Chapter 649, Leaving the Palace to Return Home (2nd Update)

Yun Jinnian was astounded.

It turned out that the Emperor was not the biological son of the Empress Dowager.

Some things, the Empress Dowager spoke of very vaguely, mentioning very little about Chu Yu's mother, only that she was very beautiful and highly favored.

But beauty is prone to tragedy. She passed away after giving birth to Chu Yu and Princess Jinfeng, though some say she disappeared...

"There are various accounts, but the late Emperor dearly loved his youngest children to the point of indulgence!" the Empress Dowager remarked, inevitably feeling sentimental.

If Consort Chen were still alive, at least the late Emperor would not have succumbed to grief and passed away in melancholy, and this throne would not have fallen to the current Emperor.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager asked, "On your trip to Nanjiang with Prince Rui, did he make things difficult for you?"