Xue Zhiyi understood the meaning of his words. Sui Yunlang was asking to what extent the emperor wanted to be treated.
Xue Zhiyi rolled up the imperial edict in her hand and placed it on the candlelight, letting the flames devour it. Her expression unconsciously became cold.
"If you keep him alive, his eyes can see and his ears can hear, but his mouth cannot speak, and he can hardly control his body. He is like a withered tree, and life is worse than death."
Only when the fire fell to the ground and turned into ashes did Xue Zhiyi smile and ask, "Can you do it?"
Sui Yunlang was stunned for a while before nodding: "Okay, okay..."
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On that day, the news that "Prince Gong forced the emperor to abdicate and was executed on the spot, and His Majesty was frightened and seriously ill" spread to the court.
Xue Zhiyi returned to Jianzhang Palace and took the initiative to apologize to the empress dowager.
She knew that what she had done, even if she had ten thousand legitimate reasons, could not change the fact that the one who died was the empress dowager's grandson, and the one who was disabled was the empress dowager's own son.
What's more, the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother of Dayong, and she disrupted the political order of Dayong and rebelled against the Gu family. If the Queen Mother wanted to blame her, she would have nothing to say, but she would never regret her actions today, nor would she stop her next actions because of anyone.
After the Queen Mother knew this, she was silent for a long time, and her cloudy and old eyes seemed to have seen through a lot.
"Did you know? The blood of the Yong emperors throughout history seeps through the cracks in the bricks of this palace." Her eyes gazed dimly out the window, where the sky after the rain was enclosed by the red walls and green tiles. "Son kills father, brother kills brother. This has happened over and over again, too many times. Finally, the same thing happened to my own son."
She withdrew her gaze and fell on Xue Zhiyi, who was now kneeling in front of her: "Do you want me to forgive you?"
Xue Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, he lowered his eyes and said nothing.
"But how can we forgive the soldiers on the front lines who were put in danger because of his groundless suspicion? Wuyou fought desperately, but the imperial decree for his death lay on the imperial desk. How can we forgive him? And how can we forgive my daughter, who was forced to death by him?"
A tear suddenly fell from the empress dowager's eyes. She stretched out her hand towards Xue Zhiyi. Xue Zhiyi was surprised, placed his hands in her palms, and crawled forward on his knees.
"I originally thought that you two could live a peaceful life, but now that something like this has happened, you have already placed yourselves in the vortex of power. If you are not careful, you will be wiped out. You will never have anything to do with the peaceful life of an ordinary family again..."
She choked up in her throat, "You must do a million times better than the emperor, otherwise, your end will be even more tragic than his."
Her hand wiped away the tears from Xue Zhiyi's eyes: "Grandma is a person who is about to be buried. She is already tired, but Grandma doesn't want to see you buried here too. Do you understand?"
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