"Oh? What does Consort Gu want?"

"Your Majesty, I hope that Consort Zhang can enter the palace to take care of me."

"Aunt Zhang?" the Empress Dowager asked, puzzled.

“Yes,” Gu Jiangli nodded, “Aunt Zhang was a concubine that my father married, and she is also the birth mother of my sister Jiang Ru.”

“Aunt Zhang has treated me very well since I was a child. She knows my life preferences best. Several times when I was sick, it was Aunt Zhang who took meticulous care of me and helped me recover from my illness.”

"I am currently pregnant. If Consort Zhang could take care of me, I would feel more at ease."

Gu Jiangli's face was full of sincerity, and you couldn't tell a single lie from him.

But everything she just said was a lie.

In her memory, Aunt Zhang had always been a two-faced person towards Gu Jiangli, the original owner of the body, since childhood.

The original owner suffered quite a bit at the hands of Aunt Zhang.

She hadn't forgotten that the emperor had found a doll representing witchcraft under the bed of the Gu family's matriarch.

Gu Jiangru intended to frame someone, but she herself was far away in the palace.

This means that someone in the Gu family must be helping her.

She couldn't think of anyone else besides Gu Jiangru's birth mother, Aunt Zhang.

Therefore, she wanted to bring Aunt Zhang into the palace so that she could catch these two wicked mother and daughter in one fell swoop.

The Empress Dowager was somewhat worried. "Good child, the Aunt Zhang you mentioned is Consort Gu's birth mother. Now that Consort Gu may have developed bad intentions towards you, will her birth mother still take good care of you?"

Gu Jiangli said generously:

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Consort Zhang is the best at distinguishing right from wrong, and she will help those in the right, not her relatives. When the time comes, I will tell her the whole story, and she will definitely think that Your Majesty and His Majesty did the right thing."

"As for my younger sister..." Gu Jiangli lowered his eyes, "Actually, she was just acting impulsively for a moment. She's not a bad person at heart. I hope the Empress Dowager and His Majesty won't be too harsh on her."

The Empress Dowager listened with heartache, "Child, you are so kind, I'm truly worried you'll be bullied..."

Gu Jiangli's eyes lit up. "So, the Empress Dowager has agreed to my request?"

The Empress Dowager turned her head with a smile, "Emperor, what do you say?"

The emperor stared thoughtfully at Gu Jiangli's expectant eyes. After a moment, he said:

"I will send someone to bring Consort Zhang into the palace tomorrow."

Gu Jiangli smiled brightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Empress Dowager!"

She was extremely excited; once Aunt Zhang entered the palace, the good days for her and her daughter would truly be over.