What kind of temperament does Princess Consort Ji have? Empress Dowager Wang knows very well, she doesn’t consider her extremely malicious, and usually when she enters the palace, it’s just to dispel the loneliness by amusing herself with cats and dogs.

Princess Consort Ji: What’s your upbringing like?

Seeing the Death Exemption Token made Empress Dowager Wang think back, and consequently remember the previous Emperor’s painstaking efforts for Princess Consort Ji; truly, she felt both bitter and angry.

What are they taking us mother and son for? To guard against us so strictly.

But from another perspective, the previous Emperor must have loved Princess Consort Ji dearly from the bottom of his heart.

Realizing this, Empress Dowager Wang felt both bitter and angry.

You scoundrel of a previous Emperor, even in death I won’t be buried with you in the same tomb.

"You’ve thoroughly investigated this, how could you not discover that Princess Consort Ji had this token? Don’t underestimate Princess Consort Ji, though she comes from a farming background, precisely because of her humble origins, she revered the previous Emperor as a god, looked up to him, trusted him, single-mindedly believing in him. This token must have been instructed by the previous Emperor to not take out except in extraordinary circumstances, otherwise how could she have hidden it so well?" Empress Dowager Wang snorted: "She obeyed the previous Emperor, went east instead of west. Otherwise, when the previous Emperor passed away, would she have happily rushed off to the fiefdom?"

Emperor Chu said: "A token is a token, but a will is just that. A failed Emperor like that, Father wouldn’t lightly establish, or else the kingdom would be unstable."

If there really was such an edict, and Prince Min used it as a directive to provoke internal chaos, then that would truly shake the foundation. Such harmful matters would not be something the previous Emperor wished to see.

He didn’t believe he was so poor that the previous Emperor would fear him like this.

Empress Dowager Wang seemed persuaded, aggrievedly said, "Anyway, your father was just biased."

Emperor Chu laughed: "Even if he was biased, it’s only because he cherished his youngest child in their youth. But what does bias matter? It’s us mother and son who sit in this supreme position, that’s enough, it’s already mostly biased towards us."

It seems that’s the logic.

But the heart really feels unhappy. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"With this freezing weather, it’s enough, let her rise. Still, considering she has the Death Exemption Token, at the very least, show some face to the previous Emperor." Empress Dowager Wang mockingly spoke: "Otherwise, who knows how the Imperial Censor’s rotten pen will write of the Emperor’s unfilial conduct."

Emperor Chu’s smile slightly diminished, blandly said: "Let her continue to kneel. Though the Death Exemption Token is precious, it can’t be the ultimate amulet for everything. I haven’t demanded her life, merely punished her for her serious disrespect and offense. Not to mention the Imperial Censor, even if Father were here in life, he couldn’t say a word against it. After all, your Phoenix body hasn’t recovered, she not only doesn’t serve but also angers you, that is indeed her serious disrespect."

Empress Dowager Wang said: "She came because of Prince Wei Mansion, saying we deliberately put on a show to manipulate Prince Min Mansion. Truly..." She sighed, looked at Emperor Chu, said: "I know you’re annoyed inside; you’re afraid I’ll be upset, haven’t mentioned the screen is the issue. Actually, I understand, when the screen suddenly disappeared, I knew something was amiss. You don’t mention it, I’ll pretend not to know."

"Mother..." Emperor Chu knelt down: "It’s the unfilial son that burdened you."

Empress Dowager Wang patted his hand, said: "Get up, an Emperor shouldn’t kneel easily. Actually, I’m grateful, grateful to bear this burden for you."

Otherwise, if the Dragon body suffered harm, she would also have been ruined.

Emperor Chu’s eyes were slightly moist, rubbed against her hand.

Empress Dowager Wang was about to say more when Chamberlain Hai walked in, cautiously reported: "Dowager fainted."