Looking at Xiaoman's expression, she knew that the Empress Dowager, being as clever as she was, must have already guessed Gu Jinxi's identity.

However, thinking of her recent perilous situation and the terrifying moment she experienced in Daqi, how could she bear to put Gu Jinxi in such danger again?

Therefore, she had already secretly made up her mind at that moment.

She's trying to fake her death!

Right now.

While Shen Hechuan is still dealing with the matter of Prince Rui using aphrodisiacs, she needs to find a way to leave as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager had been watching Gu Jinxi and Gu Jingchun's interactions.

I felt both joy and emotion.

I am delighted that Gu Jingchun has raised such a good child.

From the moment Gu Jinxi woke up until now, his behavior has been well received by the Empress Dowager, which is enough to show how good Gu Jingchun's teachings and example have been for him.

Clearly, I hadn't misjudged him.

However, she never expected that the child Gu Jingchun supposedly brought back from the countryside was actually the Crown Prince's offspring.

God knows how shocked she was when she saw Gu Jinxi's face, the face the Crown Prince had imagined when he was a child.

Especially the lower half of their faces, they are almost identical.

Shen Hechuan was a bit chubby and much cuter when he was a child. Perhaps because he was less chubby, he looks quite different from how he looks now.

This is also why neither the Crown Prince nor anyone else noticed that Gu Jinxi resembled him.

But the Empress Dowager was different. She had watched Shen Hechuan grow up since he was a child, and both the young Shen Hechuan and the current Shen Hechuan were deeply imprinted in her mind.

Therefore, upon seeing Gu Jinxi, she immediately became certain.

This must be Shen Hechuan's child.

Thinking of the cold looks Gu Jinxi might have received these days, and the hardships and scorn Gu Jingchun had endured to raise Gu Jinxi, she felt even more heartbroken.