The Left Chancellor was a clever woman, so she knew to say what Emperor Yongchang wanted to hear.
But she was also a normal person, so she could not understand. Was there something wrong with Emperor Yongchang? Lianshan Xin had slapped him in the face like this, and he still enjoyed it?
The dead were your son and consort.
Weren't you angry?
Putting herself in his shoes, the Left Chancellor believed Emperor Yongchang must be angry. He had simply suppressed his anger with his tremendous self-control and chosen the approach most likely to keep the peace.
For the exalted Human Emperor of Great Yu to go this far-to be honest, the Left Chancellor was a little moved, and her heart ached for him a little too.
What emperor had to swallow this much humiliation?
Five hundred years ago, the Empress had dared to establish the New Nine Heavens over a displeasure, and the Nine Heavens had not even killed her son or male favorite then.
By comparison, His Majesty restrained his personal desires far too much. Though this was the conduct of a Sage Emperor, she truly felt indignant on Emperor Yongchang's behalf.
So, after shifting the blame onto the Dragon Palace and Spirit Mountain, the Left Chancellor looked at Emperor Yongchang's still-ugly expression and ventured, "Your Majesty, even if the Dragon Palace and Spirit Mountain bear all the responsibility, shouldn't we rein in Lianshan Xin's momentum a little?
"He has been... going a little too far lately."
The Left Chancellor chose her words carefully. That single "we" embodied at least ten years of navigating the treacherous seas of officialdom.
You and I are the ones on the same side.
Moreover, she had only suggested reining in Lianshan Xin's momentum, and described his behavior only as going too far.
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