Because the ones who collectively challenged you this time are those Jinshi officials. For the sake of your eternal imperial rule, you wouldn't lay a hand on them. Instead, you sacrificed Hsu Guanghuai, who had been somewhat useful to you.
Our relationship as father and son no longer forms a specific bond. It's said that even a vicious tiger won't eat its cubs, but with my own father, he won't devour his son; he merely ignores me. So, I can only target what you're most unwilling to relinquish, to force you to yield, to force you to tolerate me. Am I being insolent? Alright then, when I came to the capital this time, I had already reached a clear understanding of things.
Though this was what he thought in his heart, Ji Chengjue still replied in feigned terror, "Your son dares not."
The Yan Emperor stared at his son without saying a word.
