Chapter 1332: Chapter 495: Palace Intrigue Is No Match for Rebellion (Part 32)

"Tiantian, surprised? Delighted? Happy?"

Student Xiao D had been holding back for several days, eagerly waiting for the "big reveal" day, laughing heartily like a little villain.

He Tiantian: ... It is indeed a bit of a surprise, and quite delightful too.

Knowing that the little Emperor is a heartless char siu, I still didn’t expect him to pull such a miraculous move.

Haha, it’s simply a stroke of genius!

Student Xiao D: ... Eh, that’s not right, Tiantian doesn’t sound upset at all, she seems genuinely happy.

This, this—

Just as Student Xiao D was secretly bewildered, Nanny Song, standing beside He Tiantian, couldn’t hold back.

"Wicked woman, how dare you?!"

Nanny Song’s eyes were wide open, and she was furious, almost unable to stop herself from rushing up to that old woman and tearing apart this wicked woman who spouted lies and wrongfully defamed her master.

As Empress Dowager He’s most trusted person, having accompanied her all the way from outside the palace to inside and guarded her for over a decade.

Nanny Song knew Empress Dowager He very well. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Nanny Song knew better than anyone whether the little Emperor was Empress Dowager He’s biological child or not.

Nanny Song had a good memory and remembered that indeed, over a decade ago, there was a palace maid who died of illness beside her mistress.

Just a small palace maid, and after so many years, Nanny Song no longer remembered her name.

Vaguely remembers that the palace maid caught an epidemic, and the Empress Dowager, fearing the spread of the disease, moved her outside the palace.

Though she sent her away, she didn’t ignore her, the Empress Dowager arranged for a doctor and medicine.

After the palace maid died, out of pity, the Empress Dowager even bestowed funeral silver to her family.

Just an ordinary palace attendant and a benevolent master.

How did it fall into the mouth of this wicked woman and become a tale of someone forced by the Empress Dowager to bear a child?

Even the Empress Dowager’s benevolence turned into hush money from guilt and shame?

Absurd, ridiculous... even audacious!

She was defaming the Empress Dowager, and before the ministers and the world, spun an outrageous lie!

Can’t you see the Empress Dowager is too angry to speak?

And the ministers and female officials all looking at each other in disbelief?!

"What on earth is your intention? Who’s behind you, daring to slander the Empress Dowager like this?"

Nanny Song, truly an asset to Empress Dowager He, was angry but didn’t completely lose her mind.

She slightly calmed her furious heart and realized that this scene unfolding before her was likely a conspiracy against her mistress.

She dug her nails into her palms, the pain reminding her to stay calm.

She sternly scolded, trying to use her questioning to remind everyone around: This person is framing the Empress Dowager, everyone must not be deceived by her!

"..." The old woman calling herself Ah Bi instinctively shrunk back when faced with Nanny Song’s repeated questioning.

Her eyes darted around the crowd, and it seemed she found something, or received some sort of signal, regaining her composure.

"Nanny Song, just tell me, wasn’t there a palace maid named Ah Yuan beside the Empress Dowager at that time? Didn’t she ’die of illness’ fifteen years ago?"

The old woman took a confrontational stance, yet her words were somewhat shameless.

Nanny Song was very angry once more.

Damn it, so what if there was an Ah Yuan beside the Empress Dowager? So what if this palace attendant died unexpectedly of illness?

In a vast Imperial Palace, it’s normal for someone as noble as the Empress Dowager to have palace attendants serving her, isn’t it?

And among these many attendants, who eat grains and do heavy work, occasional illnesses or deaths are commonplace.

Not to mention the noble Empress Dowager, even in the backyards of ordinary officials’ families, there were always one or two slaves who died of illness.

This wicked woman caught onto some ordinary affairs, spun stories, and slandered the Empress Dowager!

Her tongue is sharp, twisting any connection, whether related or not, to concoct a narrative.

In her clumsy rambling, absurdly, there was some twisted logic—

Years ago, the Empress Dowager lost several children, her health indeed compromised, resulting in years without childbirth.

Empress Dowager’s conjugal relationship with the late Emperor had long grown cold, barely sharing a bed once or twice a month.

Under such circumstances, for the Empress Dowager to bear the little Emperor was sheer ’luck’.

But what was that old crafty woman saying?

She dared to use this as evidence of the Empress Dowager ’borrowing a womb to give birth’?