386 The truth comes to light (second update)_6

The Emperor did not miss the fleeting guilt in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Jing, and his fist, hidden under his wide sleeve, suddenly clenched tight, "So it really was your doing that Mother gave birth to a stillborn! Indeed, if the Empress had not given birth to a stillborn, how could a mere concubine come to raise the prince? I should have been raised under Mother's name!"

Empress Dowager Jing's tensed fingers, however, gradually relaxed, and she picked up her teacup to take a sip, "When I first entered the palace, I hadn't yet formed a connection with the Empress, let alone possessed the means to cause her to birth a stillborn child. It was the Consort Liu who did it, whether you believe it or not."

The Emperor said sternly, "Of course I don't believe it. But so many years have passed, the Liu Family is gone, the Palace maids who attended to Mother during childbirth are gone, there's simply no way to investigate any longer."