"The Empress has learned from past lessons. Besides, Rong Jin is a princess, not a prince. The Empress will not put too much pressure on her; she will only love and cherish her."
No matter how the Empress Dowager tried to persuade him, Hongli refused to budge. Coincidentally, at that moment, Grand Secretary Neqin was outside requesting an audience, and Hongli directly summoned him into the palace.
They wanted to discuss politics, and the Empress Dowager had no choice but to leave first.
After discussing state affairs, Hongli still couldn't suppress the burning anger in his heart. He believed that this matter had to be dealt with swiftly and decisively, and that the Empress and Empress Dowager's hopes had to be completely dashed!
After careful consideration, Hongli ordered the emperor to proceed to Changchun Palace.
Yu Ying was waiting in the palace for good news from the Empress Dowager when, unexpectedly, Hongli arrived!
Seeing Hongli's fury, Yuying took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty, I have no ill intentions. I just want to raise the little princess. She looks so much like Bao'er! She must be Bao'er's reincarnation, wanting to continue our mother-daughter bond."
Hongli's lips twitched slightly, veins throbbed on his forehead, and he looked at her as if she were a madwoman, his disgust barely concealed.
"Empress! You're spouting nonsense again! Rong Jin is Yu Shan's daughter, not your Bao'er. Bao'er is gone. There's no such thing as reincarnation in this world; it's all just your delusion!"
“Yes!” Yu Ying said with great certainty, “People can be reincarnated after they die. A few days ago, I dreamed of Bao’er. She kept crying and calling for me, saying she would come to visit me. As luck would have it, I saw her yesterday. She came to recognize me!”
Her eyes widened, her expression resolute, and her mysterious demeanor made Hongli increasingly suspicious of her.
"I'm telling you clearly, Bao'er is gone, Yonglian is gone, all your children are gone! You are destined to be childless, all your children will die because of you, you are an unlucky person, completely unsuitable to raise children! They do not belong to you, and I will never allow you to take Yushan's children away!"
Hongli's words were like a long whip, each lash lashing at her heart, leaving a bloody welt with every word. Recalling the scene of losing her two children, Yuying's heart was torn apart, and she was in unbearable pain.
"Impossible! No way, I wasn't destined to be childless, it was just an accident. I didn't bring misfortune to Bao'er, I didn't harm Yonglian! Bao'er, Yonglian! Don't hate your mother, I really didn't harm you!"
Hongli, standing with his hands behind his back, coldly watched her weep bitterly, without feeling a pang of sympathy, and refused to step forward to comfort her.
If Yu Ying hadn't set her sights on Rong Jin, Hongli could have kept the Empress as a figurehead. But since she actually had the idea of snatching the child, then he shouldn't blame her for being ruthless and heartless!
He knew perfectly well that the Empress's weakness was her children, which is why he deliberately used the children to provoke her, driving her to madness, and then seized the opportunity to issue an imperial decree.
"By imperial decree, the Empress has suffered a mental breakdown and is now insane. She is to be sent to the Cold Palace for proper care and recuperation!"
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