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Although the Zuo Fu Palace was not a cold palace, because of its remote location, no one dared to enter Grand Concubine Wei's palace after she died of consumption. It had been empty for several years. The house was in ruins and had not been repaired for a long time. Even the cold palace was inferior to it.

Madam Gao only felt her body go limp, her legs as soft as dough. Her knees bent as she sat down on a cushion on a wooden chair.

His body pressed down and the room was filled with dust.

Sui Gu hurried forward. "Esteemed Empress Dowager, be careful. Please wait for this servant to sweep your ashes before sitting down."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to sweep away the dust in the room and then hurriedly went to fetch water to sprinkle on the floor. This room had been closed for too long and was stuffy and dirty. How could a servant live here?

Even Sui Gu found it hard to endure, much less the empress dowager.

However, Lady Gao waved her hand. "Forget it, what kind of house have we not lived in before? In a few days I'm afraid I'll be even worse than I was before. "

At the mention of the past, Gau let out a long sigh. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at the floating specks of dust in the sunlight. He felt that his life was like this dust, moving up and down, unable to be at peace. He thought that he could control Zhao Yu and tighten the Imperial Jade Seal to cover the sky with one hand, allowing her to do whatever she wanted with one hand.

However, after this experience, the Gao Clan also understood from the bottom of their hearts that they were not the type of person to rule the world. Back then, when the previous emperor approved the papers and pointed to the lands, it seemed to be very easy.

Lady Gao closed her eyes. The light caused her eyelids to turn blood-red, and made her think of the myriad of peach blossoms on her Yao Xi. Such a gorgeous, beautiful peach flower had not been seen since she left the Yao Xi sixteen years ago.

She hated everything about Yao Xi, but she had missed the peach blossoms of Yao Xi all night long. She felt that the peach blossoms were like her;

When she thought it through the most important part, she even called over the female official from the clothing department. Despite her persuasion that the peach blossoms would only blossom but not bear fruit and had a bad effect, she still ordered the female official to sew the Yao Xi peach blossoms onto the sleeves of her skirt.

Seeing the empress dowager's dazed look, Sui Gu's heart ached. "Esteemed empress dowager, don't be discouraged. This is only a temporary situation.

"We can leave it as it is. This servant sees that Prince Yao is someone who cares about his reputation, and will definitely not take his place as the emperor." As long as the position of the empress dowager remains, the empress dowager will always be the empress dowager. No matter how bold the Prince Yao is, he won't dare to accuse the empress dowager of being disloyal and unfilial.

"If worst comes to worst, we have no power and no power. Empress, on the contrary, we're happy to relax and enjoy ourselves in the imperial court. Isn't that good enough?"

Mrs. Gao shook her head, "He dares. He personally witnessed his mother's death, and he still managed to think of a way to keep his life by pretending to be stupid at such a young age. It's also me who underestimated him. "

"We've already lost. We're just waiting for him to come." "Sui Gu, I have lived days that I did not even dare to dream of in the past. I should be satisfied, but … But when I think of the man in front of me, I feel indignant. Why? What right do you have to treat me like this? "

Jin Xiaolou followed behind Gao Lang, went around the east side of the road and headed towards the Left Fortune Palace.

The trees and grasses of the Zufu Temple grew lush and dense, but the plum trees had long since withered away. Several sparrows perched on the plum branches flew into the sky as they flapped their wings when they heard someone coming.

Just as she walked to the entrance of the palace, Jin Xiaolou heard a burst of miserable screams coming from inside the palace. Gao Lang stopped in her tracks, stroked Jin Xiaolou's shoulders, and after seeing him nod her head, she walked in.

Gao Lang only brought Jin Xiaolou here alone. He wanted to come here to uncover his secret, but he was also talking about the secret of the current Empress Dowager.

Even the secret of the late emperor.

As she walked in, Sui Gu turned to look at the two women. They were much more beautiful than before.

Seeing that it was Gao Lang and Jin Xiaolou, both of them were not surprised. Empress Dowager Gao even calmed down and said: "You have finally arrived."

Gao Lang also didn't stand out as he walked over and sat down next to the empress dowager. He raised his head and looked at the woman who had been called Empress Mother for sixteen years.

