If this tragedy was to be blamed on anyone, it was Fan You himself for being too reckless. So many wrongdoings, why did he commit them all by himself! So many laws, yet he did not take them to heart. Did he really think himself so favored by the late emperor that he could disregard everything? Ridiculous!
With this thought, Zhao Junyao's last trace of guilt vanished. An emperor's heart should indeed be as hard as iron. That's what his father had taught him.
"The benevolence of women is the greatest harm to the people! The country has its laws, and the family has its rules; the Three Bonds and the Five Constants are iron decrees. If every day you're worrying about this person or pitying that one, then what's the use of having laws?! How can the people believe in the law, believe in the imperial court?"
After much thought, Zhao Junyao felt he had done nothing wrong. And so, as time passed, he gradually put the matter behind him.
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