This is a taboo subject in the palace, something no one dares to mention, and yet she knows it so clearly.
But then, as if she had suddenly realized something, her eyes turned ferocious and her fists clenched tightly.
"The emperor has actually opened his heart to you, even telling you these things."
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. This is His Majesty's concern. He has not said anything to me."
"Ha. If he doesn't tell you, do you think you can find out about it from somewhere else?"
Gu Jiangli did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Has the Empress Dowager forgotten that you were not the only one involved in this plan back then? Didn't your brother also know a lot about this matter?"
The Empress Dowager suddenly sensed something was amiss and instantly tensed up.
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't the Empress Dowager curious as to why the Prime Minister has been away from the capital for so long without any news of his return?"
"Has the Empress Dowager not heard that the Prime Minister encountered disaster victims on his way back, and in the ensuing conflict, he has disappeared without a trace?"
"Isn't the Prime Minister your most important elder brother? Don't you care about him at all?"
Gu Jiangli spoke each word so clearly that the Empress Dowager broke out in a cold sweat.
The Empress Dowager was unaware of the Prime Minister's disappearance because she deliberately prevented the news from reaching Cixi Palace.
She also knew that the Empress Dowager held this brother in high regard and greatly respected him.
Besides her daughter and grandson, the person she valued most was her brother, who served as an official in the previous dynasty.
To become an imperial concubine, she needed her brother's help; to become the empress dowager, it was even more so that her brother was behind the scenes pushing her forward.
When she was confined to her quarters and most helpless, she first turned to the prime minister for help.
The prime minister in the previous court also spoke very earnestly on her behalf, which allowed her to be released from confinement and thus begin their ruthless plan.
It was precisely because the Empress Dowager cared about the Prime Minister that the gifts she gave were so meaningful.
"What happened to the Prime Minister?!" the Empress Dowager asked loudly, her panicked state causing her breath to falter. "How could the Prime Minister have disappeared? How could he have told you about what happened back then? What happened to him? Speak!"
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