Hearing this, Feng Changye paused and suddenly looked up at the Empress Dowager.
That look was as cold as a sharp blade covered with frost!
Another imperial decree? Ha!
Every time he had the slightest opinion of his own, his mother would ask for his father's imperial edict to suppress him. Did she really think he would never lose his temper in his life?
"Mother, what is the purpose of the imperial edict?"
Feng Changye slowly stood up and looked down at the empress dowager.
He curled his lips coldly.
"You don't really think that, no matter what, at any time, as long as you present the imperial edict left by our father, I will definitely surrender, right?"
"You must understand that the imperial edict is just a dead object. It cannot make me surrender. What makes me surrender to you time and time again is my respect for my father and my filial piety towards you!"
"But mother—"
He stared into the Queen Mother's eyes and spoke word by word!
"If you insist on exhausting my filial piety and respect, then I don't mind being a disobedient person—"
Having said that, he glanced coldly at the palace maid who was about to ask for the imperial edict.
"If my mother dares to bring out the imperial edict today, I will also dare to set it on fire and put an end to it once and for all!"
His powerful words frightened the palace maid so much that she dropped to her knees and never dared to ask for the imperial edict again.
The Queen Mother did not expect him to suddenly explode like this!
She stared at him in disbelief, subconsciously scolding him—
"Feng Changye! How dare you! If you burn the imperial edict left by your father, you will be disrespecting the late emperor! You are being disobedient and unfilial! You will be condemned by thousands of people, and your infamy will be recorded in history books for eternity!"
Feng Changye sneered.
In history, hasn’t he been known as a tyrant for thousands of years?
He has been infamous for thousands of years, what is there to be afraid of?
"Thousands of people are pointing fingers at me, but that's just outsiders pointing fingers! If you go too far, I'll kill them all with my sword! The infamy that will last for eternity will only happen after I die. I've already closed my eyes, so why would I care about the flood!"
He looked directly into the Queen Mother's eyes.
"But your aggressive pressure, mother, is right before my eyes. It happens almost every three to five days. It is what makes me most frustrated and sad! If a single act of disobedience and unfilial behavior can buy me a peaceful life, then what harm will it do me to disobey you once?"
The Empress Dowager was so shocked by his words that she couldn't utter a word!
She pressed her chest tightly and stared at him with a pale face!
He also stood there with a cold air, and had no intention of admitting his mistake at all!
The mother and son just faced each other and were in a stalemate. For a while, the bedroom was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Such dead silence made Zhu Wuhuan put away his lazy attitude and become solemn.
She side-eyed and looked quietly at the tall man standing beside her.
Clearly, his behavior just now was very similar to the image of a cold-blooded and brutal tyrant in history books. But she didn't know if there was something wrong with her. She didn't find his behavior disgusting at all. Instead...
A little bit of excitement!
So handsome, so cool, so domineering!
If the people he killed violently were all deserving of death, then she would never again call him a dog tyrant!
If the people he attacked and killed were as trash as this queen mother, then she would have to applaud him and praise him for doing a good job!
What a pity...
According to historical records, many of the people he killed in the next three years were loyal and good ministers, and he was wrong.
Feng Changye listened to Zhu Wuhuan's inner voice, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
Aren’t all the wrong things he did in history still happening now?
Didn't God let her come to him so that he could make up for the wrong things he had done?
He didn't want to be a tyrant. The affairs of the court were complicated. If he was careless, he might kill a good person by mistake, which was not what he wanted.
Now that he has the opportunity to make amends, how could he be so stubborn and refuse to change?
Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Feng Changye looked at the Empress Dowager again.
He broke the deadlock.
"Restorate well, mother. The Queen and I will be leaving first and will come to see you later."
After saying this, he bowed and walked away, grabbing Zhu Wuhuan's wrist.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she clutched her clothes tightly around her chest, but she didn't dare to call him to stop, let alone ask for an imperial edict to suppress him.
She slowly looked at the ceiling of the bed, tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.
"The traitor..."
"Feng Changye, you rebellious son..."
…
After leaving Shoukang Palace, neither of them rode in a sedan chair, but walked side by side in the quiet corridor.
The warm sunlight sprinkled on the shoulders of the two men. Zhu Wuhuan glanced sideways and saw that he seemed less gloomy and less violent in the sunlight.
She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Your Majesty, what kind of person was the late emperor in private? Why would such a wise man leave behind such an imperial edict before his death?"
She added softly, "He and the Queen Mother have been married for many years. Doesn't he know how difficult your life will be once the Queen Mother has that imperial edict?"
Feng Changye slowly stopped.
He glanced sideways at Zhu Wuhuan, then looked at the blue sky, recalling to himself the words his father had told him before he died, clutching his hand tightly.
…
That was seven years ago. My father, who had been bedridden for three months, could no longer hold on.
While he was still conscious, my father asked the regent to read the edict of succession, and then dismissed everyone except him.
His father's bony hands held him tightly.
"Ye'er, my father has one more wish. You must agree to it and act like my father. Please..."
"Ye'er, father knows that with your mother's current temper, you will definitely not be able to tolerate her for long. Sooner or later, the relationship between you and her will be completely severed, and even..."
"What my father is asking of you is that you must promise my father. No matter what your mother does in the future, you must spare her life. You must let her live and die of old age..."
"If one day in the future, you suddenly discovered that your mother had changed, that she had suddenly become gentle, virtuous, tolerant, and kind, that she would hug you and call you 'Long'er', and that she would burst into tears when she mentioned your father's name..."
"Then, you must come to the tomb of the Emperor and tell him the news."
"Father has been waiting for fourteen years..."
"Father didn't live to see this day. After he dies, you must tell him..."
"Don't do that. It will make my father regret forever..."
After saying this, my father died with tears in his eyes.
Until he died, he was still looking at the sky outside the window, as if waiting for someone who would never come back.
…The memories fade away.
Feng Changye blinked several times very quickly, suppressing the bitterness in his eyes.
He curled his lips and chuckled, answering Zhu Wuhuan's question.
"Why did Father leave such an imperial edict? Because in Father's eyes, the Queen Mother is gentle, virtuous, tolerant, and kind. She loves him very much, and she also loves me..."
He glanced sideways and met Zhu Wuhuan's incredulous eyes, and chuckled.
"Who can believe it, right? I don't believe it either. The queen mother he mentioned is completely different from the queen mother in front of us—"
He shook his head, smiled, and took two steps forward.
Suddenly, he realized something and stopped abruptly!
He suddenly turned around and looked at Zhu Wuhuan!
Judge, if, two, people!
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