"Ah, what a sin." After putting on its act, Furball lay dejectedly on the table, rolling back and forth.
"You're not even human. Why sympathize with those people?" Lu Empress Dowager was enjoying the Palace Maids' ear-cleaning service as she spoke casually to Furball.
The Palace Maids could not hear them.
Even if they heard or saw something, they would not breathe a word of it.
"So what if the old men get poisoned to death? Some young couples believed this, and because their families opposed them, they gave up their best years to reincarnate instead. Isn't that a sin?" Having spent so long with kind-hearted Yuanyuan, Furball had gained a little humanity.
"Those who flee from reality must pay the price! Besides, I already issued an edict forbidding young people from buying or taking Fountain of Youth Water. If they insist on seeking death, they have no one to blame but themselves," Lu Empress Dowager said coldly.
"Aren't you running away too? You were afraid of other people's thoughts, afraid to face them, afraid to bear them, so you chose to restart the world and create a pure world. And that brought you here. Do you know what price you'll have to pay?" Furball asked boldly.
Then it became a sea urchin again...
"What price will I pay? Worrying every day over such a vast empire is the price," Lu Empress Dowager said blandly.
"Uh, the price you pay is becoming someone else's puppet forever. Your empire, your position as Empress Dowager, your honor—all of it is merely a prop on someone else's stage..." Furball struck mercilessly.
Then it changed from a sea urchin into a jellyfish.
"Hmph. They enjoy my performance, and I enjoy theirs." Lu Empress Dowager looked up at the ceiling.
The low hall was especially