Zhao Yuan watched her leave with a gloomy expression.

Yun Dai walked to him and whispered: "I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to help you protect King Yi."

Zhao Yuan let out a sigh and smiled, "Dai'er, do you still remember what I said to you?"

"Which sentence?"

"The royal family has no affection, as long as it participates in the dispute over power. No matter what father and son, brothers or grandchildren," Zhao Yuan said in a quiet voice, "The Empress Dowager is angry with me."

"The Empress Dowager has been at the peak of power in the Great Zhou for half her life. She raised you with one hand. She thought you would be like the late emperor and let her control him. Who knew... the emperor was not a docile cat, but a wolf cub."

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly, not angry at her calling herself a wolf cub, but instead felt an inexplicable intimacy.

He took Yun Dai's hand, sat down with her, and said, "Dai'er, you can see what the whole Zhou has become like for decades under her control. The river channel was broken and no one was repaired, the treasury was empty, and cruel officials were rampant. The Empress Dowager was satisfied, the royal family and the government were satisfied. But have the thousands of people in the Zhou Dynasty ever been satisfied?"

Yun Dai nodded: "Yes, if it weren't for my own ears, I would hardly believe that the Ministry of Internal Affairs still owed local silver."

"In recent years, the money has been in the hands of Prince Chun and other royal families. They have always been close to the Empress Dowager. Today, the Empress Dowager rushed over to stop me from punishing King Yi, and it is not really about protecting King Yi."

"What is she for?"

"Because I am sending Jin Lan to check the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Zhao Yuan said, "The arrival of the Empress Dowager shows that they are guilty and they are afraid."

"Did they really greedy for the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"If they were not greedy, I really don't know where the millions of taels of silver in the Office of the Internal Affairs every year."

"Emperor, why does the Empress Dowager insist on this? She should be sincerely good to you in her heart."

"I know. But... once people get used to power, it is difficult for them to let go."

"I understand."

Yun Dai knew that he was in a bad mood today.

He had just managed the government clearly, but the royal family members of King Chun attacked him. Even the emperor's grandmother who raised him was forced to force him because of recent events.

At this moment, Zhao Yuanhe didn't know how to live or die, and repeatedly angered him, and he really wanted to kill.

Seeing that she frowned slightly, Zhao Yuan patted the back of her hand, "It's okay, don't worry."

Yun Dai asked him: "Just now, if the Empress Dowager did not come, would you really kill King Yi?"

"meeting."

Zhao Yuan's eyes fell on the little golden bell in her ear.

Yun Dai turned his head slightly and subconsciously dodged his gaze.

Zhao Yuan raised his hand and held her cheek, causing her to turn her face and reveal her ears.

He approached her face and looked at it carefully.

The small bell is pure gold all over, very small, but very delicate, and the fine areas are extremely round and smooth.

"I haven't looked at it carefully before, but now I look at it. It's a rare skill." Zhao Yuan raised his hand and touched it gently.

The little bell trembled slightly.

Yun Dai closed his eyes and felt his breath spray on his ears.

He suddenly asked: "The fourth brother said that the little emperor's emotions will affect this bell. Is it true or false?"

"He shouldn't say anything like this."

"That's true."
Chapter completed!