After my whole family overheard my thoughts, they went berserk.

Before marrying into the Shi family, the Empress Dowager was already a widow. Over the years, no scandals had been heard of, but it was unexpected that she had kept such a deep secret.

"Were you the only one who witnessed this?"

It's better not to mention it, because it makes me very angry every time it's brought up.

"The dog saw it too. It was the one that carried me back last night. I hadn't even had enough of looking at them. Grandmother and Wu Bende were about to go to bed, but the dog insisted on dragging me back. What an annoyance!"

She quickly noticed that the Empress's expression was off.

"Mother, I swear, I didn't see anything, I only heard them talking. I really didn't see anything. I'm still young, how could I see such indecent things?"

The dog god watched her silently.

I don't know who it was yesterday, but they cried because they didn't see it.

"Your father must not know about this. He has always been filial to the Empress Dowager and his own mother... How will he face her in the future?"

What child in the world would want to see their mother having an affair with another man?

"Okay! I'll listen to my mother every second."

In the original book, the Empress Dowager doesn't appear much, but she is a bad seed.

Because she was widowed at a young age, she had an inexplicable possessiveness towards the emperor. The empress always overshadowed her and was the emperor's favorite, so she never liked the empress.

"Among the imperial grandsons, the Empress Dowager only favored Shi Yunyun because she was a descendant of the Rong and Shi families. When the Emperor was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum, she knew you were imprisoned but turned a blind eye and still praised Consort Rong in every way."

The empress trembled all over.

She never trusted anyone, never imagining that these people were partly responsible for her tragic end.

"Mother, don't be sad. I won't offend others unless they offend me, but if they do, I will retaliate in kind."

The Empress's gaze turned cold.

Miaomiao is right.

"Your Highness, Granny Lin has sent someone to inform you that the Fourth Prince is suffering from severe abdominal pain and is vomiting incessantly."

The Empress's expression changed drastically. She got up, picked up Shi Miaomiao, and rushed towards Yongxin Palace.

"How is the Fourth Prince?" the Empress asked anxiously.

He looked up and was stunned.

It's only been half a year since I last saw him, and he's already gained a lot of weight.

"Your Majesty, after the Fourth Prince had breakfast, he suffered from severe abdominal pain and vomited incessantly." Lin Mama knelt down, her face full of guilt.

"Mother, my stomach hurts so much. Am I going to die? I still have so much delicious food to eat. I can't die!" The fourth prince twisted his chubby body on the couch.

"Where is the imperial physician? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

She handed Shi Miaomiao to Qing Sui, sat down on the edge of the couch, and held the Fourth Prince's hand.

"Yuzhi, you're just sick, you won't die. You haven't met your sister yet? Your sister is very cute and lovable, you'll definitely like her."

The Empress's eyes reddened.

Both children are equally precious to her. After becoming pregnant with Miaomiao, she sent him to Yongxin Palace to be cared for by Granny Lin. She never expected him to fall so ill.

This made her, as a mother, feel very guilty.

"Oh, so this is my fourth brother. He's not bad looking, but he's too fat."

The fourth prince of Huayao Kingdom, Shi Yuzhi, is twelve years old this year and weighs 150 pounds. He doesn't like to go out or exercise, and he is not very popular with the emperor.

After all, the other princes were useless, but at least they were all sent out of the palace so that they wouldn't have to see them anymore. But he was only twelve years old, so he couldn't be sent out.

In the past, when the emperor saw him at Huayao Palace, he always liked to scold him. Later, he simply stopped going to Huayao Palace altogether.

"My fourth brother loves to eat meat. He weighed 150 pounds when he was twelve years old, and he will weigh nearly 300 pounds when he becomes an adult. It's terrifying."

Shi Yuzhi was suddenly stunned.

Inside the Yongxin Hall, no one had ever dared to mock him like that.

Who is speaking?

"Oh dear, Fourth Brother, if you don't lose weight, you'll get so fat you won't be able to walk. In a few years, you'll eat yourself to death. Then the palace servants will wrap you in a straw mat and throw you into a mass grave."

"Tsk tsk tsk, how tragic! The fourth prince of the mighty Huayao Kingdom died without anyone to bury him. His end is truly miserable!"

Shi Yuzhi was pale and weak, but he was not deaf.

That baby voice sounds just like the little baby in front of me.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has arrived." Lin Mama led the imperial physician over.

The imperial physician examined Shi Yuzhi's pulse and shook his head with a sigh.

"Your Majesty, I reminded the Fourth Prince a few days ago to avoid meat and greasy food. Long-term consumption of meat will lead to an unbalanced diet and cause serious problems sooner or later. That's why he vomited again today."

The Empress's expression changed drastically, and she looked at Lin Mama and questioned her.

"The Fourth Prince's health has been deteriorating for some time now. Why haven't I received any news about it?"

Granny Lin was also helpless.

"A while ago, you gave birth to your little princess, and this old servant dared not disturb you. I thought that by urging the Fourth Prince on, he would improve, but he... wouldn't let this old servant report to you."

"It seems that my fourth brother has become ignorant and greedy, not even caring about his health. It seems that his brain has been damaged. Otherwise, he would have remained indifferent to the tragic fate of the whole family and would have become cannon fodder in the end."

Shi Yuzhi trembled all over.

is this real?

"Your Majesty, it is this old servant's fault for not taking good care of you. If you want to blame someone, blame this old servant. The Fourth Prince is still young. Please don't let this matter damage your relationship with your son."

"You can't really be blamed, but those two maids behind you definitely need to be held accountable. If it weren't for the food boxes they brought, Fourth Brother wouldn't have been so sick from eating."

Upon hearing this, the Empress's expression changed drastically.

Her sharp eyes swept over the food box on the table, where some desserts and scraps of meat remained.

"Who brought these things?" she asked coldly.

Granny Lin was taken aback: "This, this isn't something from Yongxin Palace!"

The two maids trembled subconsciously, and kept their heads down, not daring to speak.

The Queen has already noticed their unusual behavior.

"Could it be that someone is deliberately framing my son?" she raised her voice and questioned.

The maid remained silent, but her expression clearly changed.

"Yuzhi, tell your mother, where did these things come from?"

Shi Yuzhi answered directly, "Mother, these food boxes were sent by my sister-in-law."

The maid was terrified.

The Fourth Prince always kept things from the Empress, so why did he tell her on his own initiative?

The Empress froze.

She's actually the Crown Princess?

They must have resented Fang Mama's death to extend their reach to Yongxin Palace.

How long has she been delivering it to you?

"It's been a few days."

The Queen confirmed the speculation.

His fierce gaze fell upon the two maids.

"Your Majesty, please spare us! We were unaware of the situation; it was the Crown Princess's will, and we dared not disobey!"

The Empress sneered.

"You dare not disobey? So you're quite loyal?"

She coldly rebuked, "I have also instructed you to take good care of the Fourth Prince. Do you dare to disobey my orders?"

"The slaves dare not!"

"My son is still ill. I will spare your lives to bring him good fortune, but plotting against a prince is a serious crime. Go to the Begonia Pavilion!"