Yongchun Palace.
Consort Hua nestled on the soft couch.
Granny Wang stood to the side, while numerous palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground.
They didn't know what was wrong with Consort Hua, and seeing her like this frightened them.
With the Empress's death and Consort Hua's rise to power, their status as servants of Yongchun Palace also rose accordingly.
Everyone who sees Yongchun Palace goes to great lengths to please them.
They had originally thought that Consort Hua would soon become Empress, but today's situation made them wonder if they had placed too high expectations on her.
Otherwise, what's the deal with this whole scene?
They didn't know what happened in Cining Palace the day before yesterday, but they did know that all the eunuchs and maids in Cining Palace had been arrested, and Granny Yu had died.
What exactly happened? None of the servants were following her in and out, but Consort Hua was present.
Consort Hua was asked to leave Cining Palace after the Emperor arrived.
Something big must have happened at Cining Palace.
They were simply unaware of it due to their lowly status.
Granny Wang was also very worried.
She had been by Consort Hua's side for so many years, and she had never seen Consort Hua like this before.
What exactly happened?
All she knew was that Consort Hua had this expression on her face ever since the Empress Dowager summoned so many noblewomen.
She seemed very scared and needed many people by her side at all times.
It turns out that Consort Hua hated having so many people around her, so now all the palace maids and eunuchs in Yongchun Palace were summoned to her presence.
What exactly happened?
There are too many people around, so Granny Wang doesn't feel comfortable speaking up.
Fortunately, it was almost lunchtime, and Wang Mama took the opportunity to have some palace maids and servants busy themselves.
There were only the two of them in the hall. Granny Wang came to Consort Hua and bowed, "Your Highness—" Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside.
At first, Wang Mama thought it was some ignorant palace maid, but when she saw that it was the Third Prince walking over, she immediately whispered something in Consort Hua's ear.
"Your Majesty, the Third Prince has arrived."
"The Third Prince?" Consort Hua was somewhat taken aback, seemingly forgetting that the Third Prince was her son.
"Yes." Granny Wang was very worried about Consort Hua's condition.
At this moment, the Third Prince walked in and immediately saw Consort Hua lying on the soft couch.
Wang Mama bowed to the Third Prince, but upon seeing the look in the Third Prince's eyes, she immediately withdrew outside the door.
Granny Wang was an old servant of Consort Hua and knew something about the Third Prince's temperament.
With no outsiders around, the Third Prince disregarded his status and went forward to grab Consort Hua and drag her to the ground.
The pain brought Consort Hua back to her senses. She looked at her son, and a surge of anger welled up inside her. "What are you trying to do?"
Consort Hua had been working tirelessly for years to help the Third Prince advance his career, racking her brains to do things for him. Now, before he even sat on that throne, he was being treated this way, which broke her heart.
Without wasting words, the Third Prince asked directly, "What exactly happened in Cining Palace?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Consort Hua instinctively wanted to escape.
The scene that day was quite bizarre, a topic that the ladies present would likely never want to talk about.
As a concubine, she was even more aware of the stakes involved.
Based on my understanding of the Empress Dowager over the years, I don't know how many people will die.
"The Empress Dowager is dead!"
"What?" She was thinking about the dirty things the Empress Dowager had done over the years when she suddenly heard these words and was momentarily speechless.
The Empress Dowager is dead? Isn't that a mistake? Is it Chen Siyuan who is dead?
The Empress Dowager planned to poison Chen Siyuan again, but she exposed her in public. Later, a violent incident occurred, and Yu Mama died. After that, the Emperor and his ministers arrived. She didn't know what happened after that, but she did know that the Empress Dowager stayed alone in Cining Palace from then on.
It's only been two days, how could Tai Neng possibly be dead?
Even if someone is to die, it should be Chen Siyuan who dies.
"Are you telling the truth?" Meeting her son's gaze, Consort Hua asked again uncertainly.
"Yes." This is no child's play.
The Empress Dowager's death was suspicious, and it happened at a crucial time.
The Third Prince was always cautious in his actions, but the Empress Dowager's sudden change of heart made him nervous.
He knew that Consort Hua had done a lot to win over the Empress Dowager.
Now that the Empress Dowager is gone, he is equally shocked, but he still feels it is necessary to remind his mother not to do anything foolish at this time.
If he gets implicated again this time, he may never have another chance.
Now that the Seventh Prince is gaining momentum, he is starting to worry.
It's quite a coincidence that he wasn't around that day when all that commotion happened, causing him to miss many accurate judgments. Now I can only try to find out indirectly.
I learned some things.
Su Wen and Grand Secretary Su, along with the people from the Dali Temple, discovered the corpses of many palace maids in the Cining Palace.
These palace maids' corpses all had one thing in common: a deep tooth mark on their necks, the mark having penetrated their skin. It seemed that these palace maids had all been drained of blood from the tooth mark and died.
The deaths of these palace maids bear some resemblance to the death of the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager had no wounds on her body; she died after her blood was drained by something.
This was the result of the Third Prince's painstaking investigation over the past few days. What he couldn't be sure of was that the Empress Dowager's death was unknown to the outside world, as if the news of her death had been deliberately suppressed.
Consort Hua was stunned when she heard this.
possible?
That shouldn't be the case.
Who is the Empress Dowager?
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