Chapter 396 - 12.4
"I think we are done with this conversation, Your Majesty."
"Done?" Huang Shu raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Then, your answer is..."
Bai Yunyu smiled thin and shook his head again, "I’d rather stay in this Cold Palace for a while, even for eternity, rather than kowtowing and kissing your Mother Empress, Concubine Xi, which I believe will be the new Empress after I have been dethroned, and also your first son, Crown Prince Huang Guowei."
"They are the guilty one, even if you don’t believe me. Even if I am the only one who knows the truth, I will not yield to them and will not kiss the feet of people with rotten heart," Bai Yunyu exclaimed bravely.
"You!" Huang Shu got up from his chair, stomped the wooden floor and approached Yunyu. He stood straight in front of Yunyu with his menacing glare. Huang Shu had handsome facial features, and his posture was huge in this era. When he looked down at Bai Yunyu, it felt like Bai Yunyu was looked down on by a mighty god that would smite him at any time.
"Do you know what you just said? You just offended my Mother Empress, and my son! You’ve been offending me, Bai Yunyu!" Huang Shu finally raised his voice to his wife. He was angered because his wife didn’t have any familial and filial love for his Mother Empress, and his son.
But Yunyu didn’t seem to be scared. In fact, all he did was to look up, showed a thin smile to Huang Shu and replied, "Your Majesty, I’ve known you more than a decade. You cannot intimidate me with something like this. If you want to punish me, then you should do it fast. Truthfully I cannot bear living in this Cold Palace for so long. I think death is a befitting punishment for an offender like me, correct?"
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Huang Shu was the one who got silenced now. He didn’t expect Bai Yunyu to be so bold and unyielding.