Jin Xiaolou stood behind Gao Lang and could clearly see his curled up fingers slightly tremble.

Jin Xiaolou knew that she was also afraid of the truth in her heart. The only thing she could do was accompany him when he was afraid.

"What do you want to ask? Take the chance to ask." Empress Dowager Gao spoke up.

"You know what I want to ask." Gao Lang spoke, and a moment later, he arrived once more, "Sixteen years ago, just how much did you know about what happened in the Hall of Healing?"

"I know as much as you want me to know." Empress Dowager Gao sat upright in front of him, her posture not the least bit disturbed. Her cheeks, which had turned slightly red when she was injured a moment ago, had also gradually recovered.

"Alright." Gao Lang took a deep breath, "My mother, Imperial Consort Gao Jia, just how did she die?"

After he finished asking, Gao Lang suddenly remembered the huge fire that burned everything down that year. The flames that filled the sky dyed half of the capital red, as well as that man's hideous face and that woman's miserable wails …

Jin Xiaolou saw that Gao Lang's shoulders trembled imperceptibly, and so she covered her hands. The warm feeling in his palms passed through his clothes to Gao Lang.

"Didn't you see it with your own eyes?" Empress Dowager Gao turned her head and looked at Gao Lang, then laughed lightly: "Your mother was killed by your father, do you still need to ask me again?"

"Why?" Gao Lang anxiously asked, "Why did he kill my mother?"

He got the throne with the power of his mother's family. In front of others, he doted on and respected his mother so much. Why? Why would he do that?

When they were young, his mother would often hug Gao Lang and tell him about the scene when they first met. She also told him about how they had fallen in love and how they had loved each other for so long that they could bear the fruits of their love.

It was just that love was fleeting, especially after one had ascended to the throne. Those love and respect seemed to have become people's, behind the back became mother's endless tears.

"I was just praising you for being smart with Sui Gu. Why are you asking me all these questions now?" The empress dowager shook her head helplessly. "Why did your father kill your mother? Can't you think of it?"

Gao Lang suddenly closed his eyes. He had always had an answer in his heart, but he was unwilling to accept the answer as it was something that his mother had loved for half her life, just to make use of his mother.

"Your Royal Father never loved your mother. That Gao Jia, ever since he first met the Emperor, thought it was love for himself." "At that time, the Emperor was still the Thirteenth Prince, but because of the power of the Gao Family, he had no choice but to enter into a false relationship with Gao Jia. Who knew that Gao Jia had fallen deeper and deeper into the trap, and even begged the elders of the family to help the Thirteenth Prince win the throne."

"Gao Bin and Gao Xiang were both trash. After the thirteenth prince had obtained the throne, he had withdrawn the authority of his Gao Family. Merely by giving endless favors to the imperial concubine of the imperial harem, he was able to make the Gao Family be willing to let go and eliminate all of the influential officials and powers within it. If it wasn't to calm the heart of the Gao Family, the Emperor would never have set up that useless person who doesn't know anything as the crown prince! "

"Even so, Gao Family is still a thorn in the emperor's heart, especially the noble concubine that stays by his side every night. This woman whom he has never looked down upon, whom he has no choice but to pretend to love. If I can find an obedient, woman who doesn't have any relationship with Gao Family to replace the noble concubine by my pillow, then I can completely exterminate the people from Gao Family. So, after finding me, soon, there will be the great fire of Blue Pepper Hall. "

"After the fire, I will play the role of the Queen, playing around with the people from the Gao Family like playing monkeys, they are really stupid, what I ask them to do, they have no doubts about it, they obediently listen to me and do it, the evidence of the conspiracy will be released one after another, they have all been arranged clearly, within half a year, the Emperor has already executed the entire clan. I'm afraid that even when they were beheaded, they never questioned that the evidence had anything to do with me. "

Gao Lang curled his fingers even tighter. "Who exactly are you? Why do you want to harm our Gao Family, and why do you want to look exactly like my mother? "

"You're finally asking about something important."

The empress dowager heaved a sigh of relief, but in a blink of an eye, she raised her face. Her expression was terrifyingly ferocious and miserable, causing Jin Xiaolou to almost cry out in fear.