Bai Ruozhu did not persuade the Empress Dowager; some things are simply unstoppable.
"Dengdeng, go over there and practice a set of punches. Have you not been practicing much lately?" Bai Ruozhu intentionally sent her son away. Little Dengdeng felt a bit unhappy about not defeating Consort Le earlier, so he decisively went to practice punches.
The Empress Dowager looked at Dengdeng and laughed, continuing, "Wenwen doesn't really have any hopes for that child. It's just her soft heart. She doesn't need to worry about these things. I've been soft-hearted my whole life, and now I know when to be soft-hearted and when not to be."
She sighed, "If I hadn't been soft-hearted towards King Rui back then, these things wouldn't have happened. It wouldn't have caused chaos in Danliang, leading to so many deaths. Ling Xue is not a simple woman. That child can't stay, or it could very well become a tool for her to control imperial power. You won't blame me for being ruthless, will you?"
