The Empress had originally wanted to ask the Emperor if he had ever felt any affection for her, but now it seemed there was no need to ask. Why should she humiliate herself?
The empress breathed her last with resentment!
The eunuch announced the death, the funeral bell rang, and the lively scene in the palace was instantly silenced!
The sudden death of the nation's mother at such a young age naturally sparked much discussion, but unfortunately, the investigations sent by Yinzhen yielded no results!
It was indeed impossible for there to be a result. In order to exonerate Consort Shu, the Empress kept Consort Shu alive to fight against the Empress Dowager. She went to great lengths to erase the traces of the murderer who tried to kill her!
Yinzhen had some vague suspicions, but he couldn't find any evidence. Besides, even if he did find evidence, he couldn't say it. He could only let Consort Shu die suddenly! Yinzhen also felt it was pointless to watch Consort Shu gasp for breath.
In the end, the blame for murdering the empress fell on the remnants of the previous dynasty, which is the most reasonable reason!
The Hesheli clan became much more subdued after the Empress's sudden death. In the past, the Hesheli clan had done many evil deeds because of Sony and the Empress's presence, but no one dared to interfere due to the power of the Hesheli clan!
Now that the Empress is gone and has left no son, they are not stupid. Knowing that their backer is gone, they naturally dare not be arrogant anymore!
When Consort Xi of Mount Wutai received the news that the Empress had been poisoned to death by remnants of the previous dynasty, she was devastated. Her only reason for living was the Empress, and now that the Empress was gone, she knew that she would never have another chance to rise again!
That very night, Consort Xi fell ill and was bedridden!
When Consort Shu in the palace learned that the Empress had passed away, she suddenly felt a sense of loss.
She is only twenty years old now. She entered the palace in the same year as the Empress, when she was just over ten years old. She will spend two-fifths of her life dealing with the Empress!
The Empress is gone. She feels a mix of relief and joy, but with her mortal enemy gone, and her frail body weakened by illness, she is filled with mixed emotions.
Consort Shu naturally obtained the clues from the Empress, so she investigated according to the clues. The result was just as the Empress had said: the Empress Dowager had indeed taken action against her!
Consort Shu's personality was indeed as the Empress had described. Since the other party had harmed her, she would not care about their status and would always seek revenge!
However, the Empress Dowager is a bit troublesome. First, she is surrounded by an iron fist, making it difficult to take action against her. Second, if she leaves any traces of her actions, the Empress's family will inevitably be implicated.
Consort Shu dared to directly target the Empress because she realized the Emperor didn't care about her. In addition, she was pregnant thanks to the Empress, so if the Emperor found out, he would at most order her to die, and it wouldn't implicate her family!
In order to maintain the appearance of peace in the harem, the emperor would have to cover things up!
The Empress Dowager watched the Emperor grow up and accompanied him through the most difficult period. The bond between the grandmother and grandson was very deep. Consort Shu was afraid that the Emperor would find out, and in the end, her family was destroyed!
So this can't be rushed!
Consort Shu believed that everyone has weaknesses, and the Empress Dowager couldn't possibly be without any shameful secrets. Consort Shu secretly used all her connections to investigate. No one had investigated before, but after this serious investigation, Consort Shu actually found something!
This story begins with an old nanny!
This old nanny was a former palace maid who swept and cleaned in Empress Xiaokangzhang's palace. She was rather dull and reserved, so while she wasn't often bullied, her life wasn't easy either. The palace maids all ate together at the same time, and she was often assigned the heaviest loads and the largest portions, frequently eating late! So, she was sometimes hungry and sometimes full, and over time, her health deteriorated. Once, when the other maids finally got to eat meat, she was too late because she had so many chores! She couldn't bear to waste the meat, and it was a little cold when she ate it, causing her to have an upset stomach that evening!
The rules for palace maids were quite strict. Generally speaking, palace maids were not allowed to walk alone. She didn't dare to disturb others, so she thought that no one would know it was so late!
She got up alone in the middle of the night to use the restroom. On her way back, she vaguely heard Empress Xiaokangzhang's two personal maids talking. Fearing that the maids would find out about her and punish her, she hid in a corner!
Then she overheard a horrifying conversation. The two old women were actually plotting how to harm Empress Xiaokangzhang, and it was the Empress Dowager who gave the order. She was so frightened that she almost screamed on the spot, but she held back. She knew that if she made a sound, she would definitely lose her life!
She didn't know how much time had passed before the two nannies left, and she returned home in a daze. She developed a fever the next day, and even after she recovered, she didn't dare to say anything. She was taciturn because she wasn't good with words, but she was intelligent enough. She knew that if she spoke out, regardless of the outcome, she, the one who knew the truth, would definitely not survive!
To save her life, she kept her mouth shut!
Later, Empress Xiaokangzhang passed away from illness. No one suspected anything because she had always been in poor health.
The Emperor was filial. After his mother passed away, he treated the servants around her very well. The old nanny also benefited from this and got a good job!
The two maids who had harmed Empress Xiaokangzhang were sent out of the palace by the Emperor to live a life of luxury! However, their good days didn't last long before they suddenly disappeared!
Upon hearing about the fate of the two old women, the old nanny was even more determined to keep quiet!
The reason Consort Shu noticed this was because the old nanny mistakenly drank a lot of wine instead of water. Consort Shu's people were next to her at the time, and the old nanny was somewhat dazed and let slip the truth! Consort Shu's people managed to extract the whole story from her!
Consort Shu saw this as an opportunity!
The old nanny was tricked into revealing information while drunk. When she woke up, she couldn't even remember what she had said or done while drunk. Consort Shu secretly put the old nanny under control!
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