Speaking of the Empress Dowager, Sang Yan remembered she had fainted and asked, "Has the Emperor visited the Empress Dowager?"
He Ying shook his head, thinking she was feeling soft-hearted again, and reminded her, "Don't think of her as benevolent, she just didn't dare to kill you, that's all."
Sang Yan had no fondness for the Empress Dowager and had no intention of pleading for her. She simply asked, "But why didn't she dare to kill me?"
He Ying was stumped.
The fact that the Empress Dowager had not killed Sang Yan might not be entirely because she wanted to leave herself a way out; perhaps she did have some regard for him?
He wasn't the child of the Empress Dowager, nor was the late Emperor, but they had both once been cherished by her, until their relationship hit rock bottom after the late Emperor passed away.
"Whatever the Emperor decides to do to her, I won't say a thing. I only ask that the Emperor doesn't act impulsively, to avoid any future regrets."
