Gu Qiao received orders to call for a doctor but was stopped by the Empress.
"Empress Dowager Han's love for Your Majesty runs deep, send her along too, and don't allow anything else to be brought."
Gu Qiao paused, "Yes."
The Empress nodded in satisfaction and turned back to ask Si Chen, "Now that he's going to L2035, should we confiscate all his private assets and wealth to compensate the families of the officials who died because of his reckless actions? Any surplus can serve as charitable funds for the Genetic Bank."
"You make the decisions on these matters."
Si Chen understood that without completely cutting off his father's hopes, he would not give up.
Sitting in the hover car back to the palace, Si Chen's straight spine slumped, leaning weakly against the seat.
The Empress understood the agony in Si Chen's heart—no matter what, that was his biological father.
