Chapter 1713: The Loneliest Person in the World

The Empress, having regained control over her body, tried several times to open her eyes, but failed each time due to the irritation of the bright light.

Seeing this, Helena hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Grandmother, how are you feeling?"

The Empress spoke with difficulty, "Helena... I... I am fine... it's just... just that my eyes cannot adapt to the bright light for the moment..."

Helena was instantly moved to tears, choking out, "Grandmother, please wait a moment, I will go turn off the main lights!"

After saying this, she immediately stood up and turned off all the lights in the hospital room, leaving only the softer light strips on.

Only then did the Empress finally open her eyes. Following that, her vision gradually recovered, and she saw Helena's face clearly.

At this moment, the Empress couldn't help but choke up, "Helena... these past years, it has been Grandmother's fault... If Grandmother had known earlier that Olivia was such a vicious person, I would never have given her the right of succession to the throne, no matter what!"

Helena exclaimed, "Grandmother, you knew everything?"

The Empress nodded in extreme pain, "I heard everything you and Olivia said in the hospital room earlier..."

As she spoke, she looked at Helena with a heart full of pity, choking out, "Helena, for so many years, you have been wronged!"

The Empress was naturally well aware of Helena's experiences over these years.

However, in the years before her serious illness, she had always been very dissatisfied with Helena for hiding her physical condition, so she held a deep prejudice against her.

Therefore, she had placed the entire future of the royal family on Olivia.

Even though she knew Helena had suffered many grievances in the royal family over the years, she chose to turn a blind eye.

Yet, how could she have imagined that now, the one harming her was the very Olivia she valued most, while the one who brought people back to save her was Helena, whose status as heir she had stripped away.

Hearing the Empress's words, Helena's tears burst forth like a dam, and she choked out, "Grandmother, it doesn't matter if I suffer some grievances, but Olivia not only controlled you, she also kidnapped my mother and used her as a threat to force me to marry the Russian oligarch Amanramovich... I still don't know where she has hidden my mother..."

The Empress gritted her teeth and said sternly, "Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you and your mother!"

After saying this, she looked at Ye Chen, who was standing not far away, and said gratefully, "This must be Mr. Ye! Thank you for saving me..."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "I only took action to save you for the sake of your granddaughter Helena, so you must remember what you promised me earlier; do not break your word."

The Empress said without hesitation, "Mr. Ye, rest assured, tomorrow I will announce my abdication to all of Northern Europe and pass the throne to Helena! At that time, I will personally preside over Helena's coronation ceremony!"

After a pause, the Empress gritted her teeth and said, "As for Olivia, I will definitely make sure she receives the punishment she deserves!"

Ye Chen nodded, shook the remaining quarter of the Rejuvenation Pill in his hand, and said indifferently, "The medicine I just gave you can extend your life by another two to three years. If you take this portion of the pill I have in my hand, your life can be extended by another three to five years on top of those two to three years. If you can keep your promise, come to China to find me in two years, and I will give you this portion of the pill as well."

Hearing this, the Empress was overjoyed and blurted out, "Mr. Ye, rest assured, I will definitely keep my promise!"

Ye Chen took out a complete Rejuvenation Pill from his pocket and said with a smile, "As for this complete pill, if you take it, it can extend your life by at least twenty years. If you remain very cooperative, I can consider giving you more at that time. In that case, living to be one hundred and ten years old will be no problem at all."

"One hundred and ten years old?!" The Empress muttered, repeating the words in a daze. She truly could not believe that this unremarkable pill could have such powerful effects.

However, once she thought of her own personal experience just now, she threw all her doubts to the winds.

At this moment, she thought to herself, "This pill is truly too magical! I only ate a quarter of it just now and woke up completely. If I could eat a whole one, the effect would surely be even more miraculous!"

Thinking of this, she said respectfully, "Mr. Ye, rest assured, from this day forward, I will definitely assist Helena with all my might and fully cooperate with Mr. Ye's requirements!"

Only those who have escaped death know how precious life is.

For this elderly Northern European Empress, this was exactly the case.

She had already experienced the feeling of being near death once, experienced that long darkness and loneliness, so for her now, living was more important than anything else.

Money, power, and dignity were all worthless in the face of healthy survival.

What about the position of Empress? Hadn't she fallen into a coma and been near death several times while holding the title of Empress?

Now, she would rather not have that title of Empress, or even any royal title at all; as long as she could be healthy and live a long life, she would be ten thousand times willing to be the most ordinary little old lady.

Therefore, she now immediately had the most important life goal ahead: to strive to obtain more magical pills from Ye Chen!

"How could two or three more years be enough!"

"I must live for another twenty or thirty years no matter what!"

A few minutes later, the Empress gradually regained control of her body, and at the same time, she felt that her physical condition had indeed improved significantly compared to before she fell ill this time.

She only needed a few minutes to adapt before she was able to sit up from the bed by herself, and even attempted to stand on the ground.

At this moment, the Empress was deeply moved, and at the same time, her entire aura gradually recovered quite a bit.

Precisely because she had personally experienced the miraculous effect of the Rejuvenation Pill, the Empress now revered Ye Chen like a god. In order to satisfy him, she hurriedly asked respectfully, "Mr. Ye, do you have any instructions regarding the punishment of Olivia and her family?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "I want you to use the power of the royal family to expel Olivia from the royal family, and at the same time, have them face legal trial. It would be best to sentence her to life imprisonment without parole!"

At first, when she heard Ye Chen mention life imprisonment, the Empress felt a slight reluctance in her heart. After all, not a single member of the royal family had been sentenced to prison in so many years, let alone life imprisonment.

However, when she thought about how Olivia had harmed her step by step to this point, and even tried to control her life and death, her heart grew increasingly angry. She spoke with a harsh tone, "Helena, go call the person in charge of the Royal Guard. It is time to settle the score with Olivia!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "No need for the trouble, Olivia should be coming here on her own very soon."

Helena checked the time and realized that Ye Chen had given Olivia half an hour to consider, and twenty minutes had already passed.

So she asked, "Mr. Ye, if Olivia agrees to your request, will you be lenient with her?"

Ye Chen waved his hand, "Rest assured, she cannot possibly agree to my request. Compared to honestly giving me five billion euros, I believe she would rather kill me." ===== CHAPTER 1714 =====