However, in the eyes of the emperor, it seemed that Empress Dowager Zhuang had deliberately concealed her identity, gained the sympathy and trust of Gu Jiao and her husband by presenting herself as an innocent elderly woman, and took advantage of Xiao Liulang's journey to the Capital City for the imperial examination to return there.
"She could stoop so low as to manipulate a candidate for the imperial examination! She could even be brazen enough to scheme against the person who saved her life! She's nothing more than a treacherous, ruthless woman!"
The emperor could tolerate most things, but he couldn't tolerate this!
The emperor's eyes blazed as he exclaimed, "Why ... why does everyone in my circle... betray me one after another! The little divine doctor did, and Ning An did too back in the day! What's wrong with me? How did I lose out to her!"
Eunuchs Wei and He stopped talking.
Both of them understood that the Emperor was reminiscing about Princess Ning An.