Fifth Princess: Mother, you were absolutely right. This time, Imperial Uncle is probably back to cause trouble. He's even planning to send Father a woman who knows witchcraft.
I've been eyeing that position for a long time.
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The Cining Palace offers a completely different view.
The Empress Dowager was helped to lie down on the couch to rest by the old nanny beside her. She dismissed the servants and left only the old nanny.
"Granny Cui, tell me, how much of what the Emperor said today was true and how much was false?"
The Empress Dowager spoke leisurely, seemingly lost in thought.
"Your Majesty, how could this servant know? But since the Emperor has said so, let's take it as true."
Granny Cui was the Empress Dowager's maidservant who accompanied her in her dowry. She never married and served the Empress Dowager her whole life.
"I knew, but I never imagined that so many things would happen in the palace while I was away for only a few months. I was completely unaware of it."
Indeed, what the Empress Dowager was concerned about was that all the spies she had placed in the palace had gone silent in the past few months.
No wonder no one has sent him letters since the Emperor's birthday.
She didn't want to come back to celebrate Emperor Jing's birthday, so she stayed at Fahua Temple on the grounds that she was unwell and unable to travel a long distance.
Who would have thought things would turn out this way?
"How are the preparations going with Seele?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, just now, the Prince took advantage of the time when he was delivering gifts to the princes and princesses to send word that everything has been arranged."
"That woman has already secretly entered the city."
"That's what Granny Cui said in a low voice."
The Empress Dowager flicked her sleeves and said in a deep voice:
"Alright, it's time to begin. That position was always meant for him."
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