Chapter 222: Chapter 222: All Alone

Empress Dowager Su rushed over with her entourage, and upon entering the imperial chamber, she heard the Little Emperor’s decree, which darkened her face.

She had originally not wanted to have a major conflict with her son, so she had remained silent, but now the situation had escalated to this extent.

Empress Dowager Su had no choice but to step forward. She had not expected that even at this point, her son had not repented, had not calmed the anger of the family clan, and was still flaunting his imperial authority here.

Furious, Empress Dowager Su strode into the imperial chamber and, upon seeing Han Moyao, commanded in a deep voice, "Stand here; you are not allowed to go anywhere."

The Little Emperor, hearing Empress Dowager Su’s words, angrily retorted, "What do you mean, Mother? Didn’t you hear those old ministers’ insults to me? I am the Emperor of Dayan. How dare they disregard me so! I must punish them severely, so they know who truly rules Dayan."

Empress Dowager Su almost choked with anger at Rong Che, taking deep breaths to calm herself. She stepped forward and looked at Rong Che.

"Emperor, things have already escalated to this point, and you’re still thinking of making an example of them. Do you want to cause further anger among the family clan? And do you think the Dayan Kingdom is yours?"

Empress Dowager Su’s words left the Little Emperor somewhat bewildered. He looked at Empress Dowager Su and said, "I am the Emperor, the supreme ruler. Dayan is naturally mine; is it someone else’s?"

Empress Dowager Su laughed in anger, pointing at Rong Che, "Do you think you are in control of the Dayan Kingdom now? How many ministers in the court support you, how many of Dayan’s troops do you control, how much of the people’s will do you have? You have none of these, yet you claim Dayan is yours."

"The Dayan of now isn’t yours; it’s the Rong Family’s. The Rong Family is outside the hall right now, clamoring to dethrone you as Emperor. How do you think they dare to call for your dethronement?"

"If Prince Yong were sitting on the throne today, do you think they would dare to call for Prince Yong’s dethronement?"

Empress Dowager Su’s words startled Rong Che: "Mother, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? Without absolute control, this Dayan Kingdom is not yours, but the Rong Family’s. You are merely an Emperor who gives commands, and now you have angered the masses; everyone is calling for you to be dethroned. Let’s see how you handle this situation."

Seeing her son finally face the issue, Empress Dowager Su turned and walked toward a chair on one side of the imperial chamber.

After she sat down, she spoke again, "Right now, both you the Emperor and I the Empress Dowager, are insecure. A slight mistake and we’ll be ousted. To be blunt, even if we’re killed right now, neither the common people, the family clan, nor the ministers in court would react strongly."

After finishing her words, the Empress Dowager turned to look at her son, whose face was filled with horror: "You think that just by sitting in that position, Dayan is yours? That as Emperor, you can do whatever you want."

When Rong Ling became the Regent King of Dayan, he spent countless efforts to control things before bringing Dayan under his command. Yet my son thinks just by assuming the throne, he becomes the master of Dayan. How could that be possible?

In the imperial chamber, Rong Che was already struck dumb by Empress Dowager Su’s words, completely overturning his previous understanding.

He thought that as long as he sat on Dayan’s throne and governed the court, Dayan would be his, and he could do whatever he wanted, and anyone who disrespected him could be executed.

But in the end, he found out that’s not the case at all. He still had to control everything about Dayan to truly sit on the throne, and right now, he was nothing, a lone figure.

The family clan and the courtiers could easily coerce him.

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