She was not favored when the late emperor was alive because she had no money and could not make connections like others. After entering the palace for two whole years, she was unable to see the late emperor, let alone sleep with him.
It was later when the late emperor was selecting concubines for the current emperor that he fell in love with her by chance.
But she was not actually favored by the previous emperor. Apart from her daily allowance, she was not given many rewards, so naturally she did not have any good things saved.
Because she had no support from her mother's family, throughout the previous emperor's period, until she gave birth to the current Eighth Prince, and until the current emperor grew up and left the palace to set up his own household, her highest position was that of a concubine. She never had access to the power of the harem, and it can be said that she did not accumulate any family wealth.
Later, when the current emperor ascended the throne, although he made her the empress dowager in order to repay the favor of adopting her, the emperor already had a queen at that time, and the harem was directly handed over to the queen to manage. She was actually just the empress dowager in name only.
Although the emperor would occasionally send some gifts to her, she was not his biological mother after all. In addition, their relationship had long since faded during the years since she left the palace to set up her own residence. He only sent gifts to her to save face, so naturally he would not really take her to heart.
Especially after the emperor realized that she and the Eighth Prince had ulterior motives, he became even more perfunctory, and the gifts he gave were not even as good as those given to some concubines.
Speaking of which, the current Empress Dowager Jiang is also a pitiful person, but as the saying goes, there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.
The kindness she showed at the beginning may have been genuine, but now it seems that it was more because she lacked the strength at the time, so she put aside all her ambitions.
Now that she has been the empress dowager for a few years and her life is comfortable, won't her true nature be exposed?
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