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  "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" The Empress Dowager asked haughtily from one side.

  The words were inquiring but didn't have a bit of intention to know the answer.

  Zong Zhengjin didn't mind sitting on the other side, "Isn't it obvious that the Empress Dowager already knew?"

  "I raised you up, but how do you repay me? Are you not afraid of becoming a laughing stock among the common people? I have never taught you to be so ungrateful." The Empress Dowager's tone was calm, as if she had not taken him seriously.

  Zong Zheng Jin hooked the corner of his mouth "That's also too late, Empress Dowager is indeed a good mother, you raised me to grow up not only let me live and grow up but also taught me many things now it's time for me to use these things to repay the Empress Dowager"

  The Empress Dowager let out a cold laugh, "The Emperor won't always treat others as fools, will he?"

  "This is something I also want to ask the Empress Dowager," said Zong Zhengjin calmly.

  "Don't forget that Su Jing is pregnant now. You said if..." The effect of leaving the sentence unfinished and letting others guess is always great.

  "The Empress Dowager can try" Zong Zhengjin smiled faintly as if he didn't care at all "Don't forget that Shangguan Mei is also in the palace"

  The empress felt a lump in her heart, although she was somewhat uncomfortable, but there were a few invisible praises in her eyes. This is the child she had painstakingly taught and brought up. Heartless and ruthless, cruel enough to achieve her goals by any means necessary. Although it wasn't a good virtue, it was an indispensable quality for an emperor.

  The benevolence of women is what an emperor least deserves.

  "If I'm forced to a desperate situation, I'd rather both of us perish than let you off"

  Zong Zhengjin coldly snorted "The Empress Dowager can try it out when the time comes"

  "You are more suitable to be the emperor than your father." The empress dowager suddenly sighed, "It's been so many years, I still vaguely remember what your father looked like back then."

  Zong Zhengjin couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions when he thought about his father, the emperor. It was a complex web of feelings - reverence, resentment, love, and hatred - that made him increasingly unwilling to recall him.

  When he was young, he really thought that he was a good emperor who doted on his mother and never scolded him. The frequency of his visits to the Chang Le Palace made him think that the three of them were the only family in the harem.

  But later the queen mother suddenly passed away, and the Chang Le Palace was destroyed. At such a young age, he was forced to change his residence and also changed his queen mother. The only one who could comfort him was his father emperor.

  But his indifference gave him a fatal blow, time and again making him disheartened and time and again making him give up in despair.

  He blamed his mother's death on him, disregarding her last wish and ignoring the only bloodline she left behind. He didn't beat or scold him, but simply coldly ignored him, as if he was a non-existent person in the imperial palace, becoming an invisible being.

  But it wasn't until he ascended to the throne that he gradually came to realize that being an emperor, despite having boundless power and control over the lives of all people under heaven, still had many things that were beyond his control and many unavoidable circumstances.

  He also slowly discovered that his initial indifference was actually a kind of protection for him, and the one who had made the greatest effort to let him grow up safely was not the Empress Dowager but rather the Emperor, whom he had resented as he grew up.

  "You might regret it" Zong Zhengjin suddenly wanted to ask a sentence

  He also couldn't express the kind of emotion he had towards the woman in front of him, who had been complaining and resentful for over twenty years. However, it was always her who helped him when he needed it most, even if there were elements of exploitation involved, but it did happen.

  The empress's expression was somewhat dazed, and she smiled slowly. "I won't regret it, I'm already the empress. They all lost to me, that's enough."

  "Yuan Moye has already become the champion, this is the last thing I did for you. If you are willing to be content with being your empress dowager, I am also willing to let you live in Cining Palace and enjoy your old age."

  The Empress Dowager suddenly smiled and said, "Are you willing to let me live out the rest of my years in peace? If so, I won't mind even if your mother, the Queen, dies and can't close her eyes."

  Zong Zhengjin seemed to have expected this question, his expression unchanged. "I believe that in these twenty-odd years, you have never slept a single sound sleep. Your retribution doesn't necessarily need me to carry it out; it will come eventually."

  The empress carefully observed his expression and didn't find anything out of place. "You are so magnanimous, it's really unlike you."

  Zong Zhengjin didn't respond to her words, got up and left without bowing.

  Liu Momo stood outside and saw him hastily walking in "Empress Dowager"

  "The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, 'You say that His Majesty is like me.'"

  Liu Mu Mu didn't dare to answer, and after a moment of hesitation, she said: "This servant thinks that the emperor's temperament is somewhat similar to that of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager."

  To say that they don't look alike at all, but to say that their personalities are somewhat similar. However, whether this is true or false is unknown.

