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Chapter 356 The Soul of Gossip, Burn Brightly!
"Wei'er, I..." Gu An was completely dumbfounded. How could Wei'er be here, and in this state?
"Your Highness, please address me as Miss Xu!" Xu Wei looked at Gu An with cold eyes.

"Wei'er, what's going on? Why have you become like this? You, you didn't, didn't you elope with that scholar?" Gu An already had a guess in his mind, but he didn't dare to believe it.

"So you really believed the rumors that I eloped with the scholar, Gu An? It's been five or six years since we fell in love. Do you remember what you promised me when we confessed our feelings to each other? You said you would never hurt me." The coldness in Xu Wei's eyes faded, leaving only sadness.

"I, I didn't."

“Your mother has always looked down on me because I am just the daughter of a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue, and I can’t offer you any help.” Xu Wei closed her eyes, unwilling to look at the man she once loved most.

Gu An had always known about this, so he tried to mediate between his sweetheart and his mother, hoping that his mother would accept his sweetheart.

His position was very secure. He was the only prince in the entire harem, and his position as crown prince was as firm as Mount Tai. He didn't need any women's help at all.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager's family was not a particularly prestigious one, yet the Emperor could treat the harem as a mere formality for her sake. Why couldn't I marry the woman I loved?

But after finally persuading her mother to agree to their marriage, she ran off with someone else.

He had his suspicions, but what his men found out was exactly the same as what his mother had found out. Moreover, Lord Xu had apologized to him, implying that she had run away with someone.

Seeing Gu An's puzzled and incredulous expression, Xu Wei suddenly laughed: "Your Highness, do you still remember that day you told me that the Empress had agreed to our marriage?"

Gu An nodded. The scene from that day often appeared in his mind. He had wanted to go back to that day many times and ask her why she left him when she was about to succeed.

"But right after you told me this, I was summoned to the palace by the Empress. After being humiliated, I was poisoned to death. My body is now under the well in this cold palace. Your Highness, is this what you meant by 'agreement'? If I had known that being with you would cost me my life, I would have preferred never to have met you." Xu Wei's face was filled with hatred.

Gu An stared at Xu Wei in disbelief, then stiffly turned to look at his mother.

"Mother, you...you really killed Wei'er?" Gu An couldn't believe it.

"I just wanted to find you an ally, is that wrong?" Shen Ru already knew that she was probably powerless to change the situation, so she might as well go crazy.

“Mother, I thought that after my persuasion, you wouldn’t care about these things. Father could treat the harem as a mere formality and only dote on you. Why, why can’t it be the same for me?” Gu An didn’t know that there was a term called double standards.

"Yes, you only see your father's favor towards me, but have you seen how sad it is for your mother to be alone in her room sometimes, watching batches of people come to the palace to compete with me for favor, just because my family's power is not strong enough? All I do is for your benefit."

"Don't make yourself sound so pitiful, Shen Ru. Among those who fought in the palace with you back then, who could defeat you?" The haughty female ghost, who hadn't said much until now, suddenly spoke up.

"Consort Shen, it's been a long time." Shen Ru looked at Consort Shen's face. So many years have passed, yet she still retains the appearance she had before her death, forever so bright and beautiful. As for herself... Shen Ru touched her own face, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"It hasn't been that long, has it? I've been watching you every day, watching you build tall buildings and high walls, and then you fall off the walls with a thud to the ground." Consort Shen looked at her slender hands, as if even a glance at her was superfluous.

"Don't be too smug. So what if I lost? My son is still the Crown Prince. And so what if you were the most favored concubine back then? You were still brought down by a mere concubine like me." Shen Ru's face was filled with almost insane sarcasm.

Consort Shen finally spared her a glance: "If you hadn't bribed that damned midwife while I was giving birth, do you think you would have won? Shen Ru, let me tell you something: the Emperor has never loved you." After Consort Shen finished speaking, she suddenly burst into laughter.

A shadow crossed Shen Ru's face: "I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not, you know best in your heart that our Emperor may seem to be very affectionate and righteous, but he is the most heartless and ungrateful to other women. Of course, this includes me, but it also includes you."

"No, it's impossible. He loves me, he loves me. How could he not love me? He treated the harem like a mere formality for me. How could he not love me? You're lying to me." Shen Ru seemed to have fallen into her own fantasy world, and tears were already streaming down her face.

"Stop deceiving yourself. You already knew who the person in his heart was, didn't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been so eager to harm her, which led to your own banishment to the Cold Palace!" Consort Shen sneered.

Gu An was completely dumbfounded. No, he hadn't even finished dealing with his sweetheart's issues, and now another problem had arisen?
If the Emperor didn't love the Empress Dowager, then why did he treat the harem as a mere formality for her sake? Moreover, who did the Empress Dowager target to make the Emperor so angry? No, wasn't it because the Emperor banished the Empress Dowager to the Cold Palace because she was planning a rebellion?
Gu An felt like his brain was a little slow to work.

"Yuan, Jin, Yue!" Shen Ru suddenly gritted her teeth and uttered a name.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"Cough cough cough..."

The people who were watching the scene in the Cold Palace through the Mirror Flower Water Moon device immediately spat out the water they had just taken a sip of when they heard this name.

Mo Qianxun patted her chest to catch her breath before looking at Yuan Jinyue, "Sister Jinyue, what do you mean? The emperor's heart belongs to you?"

Yuan Jinyue also looked bewildered: "Huh? I don't know, I really don't know."

Her two disciples behind her clenched their fists. What was wrong with this emperor? How dare he covet their master?
"Keep watching, keep watching, the climax is coming! I'm getting more and more curious about what other juicy gossip they'll spill!" Chen Min rubbed her hands together, her gossip spirit burning brightly! ε(><)з