"Your Highness, when I was sorting out the relics today, I suddenly found a book. This book seems to be left by the late emperor. It is well sealed. I dare not look at it, so I brought it to you."

The late emperor's things?

I was wondering why the old eunuch suddenly came to chat with her. It turned out that she had discovered the things of the late emperor.

"Oh, huh? Show it to me."

The palace maid respectfully took the book from Eunuch Ning and presented it to the Queen Mother.

This thing is indeed sealed and looks quite old.

The Queen Mother was also curious about what the Emperor left behind.

She opened it in front of everyone and looked at the contents inside, her eyes suddenly widened.

"what?"

"what……"

Grandma Xu, "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?"

She noticed that the Queen Mother's expression was not right.

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes and nearly fainted several times.

"Queen Mother, you..."

The Queen Mother quickly calmed herself down and raised her hand to stop her from speaking further.

"Go down, all of you."

She yelled with a dark face.

The palace maids in the room hurriedly retreated to escort Eunuch Kuoning.

Finally, only Grandma Xu was left.

The Queen Mother said, "You go down too."

Grandma Xu was a little worried, but she didn't say anything and followed everyone out.

After she got outside, she stopped Eunuch Ning and asked, "Eunuch, what is written inside? Why is the Queen Mother like that?"

Eunuch Ning shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Eunuch Ning really doesn't know?"

"I really don't know. How could I dare to take the things that belonged to the late emperor? You can see that the seals are intact."

So it seems that he really doesn't know.

I don't know what was written on that thing, but the Queen Mother reacted so strangely.

Inside the room, the Queen Mother read page by page.

By the end, her eyes were bloodshot and she was clenching her teeth tightly, like a wild beast about to go crazy.

She was so angry that her breathing became rapid and she picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

"How dare you, old man...how dare you..."

“Ah…hahahaha…”

Um?

The palace maids outside were bewildered.

The Queen Mother was in the room, cursing, laughing crazily, and crying bitterly.

In the end, all the angry laughter turned into heart-wrenching cries.

The palace people were very worried.

"Grandma Xu, what's wrong with the Queen Mother?"

"Should we go in and take a look? The Queen Mother won't come out, will she?"

"Tsk." Grandma Xu made a gesture to silence her.

She was also worried and she wanted to go in and take a look.

But the Queen Mother did not allow them to enter.

The Queen Mother didn't know what was going on.

But she had served the Empress Dowager for decades and understood her temperament very well.

Going in now would be like committing suicide.

After the Queen Mother burst into tears, she angrily tore the book into pieces.

"You old thing, what did I do wrong? Why... do you treat me like this..."

Looking at the pile of debris, she burst into tears again.

I don't know how long it was before the Queen Mother, who was sitting on a pile of debris, called someone in.

After hearing this, Grandma Xu quickly opened the door and went in.

"The Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother stretched out her hand, and Grandma Xu hurried forward to help her up.

"Be careful and sit still."

She sat on the ground for a long time and her legs became numb.

"Go arrange a car to go to the imperial mausoleum."

ah?

"now?"

"Yes, now, arrange it immediately."

It was getting late, and Grandma Xu didn't dare to persuade them, so she quickly told someone to make arrangements.

She brought along her guards and several personal maids, and told Grandma Xu, "Don't tell anyone about my visit to the imperial mausoleum. You stay in the palace and keep a close eye on it. No one is allowed to leak anything."

"놆."

"And..." She took a deep breath and said, "Prince Gong's family...cannot move. Wait until I come back."

"놆."

As soon as the Queen Mother left, Grandma Xu quickly had someone pick up the debris on the ground.

It was torn into pieces, and there was no possibility of repair.

But this is for ordinary people.

Grandma Xu found two experts in calligraphy and painting restoration, and they worked late into the night to repair the fragments.

When she finished reading it, she was completely stunned.

The contents above record the secrets of the late emperor.

A huge secret.

Years ago, Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian were both pregnant at the same time.

The late emperor favored Concubine Xian and wanted to make her the empress.

However, he was jealous of the Xiao family's power and worried that Concubine Xiao Shu would not accept it, so he set a rule that whichever of them gave birth to the eldest son first would be made queen.

Unfortunately, the imperial physician predicted that the first person to give birth would be Concubine Shu.

In order to make Concubine Xian give birth earlier, the emperor asked the imperial physician to hasten her delivery, making sure that Concubine Xian gave birth to the emperor earlier than Concubine Shu.

As expected, Concubine Xian started early, but unfortunately she was not destined to be the queen.

Although she saved the emperor, she also lost her life.

Before her death, Concubine Xian begged the emperor to save her child.

The emperor was about to lose his beloved concubine, and he not only promised her that he would protect the child, but also let the child succeed to the throne smoothly.

When Concubine Xiao Shu heard that Concubine Xian had given birth to the emperor, she became so angry that she was in labor.

The emperor knew that Xiao Yu was vicious, so he would naturally do his best to protect him, but there was always a loophole, and he didn't dare to take the risk.

Concubine Xian is dead, this is his and her only child.

The best way to protect the child was to raise him with Concubine Shu.

Then, the emperor secretly replaced two new wives.

So... according to what was written in the Emperor's notes, Prince Gong is the biological son of the Empress Dowager.

The Emperor... The Emperor is the son of Consort Xian, who was replaced by the previous Emperor.

Grandma Xu was so shocked that she was speechless.

I finally understood why the Queen Mother was like that.

She didn't dare let anyone know such a big secret, so she threw it into the pot and burned it to ashes.

…

The Queen Mother went to the imperial mausoleum overnight and threatened the grave keeper to open the tomb of the late emperor.

This mausoleum is the tomb of my wife. She is not dead yet, so it is not sealed.

This is not in accordance with etiquette and is a crime of treason.

But with the knife at his neck, the gravekeeper still opened it tremblingly.

"Everyone, wait outside. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

The Queen Mother looked murderous, and the people in her entourage didn't dare to make a sound.

They all stood outside and watched her rush into the mausoleum.

No one knew what she did in the mausoleum that night. All they knew was that when she came out the next morning, her eyes were bloodshot, her clothes were dirty and torn in many places, and there was a foul odor.

No one dared to speak, and no one dared to ask.

The grave keeper closed the tomb.

The palace maid helped the Queen Mother change into clean clothes, and then she followed her back to the palace.

She hadn't slept for two days and one night. After returning to the palace, she could no longer hold on and fainted.

Grandma Xu was so frightened that she quickly asked the imperial physician to come and check.

"How is the Queen Mother?"

"The Queen Mother is overworked and her emotions are so volatile that she may faint. It's nothing serious. She will be fine after she has a good rest."

"Well, the emperor is ill, and now the empress dowager is taking care of everything inside and outside the palace. The empress dowager is really too tired." Grandma Xu said.