PFC Chapter 215 The Dowager's Account
Chapter 215 The Dowager's Account
"No, no, no, Yuan'er, it was I who raised you, cared for you, and loved you. You can't do this to me! Quickly beg His Majesty to release me."
The Dowager Princess screamed desperately, her face contorted with fear and despair, her eyes filled with pleading and resentment, her body twisting and turning as she tried to break free of her restraints.
Zhou Yuan looked at the Empress Dowager, his eyes filled with hatred and determination. "You are my enemy. Everything you have done is unforgivable. How could I possibly plead for you?"
Zhou Yuan's gaze was cold and resolute, his voice filled with anger and determination. He stared straight at the Empress Dowager, as if trying to see right through her.
The Dowager Princess cried out hoarsely, "Zhou Yuan, you ungrateful wretch! Everything I did was for you!"
The Dowager's voice was shrill and piercing, almost insane. Her eyes were wide open, and the veins on her neck bulged.
"For me? Do you even believe your own words? Then why did you kill my mother? Why did you impersonate my mother? You are my mother's killer, and I wish I could kill you now." Zhou Yuan looked at the Dowager Consort with a sinister gaze, his eyes burning with rage as if he wanted to consume her completely.
Zhou Yuan clenched his fists, his body trembling slightly with anger.
"Isn't that because your maternal grandmother was biased? I was the one who knew the late emperor first and gained his favor first. Why should I give it to your mother just because she's the eldest sister? Why, why?"
The Dowager Princess recounted her experiences angrily, her face filled with anger and pain, her voice trembling as if she were reliving that painful past.
"Is it because your mother is gentle and obedient, while I am opinionated and difficult to control?" The Dowager's laughter was full of self-deprecation and sarcasm, sending chills down one's spine.
"What? You're my mother's sister?" Zhou Yuan looked at the Dowager in disbelief.
"Hahaha, Yuan'er, you didn't expect this, did you? They all thought I was disguised as your mother, but actually your mother and I are twins."
Zhou Yuan's eyes widened, his face filled with shock: "Twins? Then why are you so cruel as to poison your own sister?"
The Dowager Empress snorted coldly: "My own sister? She took everything from me! How can I not hate her?"
Zhou Yuan roared, "Even so, you shouldn't have committed such an evil deed."
"Atrocity? I raised you, and you say this to me? It breaks my heart. I haven't done anything wrong to you! It's them who have wronged me."
You don't know, do you? I poisoned your mother. Your maternal grandmother and the others knew, but they chose to keep it a secret, just to protect the family's reputation.
The Empress Dowager's expression was twisted, her eyes revealing madness and smugness, as if she were showing off her crimes to Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan's eyes widened instantly, filled with shock and pain, and his face turned as pale as paper.
But soon, he became resolute again, "Just because of this, you poisoned my mother?"
Zhou Yuan suppressed his grief, his voice low and powerful, his eyes once again becoming firm and cold.
The Dowager Consort recalled her long-buried memories: "Wasn't that enough? I could have stayed with the late Emperor forever, but they were afraid that I would ruin my elder sister's good fortune, so they hurriedly married me off to another province."
My life in that province was unbearable. My husband was incompetent, and his family constantly beat and verbally abused me. I finally managed to escape and return, only to find that your mother had become a concubine. How could I accept this?
The Dowager's eyes became unfocused, as if she were lost in that painful memory. Her voice choked, and her body trembled slightly.
"But who could have imagined that, after all the twists and turns, I would still enter the palace and become a concubine? This is an opportunity given to me by Heaven, how could I let it go?"
The Empress Dowager's eyes revealed madness and obsession before turning ferocious, filled with resentment towards her fate and a thirst for power.
"So you killed her and then impersonated her? How could you be so cruel?"
Zhou Yuan's voice boomed like thunder, filled with anger and accusation, and his eyes seemed to spit fire.
“Vile? When it comes to viciousness, how can I compare to your maternal grandmother and your mother? Do you think your mother is a good person?”
She stole my lover and pressured your grandmother to marry me off far away. Do you know that the man I married was someone your mother specifically chose for me?
The Empress Dowager's lips curled into a cold smile, her eyes filled with provocation towards Zhou Yuan.
"How many people have you harmed with your selfishness and malice? And you still show no remorse!" Zhou Yuan's voice was filled with anger and disappointment, his chest heaving violently.
The Dowager Consort snorted coldly: "Repent? I have never regretted it! This world is a dog-eat-dog world. They were the ones who were ruthless first, and now they blame me for being cruel? Why don't you speak up about the cruelty of your mother and the others?"
The Empress Dowager's cold snort carried a hint of stubbornness and obstinacy, and there was not a trace of remorse in her eyes.
Seeing that the two were deadlocked, Su Yinyin couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, no matter what grudges you may have had in the past, the crime you have committed is unforgivable."
Su Yinyin's voice was clear and firm, and her eyes were filled with justice and indignation.
The Dowager Princess turned to look at Su Yinyin, her eyes filled with resentment: "You little brat, how dare you lecture me?"
The Empress Dowager glared fiercely at Su Yinyin, her eyes seeming to devour her.
Zhou Yuan shielded Su Yinyin behind him and said to the Empress Dowager, "Even now, you still don't know you're wrong."
Zhou Yuan's movements were swift and resolute, his voice filled with anger towards the Empress Dowager and a protective instinct towards Su Yinyin.
The Dowager Princess burst into laughter: "Wrong? I'm not wrong! I'm just fighting for what I deserve."
"Your Majesty, Yuan'er, Su Yinyin, I ask you, when you were subjected to such injustice, framed, and abused, suffering a fate worse than death, how would you have reacted?"
The Dowager's laughter was wild and shrill, her eyes filled with despair and defiance.
The emperor slammed his fist on the dragon throne and roared, "Shut up! You have committed such a crime, yet you dare to speak so eloquently here! What you have done is not at all worthy of sympathy?"
The emperor's face was ashen, his eyes flashing with rage, and his voice boomed like a bell, filled with majesty and fury.
Su Yinyin was shocked by the Empress Dowager's words. Her situation was somewhat similar to hers.
If she kills those who framed her, will her fate be the same as the Empress Dowager's?
Su Yinyin frowned, her eyes filled with thought and worry, her heart in deep turmoil.
The Empress Dowager's cold laugh carried a hint of desolation and helplessness, yet her gaze remained steadfast as she looked ahead, as if she were fighting against fate.
Zhou Yuan looked at the emperor, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to waste words on such a wicked woman. I implore Your Majesty to make a swift judgment."
Zhou Yuan's expression was serious and solemn, his eyes filled with a pursuit of justice and respect for the emperor.
The guards dragged the Empress Dowager away again, but she struggled desperately, still shouting, "Zhou Yuan, you will die a horrible death! All the good I've done for you has gone to waste, you will not have a good end."