The Empress Dowager said, "You replaced my people and even put a gag order on Granny Zhao. What exactly is the Emperor hiding from me?!"

The Emperor's cold gaze swept across Zhao Mama's face, frightening her so much that she knelt down with a thud. "The Empress Dowager insists on having Ruixin and Hongzhu serve me, this servant really has no choice..."

The Emperor looked at the Empress Dowager and asked, "What have I been hiding from you? And how many things have you been hiding from me?!"

"I asked the Empress Dowager whether Consort Chen was indeed a victim of Empress Wei's schemes, and what her answer was to me!"

"I said back then that if the Empress Dowager continues to deceive me, she shouldn't blame me for being an unfilial son."

The Empress Dowager vaguely guessed what had happened, and she said urgently, "The Wei family was also instigated and manipulated..."

"Instigation?"

The Emperor laughed upon hearing this, "If she had no intention of harming Consort Chen, who could have instigated her?!"

The Empress Dowager was speechless.

Lady Wei is already dead. Even if the Emperor knows, he can't do anything to her. What the Empress Dowager is worried about is the eldest prince and the Duke of Mao's mansion.

The Empress Dowager asked, "What has the Emperor done to the First Prince and the Duke of Mao's mansion?"

The emperor looked utterly disappointed.

The Empress Dowager was biased and protective of her own.

But the emperor wasn't favored, nor was he protected.

The emperor didn't want to say another word and turned to leave.

Hearing the footsteps leaving, the Empress Dowager hurriedly tried to get off her phoenix bed, but she was blind and couldn't even get out of bed. If it weren't for Zhao Mama supporting her, the Empress Dowager would have fallen down.

Granny Zhao said, "Empress Dowager, the Emperor has left..."

The Empress Dowager held Zhao Mama's hand and said, "What has the Emperor done to the First Prince and the Duke of Mao's mansion?!"

Granny Zhao choked back tears as she said, "The Emperor has confiscated the property of the Duke of Mao, and everyone in the Duke of Mao's household will be beheaded the day after tomorrow..."

The Empress Dowager's face turned deathly pale.

Granny Zhao told the Empress Dowager that the person who instigated Empress Wei to harm Consort Chen was the deposed Empress Song.

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she lost her composure.

He spat out another mouthful of blood.

No sooner had the Emperor stepped out of Shou Kang Palace than a palace servant cried out in alarm, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Empress Dowager has vomited blood and fainted again!"