In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the Empress was just such a frail, sickly beauty, so the Empress Dowager had always thought that the Empress used this method to maintain the Emperor's pity. Who knew that the Empress's health was actually so poor, that just after attending to her illness for a few days, she fell seriously ill herself.
When the Empress Dowager first heard the news, she incredulously thought this might be fake, that the Empress was pretending, just to protest against her for making things difficult, and at first, the Empress Dowager was quite angry.
Having been in the harem for so many years, the Empress Dowager had her own network. She immediately sent someone to investigate whether this was true or false. If it was false, the Empress Dowager decided she would definitely have a good reckoning with the Empress, daring to use such a method to tarnish her own reputation.
