This time, Junuo could truly be said to have sacrificed her family for the sake of righteousness. She exposed everything: how Qinghua had poisoned Xiangli Que, framed Princess Aranruo, turned Xiangli Que into humanusae to terrify Changdi, and instigated the border war—all as part of a conspiracy to force the New Monarch to his death.
The one presiding over this judgment was the new Monarch, Xiangli He. If Qinghua had still been in her right mind, she might have tried to argue a few points in her defense. But Qinghua had long since gone mad, barely maintaining a veneer of peace all these years. Now, Junuo's words were the final straw that broke the camel's back.
Qinghua could stubbornly fight against everything in the outside world, but she could not bear the betrayal of the only hope she had left to turn the tables after all these years! For a moment, Qinghua even resolved to abandon Junuo and use the influence she had cultivated over the years to seize the throne. But what would come after seizing it? Her lover, her child—none of them would ever come back. Sitting alone on that throne, what meaning would it hold?
Chapter 131