.
She had never thought about that aspect.
But she could tell from her mother's expression that her mother was not lying.
In an instant, the ferocious look on her face gradually disappeared.
"Mother..." Chu Tan'er gave in, timidly tugging at the Empress Dowager's sleeve, "I only lost my temper with you because I was too upset about Ziyao's matter. What I said just now was not my true feelings."
Seeing that she had restrained herself, the Empress Dowager softened her tone, "I didn't want to tell you these things. It's enough that you can be a carefree princess and enjoy wealth and honor."
"Not enough, not enough," Chu Tan'er said hurriedly. "If it were before, I would definitely listen to Mother, but not now. My brother will not let Ziyao go. Ziyao will definitely die. If he dies, my son Xun'er and I will be all alone and will not be able to live a peaceful life."
The Empress Dowager looked at her silently.
Chu Tan'er quickly added, "Mother, please help your daughter. As long as Xun'er becomes the emperor, I will be the Empress Dowager, and you will still be the supreme Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager sighed, "Why do you think I came here?"
Chu Tan'er looked puzzled. "Why?"
The Empress Dowager said frankly, "Of course it's for your sake."
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