This is more like silencing someone.
Killing the empress at this time would seem like protecting the adulterer.
The Emperor is the Empress Dowager's own son. Who could make the Empress Dowager disregard the Emperor's feelings and protect him?
Thinking of one person made half of Eunuch Yuan's body go numb.
King Cheng!
King Cheng secretly supported King Jin. On the day King Jin was to be executed, Empress Song went to plead with the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager used the imperial pardon granted by the late emperor to save King Jin's life, but she could not tolerate Empress Song and wanted to poison her. She also had King Cheng beaten forty times.
King Cheng was doing something in Changchun Palace when his wife stumbled upon her. King Cheng threw her into a well. Although she was rescued, she never showed her face in public again...
The person who is having an affair with the Empress must be Prince Cheng!
Prince Ling knew it was Prince Cheng, so he didn't tell the Emperor. Instead, he asked Prince Ling to tell the Empress Dowager the truth and to tell her about the Emperor's determination to find the adulterer. This led the Empress Dowager to send someone to kill the Empress to silence her.
Prince Ling was telling the Emperor indirectly.
That's even harsher than saying it directly.
Prince Cheng cheated on the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager knew but kept it from him. She even knew that Prince Jin was Prince Cheng's son. No wonder the Emperor wanted to return the pardon to the Empress Dowager, but she didn't want it. Both the Emperor and Prince Cheng were her own sons, and she loved them both. It would have been one thing if the Empress Dowager couldn't save Prince Jin, but she had the pardon to save him.
Of her two sons, one was destined to hate her.
The Empress Dowager chose to take a gamble, hoping that killing the Empress would keep it a secret from the Emperor for the rest of his life.
The more Eunuch Yuan thought about it, the colder he felt. Even he could guess that it was Prince Cheng, so the Emperor couldn't possibly be wrong.
Eunuch Yuan cautiously glanced at the Emperor's face and saw that the Emperor's already ugly face had turned pale with embarrassment. His well-defined hands were clenched so tightly that the veins on the back of his hands were bulging, a testament to his barely suppressed anger.
The emperor's anger was building, and finally he suddenly stood up from the dragon throne.
Eunuch Yuan knew that the Emperor was going to see the Empress Dowager.
Eunuch Yuan quickly picked up the medicine bowl, saying, "This is a token of Prince Ling's filial piety. Your Majesty, please drink the medicine first."
The emperor stopped walking, and Eunuch Yuan quickly brought the medicine over.
The Emperor picked up the medicine.
He drank it all in one gulp.
Eunuch Yuan was about to serve tea to the Emperor to rinse his mouth, but by the time he turned around with the tea, the Emperor had already left the Imperial Study.
Eunuch Yuan had no choice but to put down his teacup and hurry after the Emperor.
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