  The empress dowager smiled slightly sarcastically, "But he is not a son of the Ai family after all."

  "Your Majesty, are you going to Guan Yu's temple?" Su Shun asked as he stepped onto the dragon carriage.

  Zong Zhengjin sat on top and shook his head "Return to Zi Chen Hall"

  Long chased a few steps "Forget it, go to Guan Yu's palace" Zong Zhengjin thought of something and said

  Guan Yu Temple

  Zong Zhengjin walked in when the person was already on the bed. He didn't think of waking her up, but instead took off his outer clothes and lay down beside her, embracing her in his arms.

  "The Emperor" Su Jing turned over and faced him

  Zong Zhengjin touched her hair "Wake you up"

  "There was no concubine originally, and she didn't fall asleep either" Su Jing touched his hair with her hand, which was short and coarse compared to hers, slightly prickly but black and shiny.

  Zong Zhengjin pulled her in tighter "Mm"

  Su Jingxi leaned against him, even if he didn't say anything, even if he acted as usual, but Su Jingxi knew his mood wasn't good, and it could be said to be very bad.

  She can feel it

  Gently patting his back, the two people remained silent.

  It had been a long time since Su Jing thought he had fallen asleep, but he suddenly spoke up "How do you want to punish Shu Fei and the others?"

  Su Jing smiled silently and said, "I have already achieved my goal. As for the others, I am not particularly concerned about what Your Majesty wants to do. I believe that Your Majesty must have his own reasons, and I am willing to support you."

  Zong Zhengjin pulled her forward and carefully distinguished between the truth and falsehood in her words for a long time, then sighed "Don't blame me"

  Su Jing shook her head "I won't no matter what you do to me I won't blame you"

  At this point in time, if she still can't discover the emotions hidden deep within her own heart, then she's being a bit too self-deceptive.

  Floating life is like a dream, how can I have the joy of being alone? It's better to be what I want. Su Jing has always been an ordinary person, as long as her family is safe and sound, she will try her best to enjoy the happiness that can be enjoyed at this time. To put it bluntly, she is greedy for comfort and short-sighted.

  So when she knew it was moving her emotions, she still couldn't control herself and let herself be moved.

  Because in her view the world's unrest is too much for humans and nature to compare, it's really insignificant, at any time there may be no chance to lose one's life, so enjoy the moment while you can.

  Of course she also knows her limits and will not abandon those close to her for her own sake, nor is she willing to implicate others because of herself.

  Zong Zhengjin looked into her eyes and saw the sincerity in them. His heart was filled with complex emotions that he couldn't express, and as he touched her cheek, he was at a loss for words.

  "Silly Girl"

  He can't make more promises to her, even if he's willing to spoil her now, it's only for now, what will happen in the future, he doesn't know, maybe when she meets something else, he'll give up on her, not necessarily.

  Because in his heart there were things much more important than her

  Or perhaps his heart was loaded with too much and could only hold her for the time being, but maybe one day when space was limited, he would throw her away, not necessarily.

  The entire palace, from top to bottom, all the concubines and consorts were saying they loved him, but he knew it was only because he was the emperor. He could satisfy their desires for wealth and glory, give them the luxurious life of their dreams, and bestow upon them a noble status beyond compare.

  But the little woman in front of him obviously wasn't like that, or rather, he believed she wasn't like that.

  "If I can be foolish, I am willing to be foolish" Su Jing knew that she couldn't get the ideal answer, but her heart still couldn't help feeling a sense of loss. However, she also knew that she shouldn't expect more and shouldn't be too greedy.

  It's enough as it is now

  Zong Zhengjin hooked up the corner of his mouth and said "uh-huh".

  If possible, then dote on her a bit more as compensation.

  Su Jing suppressed the few parts of loss in her heart, smiled and curved her eyebrows. "Your Majesty, why don't you tell a story instead? The baby hasn't heard his father's voice for several days."

  Zong Zhengjin lay flat and wrapped her in his arms, gently stroking her belly.

  "A long time ago, there was a little boy who always hoped to grow up and become the bravest man in the world, to be a real man. So he studied hard the knowledge that his teacher gave him, and also followed his master to learn martial arts. Slowly but surely, he grew up."

  Su Jingxiao was so absorbed in listening that she couldn't help but ask "And then?"

  "Then he grew up and really became that kind of man," said Zong Zhengjin with a light smile.

  Su Jing waited quietly for his next words, but after half a day he still didn't speak up, so she had to ask "What's next?"

  "He's gone!" Zong Zhengjin suppressed his smile and pressed her head down.

  Su Jing struggled to get up, still unwilling to give up "It's over"

  "Oh, by the way, that little boy has grown up and is now lying beside you"

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