Late at night.
In the Emperor's bedroom.
Emperor Zheng De was about to fall asleep.
A eunuch's voice came from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here."
The Emperor immediately got up from his bed.
He frowned slightly and immediately put on his clothes to welcome them.
"Mother is here?"
Before he reached the door of the bedroom.
The bedroom door was pushed open.
The Empress Dowager walked in, dressed in casual clothes.
After entering, the Empress Dowager did not say a word.
He waved his hand to dismiss the eunuchs and serving girls behind him and closed the door mysteriously.
The Emperor saw that his mother was so strange.
He did not speak immediately.
She sat in front of the table in the middle.
Only then did he ask.
"Mother, why did you come here so late at night?”
The empress dowager's expression was solemn. She stared at her son for a moment before speaking.
she whispered.
"Son, perhaps this matter isn't as simple as it seems.”
Emperor Zheng De was puzzled.
"It's not as simple as it looks?"
"Why?"
"Isn't it just the Yun Nation? No, it should be the Fusang people who secretly plotted against me and mother?”
"Could there be more to this?"
The empress dowager nodded.
She recalled the memory from the night before.
"Son, do you know what I've been through these past few days?”
Emperor Zheng De was puzzled.
"Didn't you already say that?"
"You've been unconscious for the past few days. After you woke up, you've been locked in the state guesthouse?”
The Empress Dowager suddenly whispered.
"Actually, I didn't say everything. When I was unconscious, this widow woke up once.”
The Emperor was surprised.
"What?"
"Mother, you have woken up?"
"Why didn't you say so in the palace?”
Give up on the Empress Dowager's business and whisper into the Emperor's ear.
"I didn't say it because your Imperial Uncle was there.”
"When I woke up, I clearly heard the sound of the guards changing shifts.”
"Although it is very far, this widow is sure that this widow did not hear wrongly.”
The emperor heard it like thunder.
Sitting on the spot, his aura instantly became heavy.
"Could it be that all of this has something to do with Imperial Uncle?”
"Could it be that all of this was arranged by Imperial Uncle?”
The Empress Dowager held the Emperor down and pulled him to the seat.
"Ever since Retired Emperor left, I felt that something was wrong with your Imperial Uncle.”
"Son, you must be wary of him in the future.”
"Since he dared to attack you and this widow, there will be a next time.”
"We have to think of a countermeasure."
"Aijia does not want to be locked in a jar again.”
Looking at his mother's sad and depressed appearance, the Emperor's eyes revealed a trace of ruthlessness.
"Mother, leave this matter to me.”
"I definitely won't let you suffer what happened today again.”
The empress dowager looked at her son and knew that he had been wary of his uncle.
But thinking about it, she sighed again.
"Son, you are too weak compared to your uncle.”
"This widow can see that if it wasn't for Cao Zhengchun in the court fighting against him.”
"I'm afraid he can do anything.”
The Emperor calmed down.
He sat at the table and lowered his head in deep thought.
How could he not know this?
Cao Zhengchun was indeed a force that he had deliberately nurtured.
This force was reserved for him to use against Ironguts.
However, as Cao Zhengchun's power grew, he became more and more powerful.
Now, it was also a threat to him.
He secretly clenched his fists.
"We must develop our own forces.”
"Especially experts."
"If I had martial arts experts like Cao Zhengchun and the Iron-Gutted Divine Marquis under me, I would have been able to do so.”
"There's no need to be afraid of them rebelling.”
At this point.
The Empress Dowager suddenly suggested.
"Expert!"
"Isn't the hero Cheng tonight an expert?”
"His martial arts are very strong. You and I have seen it with our own eyes.”
"He has a good relationship with Yun Luo."
"Why not let him become one of us?”
The Emperor hesitated.
"Mother, what are you talking about?”
"Your son has long investigated his background.”
"Before entering the Imperial Palace, he was just a local ruffian who roamed the streets.”
"He has a careless personality and is extremely difficult to grasp.”
"It's not appropriate to bet our safety on him.”
"However, it is indeed impossible for him to be the Divine Marquis's man.”
"I've investigated. His martial arts came from a person called Gu Santong.”
The empress dowager recalled.
"Gu Santong?"
"Why does this name sound so familiar?"
"This widow remembers. Back then, your imperial uncle wanted the Retired Emperor to bestow a marriage. The woman who bestowed the marriage had a fiancé called Gu Santong.”
"Twenty years ago, your Imperial Uncle sent this Gu Santong to the imperial prison.”
"That's why I obtained my current position in the court.”
the Emperor added.
"That's right, this Gu Santong is the master of right and wrong.”
"It's precisely because of this relationship that he couldn't possibly be on good terms with God-Marquis Ironguts.”
The empress dowager nodded.
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