Eunuch Li got on his knees, still holding the Emperor's gaze as he cupped his hands and sternly said, "You can do as you like on everything else but you cannot forsake your roots..."
"I have not." The Emperor coldly responded, narrowing his eyes at Eunuch Li.
Eunuch Li narrowed his eyes back at the Emperor, "Then why are you risking the health of your mother over a petty grudge?"
The Emperor let out an irritated breath, but rather than argue with Eunuch Li, he simply said, "It's a bluff..."
"You cannot know that for sure. I have always supported you, but this I do not support. You cannot gamble with your mother's life." Eunuch Li said with a frown deepening.
"He gave himself away when he said that his Master sent him here for the Empress dowager. He is simply trying to take advantage of the situation to meet his own end... " The Emperor calmly explained, "They are enemies of the state and cannot be let off, who knows what other trouble they will cause if pardoned today?"
