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Chapter 963 Tell me what's on your mind
From that day on, Xie Yuan has been very indifferent to Shen Liuzhen. She has been thinking whether there is really no way to win this battle only by sacrificing so many people.

At the beginning, if she persisted a little longer, advised His Majesty more, and relied on her stamina to make the Emperor unhappy, what would be the result?
After much deliberation, the emperor is also a person, he cannot always be wise and powerful, he also has his own feelings, and likes to benefit his important people.

It's just that the object of giving is different, and the result is different.

The importance of the Empress Dowager Bao to the emperor is that she is an elder who takes care of him and is a relative.

How could she shake the position of relatives in His Majesty's heart with just a few words of advice?
Your Majesty lost his mother from birth, and his beloved father and grandfather died tragically one after another when he was a teenager.Still such an absurd and desperate way to die.

If she, Xie Yuan, had gone through such a thing, she couldn't say what kind of psychology she would be in.

Maybe, just like the emperor, he desperately longs for an ordinary and ordinary family relationship.

It is precisely because of this that it is impossible for an ordinary small mistake to shake the position of the Empress Dowager Bao.

It was also because of this that Shen Liuzhen pushed the Empress Dowager Bao and Hua Shi to an extreme mistake step by step, so that His Majesty had to make a choice between family affection and community.

The result was just as Liu Zhen expected, His Majesty made a correct choice.

But... Those innocent people who suffered the disaster really made Xie Yuan feel uncomfortable.

Before she could figure it out, His Majesty decided to return to Pingcheng.

When everything was ready and was about to leave, the Empress Dowager Bao spoke and rejected the proposal to follow the emperor back to the palace.

It was still the same hall, but without the big scene at that time, only the Empress Dowager Bao and her maid prepared a table of very ordinary meals.It seemed very deserted.

In a month, the Empress Dowager Bao lost a lot of weight, her complexion and eyes were dull and lifeless, the emperor couldn't bear to see it, and still said:

"Mommy, go back to the palace with me. There are many imperial physicians in the palace who can take good care of your body."

The Empress Dowager Bao raised her eyes from the food, but her eyelids were heavy, she only lifted halfway, and said coldly:

"I'm heartbroken, unless the emperor brings my son Huashi back to life."

Emperor Ulay fell silent.

Queen Mother Bao said:
"When you came, I happily prepared a banquet to welcome you. Who knew that when you came, you didn't eat any food, but directly stabbed me in the chest. Let's eat now. After this meal, we don't need to see each other again." gone."

"Mum..." Emperor Ulei called out, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Shen Liuzhen, who was accompanying the emperor, squinted his eyes slightly, and thought bitterly in his heart: This old woman is deliberately trying to make the emperor feel guilty, and she is selling miserably every sentence, which is really abhorrent.

The current atmosphere is not suitable for him to speak. After we part for a while, he must tell the emperor not to fall into the trap of the empress dowager!
Emperor Wu Lei's eyes were red, and he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the dishes. The little eunuch next to him stopped him, tried the silver needles on everyone's dishes one by one, including the wine, and paid for every dish. .

Both the emperor and the empress dowager watched the long process.

Suddenly, the Empress Dowager Bao sneered and said:

"When the emperor was young, how many things I made with my own hands did he eat, and he was never so careful. Why? Now that he killed my son, he felt guilty. He didn't even dare to eat the food I cooked, for fear that I would harm you?"

Wu Lei's heart turned cold when he heard the Queen Mother Bao's cold, sarcastic tone. He raised his wine glass to respect her, and said sadly:

"Mom, Yu private, I made you sad by doing this. I'm sorry for you. But Yu Gong, I don't feel guilty at all. I once said that as long as Hua Shi is honest and does not break the law, I am willing to give him glory and wealth and let him Live comfortably for a lifetime. However, he has committed many evils and threatened the stability of my country, so I have no choice but to get rid of him."

Emperor Wu Lei's last sentence was categorical. After finishing speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. After drinking, he turned the bottom of the glass to the Empress Dowager Bao, with an extremely magnanimous posture.

It's just that his deep eyes were already red and wet with tears, he pursed his lips as if enduring the pain, looking at the Empress Dowager Bao as if praying.

Seeing the emperor like this, Shen Liuzhen and Xie Yuan on the other side looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

The Empress Dowager Bao looked at the emperor, suddenly smiled, the smile was very mocking, sighed and said:

"These days I've been thinking about what I'm going to do... After thinking about it, I always think about the past, thinking over and over again. Finally, I thought, anyway, my son Huashi is gone, and I am no longer alone There is nothing to be scruples about, simply, just tell His Majesty what's on your mind."

The emperor put down his wine glass, raised his hand to wipe the moisture from his eyes, smiled bitterly, and said:

"I claim to be not a violent person, and I am quite tolerant to those around me. I have never condemned me because I don't want to listen to something, especially you, Mom... So, did you still hide what was in your heart? ?... What is it?"

The Empress Dowager Bao looked at him, narrowed her eyes slightly, shook her head and said:
"Of course there are, why not?... You were born in a high position and have the power to kill others. Your life is different from ours...

Let me tell you, you think you've tolerated a lot... that's actually what other people said after much deliberation.The only ones who really tell the truth are those who are not afraid of death... How many people are there who are not afraid of death? "

Hearing this, the emperor raised his deep eyes and looked at her, as if he had never seen her before.

Her words suddenly filled him with fear and chills all over his body.

He examined the expression of Empress Dowager Bao, and asked anxiously:

"Mommy means... you used to take care of me and treat me well, are you... all fake? How is that possible? I'm not a fool. I can feel the difference between being true and false to me... I I know, I am naturally not as good as your own, and I have never thought of being better than..."

The Empress Dowager Bao hugged her sleeves, looked at Ulay's frightened face, smiled lovingly, and said:
"Of course it can't all be fake... When your majesty was young, he was cute, obedient, and very likable. I'm not hard-hearted. But, what you don't know is that when I looked at your face, I saw With your fine clothes and fine food, living in a palace, I can always think of my own poor child."

She looked at the emperor with desolate eyes, and then said:

"...I told His Majesty what I was like at home later."

Emperor Ulay let out a long sigh and said:

"As I said, it's very poor and miserable... In order to prevent foreign relatives from arbitrating power, my biological mother died. The nanny who was hired to take care of me was naturally the most powerless and lonely person with no relatives."

(End of this chapter)