"I heard that. I heard that he's been sick almost every day lately."
Even with His Majesty's busy schedule of state affairs, he still visits her every day, truly cherishing her dearly; this shows how much he adores her.
The palace maid who spoke this time was younger and seemed to have only been in the palace for a short time.
"pet?"
The older palace maid chuckled lightly, "What's so special about this?"
"Back when His Majesty first ascended the throne, he truly doted on the Empress."
I've been in the palace for many years, and this is what one of my superiors told me.
"It is said that back then, even if the Empress wanted the stars in the sky, our Emperor would pluck them down for her."
"There used to be a very tall building here. I heard it was built by His Majesty specifically for the Empress. What a pity..."
She sighed and stopped talking.
The younger palace maid, upon hearing this, immediately became interested and asked:
"What's the pity? I've never seen that building before. Where did it go?"
"My dear sister, why don't you tell your sister more? This indecisiveness is just keeping people in suspense."
Seeing this, the older palace maid said, "Where else could they have gone? Of course, they were pushed down by our current emperor."
"Ah, why did you have to push it down for no reason?"
"What else could it be?"
"If a man suddenly stops being nice to a woman, it means he doesn't like her anymore, or rather, he's discovered that she's betrayed him."
The young palace maid was shocked upon hearing this and immediately cried out in alarm.
"This...this is impossible!"
The older palace maid snorted coldly.
"How could that be impossible? Everyone in our palace knows that our Empress was once the fiancée of the former Crown Prince, who was known for his gentle and refined manners and benevolence."
"I heard that he and our Empress were childhood sweethearts, growing up together since they were little, and their relationship is very deep."
"Back then, they were about to get married when our Emperor suddenly raised an army in rebellion, killed the former crown prince, ascended the throne, and took the former crown prince's fiancée as his empress."
These words contained a great deal of information, and the young palace maid pondered for a while before murmuring:
"But these things are all in the past. Since the Empress and His Majesty had a good relationship before, why did things escalate to the point of demolishing a tall building?"
Upon hearing this, the older palace maid moved closer to the younger one and lowered her voice.
"I heard it from others; people in the palace had been talking about it before."
It is said that our current Crown Prince is not His Majesty's son, but rather the son of the former Crown Prince…
"ah……"
The palace maid cried out in surprise, seemingly not expecting to hear such a secret, and trembled with fear.
How do you know that?
"Of course I know. The old nanny above me had a friend in the Imperial Household Department. It is said that on the day of the Emperor and Empress's wedding, there was no blood on their handkerchiefs."
The older palace maids sighed when they talked about this.
"At the time, our emperor did not make this public, but ordered people to cover it up and strictly forbade others to spread it. Several palace maids were even killed for this."
"It was also thanks to her friend's quick thinking that she didn't say anything, and because she was covering for someone else that day, she was spared."
"Otherwise, why would His Majesty dislike our current Crown Prince, who is so virtuous, talented, wise, and intelligent, and instead wholeheartedly support Prince Rui?"
After she finished speaking, seeing that the young palace maid beside her did not move, she couldn't help but reach out and poke her.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
As she spoke, she noticed that the young palace maid seemed to be trembling even more violently, and she kept looking straight ahead.
She couldn't help but look ahead, and saw that Emperor Rongcheng was standing in front of them at some point, staring at them menacingly.
His complexion could no longer be described simply as black.
Upon seeing this, the two finally came to their senses and immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, please spare my life."
The two knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Emperor Rongcheng's face was as cold as ice, but his eyes were filled with rage.
He looked at Dexi and coldly uttered two words.
"Cut it down."
At this moment, Dexi wished he could bury himself in the ground.
God knows how shocked he was when he heard those words.
He was covered in sweat, staring incredulously at the two palace maids, then at Emperor Rongcheng.
He wanted to say a few words of comfort to Emperor Rongcheng, but seeing the emperor's expression, he dared not say anything more and immediately ordered his men to cover the mouths of the two palace maids and drag them away.
When Emperor Rongcheng returned to Wanhe Palace, his complexion was not much better.
He hadn't expected such rumors to circulate in the palace, and the thought that these words might be spreading there made his expression even more unpleasant.
"Investigate. If such rumors are spread again, kill them without exception."
******
He returned to his house.
Looking at everything in the courtyard, Gu Jingchun felt a moment of unfamiliarity.
Although he hadn't lived in the palace for long, Gu Jingchun felt as if he had been in another world.
Although she was away for a while, everything in the courtyard was kept in perfect order, which was obviously due to the diligent work of the servant Qi Xiaoer at the gate.
Soon, Lanxin and Xiaoman had packed everything up.
Gu Jingchun was just about to take a break.
Just then, someone came to the door.
Gu Jingchun looked at Luo Ziqian and Princess Rongyang standing at the door and was surprised for a moment.
Gu Jingchun: "You... came together?"
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