Compared to that cold-blooded and ruthless former emperor, he was the one who truly cherished her.
She has fallen, and she is willing to fall.
Empress Dowager Du slowly closed her eyes, but her heart was churning with turmoil.
She would do anything he asked.
Xie Qiyu and Xie Yizhi were not her children; to her, they were merely tools for consolidating her power.
If it's a tool, then it should be obedient and easy to use; if it gets in the way, then discard it and replace it with another tool.
He wanted her to get rid of them, and she was more than willing to do so.
Empress Dowager Du narrowed her eyes slightly, but her doubts grew deeper.
No, something's not right.
Why is Jiang Luoluo so well-informed?
She was able to accurately grasp Xie Yizhi's situation in the palace hall, and even calmly and quickly gathered the servants who had served Lu Anrou.
This was no coincidence; someone had secretly sent her a message.
Who is it?
Empress Dowager Du subconsciously picked up a lotus-shaped pastry and put it in her mouth. She slowly bit down, and with a crunch, the pastry was crushed, as if she wanted to crush the suspicions in her heart as well.
Most of the palace servants were her carefully planted spies; her every move was under her control.
If Jiang Luoluo was able to learn the news so quickly, it means that someone in the palace must have been tipping her off!
Xie Qiyu acted out of character in the palace hall today. Could it be that Xie Qiyu was secretly cultivating his own power behind her back?
Empress Dowager Du narrowed her eyes slightly, and a series of possible candidates came to mind.
But in the end, they still couldn't figure out who that person was.
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