Eunuch Yuan followed closely behind.
Eunuch Yuan was not afraid of any danger. Although Prince Ling often angered the Emperor, he would never do anything to harm the Emperor. Eunuch Yuan was very relieved about this.
Upon entering the dark room, he discovered it was an ice cellar. Eunuch Yuan found it unbelievable. It was normal for a royal palace to have an ice cellar; most aristocratic families would have one. But to find an ice cellar in a study? He had never seen one before, let alone heard of it.
After descending countless steps, Eunuch Yuan was shivering from the cold. Just as he was worried that the Emperor might get cold, he saw Xie Jingyan and Consort Chen lying on the icy platform.
Eunuch Yuan, “…!!!”
Eunuch Yuan was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.
He knew that Consort Chen had disappeared.
How could Consort Chen's body be in Prince Cheng's residence?!
The Emperor walked ahead, but when he saw Consort Chen, his pace slowed down, his legs feeling as heavy as if they weighed a ton, and he could not move forward.
When Consort Chen had an accident at the Yan residence, he asked her what happened. Consort Chen didn't say a word except to cry. In a fit of anger, he banished her to the Cold Palace and demoted Yan'er to guard the imperial mausoleum, all to force Consort Chen to speak.
But she never said what exactly happened that day. He never went to the Cold Palace again. Consort Chen committed suicide by poisoning herself. The Empress Dowager asked Zhao Mama to collect her body, but he didn't go to see her one last time.
He never expected to see her again after so many years.
She lay there peacefully, as if she were asleep.
The wound that had never healed over the years was torn open again the moment he saw Consort Chen, leaving it bleeding profusely.
The Emperor shifted his gaze from Consort Chen's face to Xie Jingyan, and with all his might, he asked, "Why is your mother here?"
Xie Jingyan's eyes were red, his face full of coldness and mockery. "Does Father Emperor think I would know?"
He also wanted to know why his mother was there. His father asked him, but who should he ask?
The imperial edict flashed through Xie Jingyan's mind—
Empress Dowager!
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