Chapter 971: 452 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law (Third Watch)

Eunuch Qin's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words, "Empress Dowager, you can't possibly be thinking…"

The words "relinquish power" came to the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to say them.

Empress Dowager Zhuang knew what he wanted to say. She had indeed seriously considered the matter. Holding complete control of the court, it was unclear whether it was for self-preservation, for the Zhuang family's sake, or for the welfare of the nation—or perhaps it was just for the little money in the treasury.

After all, an Empress Dowager with real power certainly reaped far more benefits than one without.

But now—

It seemed she no longer needed to protect herself, nor did she need to safeguard the Zhuang family. As for the welfare of the nation and the little money...

Hmm.

She was quite reluctant to let go of the money.

There was no helping it, she had many children to provide for!