When she left the palace, she took the second prince with her.

During this month, Chu Xuanche also completely cleaned up the harem left by the previous emperor.

The two concubines who had lost their sons were honored as concubines and were properly arranged.

The group of frightened cousins ​​were also arranged to live in a separate place.

Everyone was arranged, and finally, it was the turn of the Queen Mother.

Yes, Xiao Yuexin has been promoted to the Grand Empress Dowager.

She was happy and felt that everything was back on track.

Only...if she ignored her midnight nightmares.

During this month, Chu Xuanche was busy cleaning the harem and making arrangements for the late emperor's concubines and children.

And establish the prestige of the court.

He now has Chu Xuanling's memory, even if it is Chu Xuanling occasionally, he will not be affected anymore.

Everything is arranged, it's time to go to Yongshou Palace to meet the Empress Dowager.

I haven't seen her for a month, and she doesn't seem to be doing as well as I thought.

Her hair was quite grey, and her face looked a little pale and blue. It was obvious that she did not sleep well.

That's right, how can someone like her sleep well?

"Your Majesty, you have just ascended the throne and are busy now. How come you still have time to come and see this old woman?"

Chu Xuanche exuded a cool aura, and his dark clothes made his skin look even paler.

"Everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged. It's your turn now."

The smile he had forced in front of the Empress Dowager froze on his face.

"What's the meaning?"

"Killing the prince, murdering the emperor, even if you are the Empress Dowager, it seems difficult to be kind, right?"

The Empress Dowager frowned and said, "You should have heard your father say that she is your grandmother."

"So what? Even if they are your biological parents, if they make a mistake, it's still a mistake."

"So what do you mean, what do you want?"

"Tell me where my wife is, and I will spare your life and send you to the Zheng family to be my companion and guard the imperial tomb together."

The Empress Dowager: “…”

"What if not?"

Chu Xuanche took a deep breath and said calmly: "At your age, it's almost time for you to live to the end of your life."

"You...you want to kill me?"

"No, you committed suicide."

The Empress Dowager: “…”

"Although what you did is enough to sentence you to death, the royal family still has to maintain its dignity. If you are the emperor, you will naturally protect the face of the royal family."

"Humph, why do you want to commit suicide?" the Empress Dowager said angrily.

"Your son died, your grandson died, three of you, why don't you commit suicide?"

The Empress Dowager: “…”

"Oh, yes. I know you arranged for someone to send Chu Li away. You were pretty good to him. You attacked so many people but only let him go."

The Empress Dowager's face changed. "He has already been deposed, and he has sworn a poisonous oath that he will never come back in this lifetime. Please let him go."

"Yes, but only if he is sensible enough to take the initiative to send his wife back."

"You...you know?" The Empress Dowager looked at him in shock.

"Is it difficult to guess?" Chu Xuanche sneered, "I can't think of a second reason that would make him leave willingly and not cause any trouble."

"Otherwise, with Chu Li's temper, he would have brought people back to kill him long ago."

The Empress Dowager was surprised and said, "Do you know that she doesn't like you at all? She thinks you are a lunatic with a problem in your brain. As soon as she arrived at Prince Gong's Mansion, she was preparing to buy a household registration."

“I know.”

"Since you know this, why do you still want her to do anything? What's wrong with giving a woman who is not with you to Chu Li?"

Chu Xuanche said in a deep voice: "What did you say?"

"To be honest, even if Chu Li is dead, he is not so easy to deal with. He was raised by you, and you know him too well. You can win so easily because he trusts you completely, and he didn't resist at all. If you can stabilize him with a woman, it will be a stable business for you, so why not?"

"Hmph, so in your opinion, everyone is just a commodity for the exchange of rights. You keep them for sale at a later date, and you can sell them once the right opportunity comes, right?"

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said, "You are too young. There are some things you don't understand. Power is originally obtained through the exchange of interests."

"Oh, sorry, 놖놌 you are different. 놖 won't trade 놖's family."

After that, Chu Xuanche stopped talking to her and shouted directly to the person in front of him, "Someone come here."

Soon several palace maids and eunuchs came in, three of them holding plates containing white silk, a dagger, and poisoned wine.

The Empress Dowager widened her eyes.

"You are committing treason. Do you want to force me to commit suicide?"

Chu Xuanche no longer looked at her, and only said calmly: "I respectfully send the Empress Dowager to her ascension."

The palace maids and eunuchs all knelt down and shouted in unison, "We respectfully send off the Empress Dowager to ascend to heaven."

She never expected that her ending would be like this?

When she learned that her son had been replaced, she wanted to compensate his family.

The son left, and the grandson came back.

When his grandson Ken succeeded him, all the suffering seemed to be over.

But she never expected that he would come and force her to death himself.

"You want to kill me? You actually want to kill me?"

Chu Xuanche's face was stern, like a statue without a trace of warmth.

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she burst into tears. Suddenly she thought of the late Emperor and her grandchildren.

The late emperor had been in poor health since childhood and was always sick. It was because of her day and night care that he grew up.

Later, when he grew up, he became particularly sensible.

Knowing that she would be worried about his illness, he endured the discomfort.

She drank bowl after bowl of bitter medicine, and she cried in pain.

But he told her that it was not bitter at all.

He said that he felt very guilty because his mother followed Jiao because of his poor health.

She never thought of these things when she was trying to force him to death.

All he could think about was the flattering face of Concubine Xian in front of the late emperor.

My heart is filled with the unhappiness of how they plotted against me my entire life.

All I could think about was that I should take revenge and not let them succeed.

When it came to revenge, she wasn't actually very happy.

She was unhappy, she thought it was because her descendants had not yet become emperor.

But...but even though her eldest grandson succeeded to the throne, she was still unhappy and couldn't sleep all night.

During those sleepless nights, all she could think about was the late emperor's childhood.

Although he was not born to her, she raised him.

The mother-son relationship that lasted for decades was real, completely real.

How could she bear it... How could she bear to really do that to him.

He was already dead and could not be saved, but Chu Li... was also her grandson who she raised with her own hands.

She would keep him at all costs.

"Okay." Maybe she was wrong.

She never won in her fights with Concubine Xian.

The moment they decided to exchange her child, they all lost.