Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. In addition, the Empress Dowager has done many bad things over the years and has offended quite a few people.

As Zhao Lian continued her accusations, the Empress Dowager was accused of more and more crimes, and the people who had originally stood by her side began to waver.

Listening to everyone's accusations, Emperor Zhu Ji's face turned ashen. Only now did he realize that his mother had done so many things behind his back.

"Never mind, never mind~"

Zhu Ji's face was blank: "Mother, we shouldn't take what doesn't belong to us. You've killed so many innocent people over the years, your hands are stained with blood. I can't sit on this throne with peace of mind."

"I was not born of the late emperor, so let the throne be returned to the Zhu family."

Hearing Zhu Ji call for his mother, Wu Liana felt her blood rush to her head. Before she could finish speaking, Zhu Ji was slapped across the face.

The Empress Dowager's face turned ashen and her whole body trembled. She scolded him with exasperation, "You worthless thing! Do you know what you're saying? This is a capital offense! You are the current emperor, a descendant of the late emperor!"

Now that things have come to this, she can only put on a brave face. She is the current Empress Dowager, and if she doesn't admit it, no one can do anything about it.

Zhu Ji's face was filled with rage: "No, I am not of royal blood. I was born from your affair with that eunuch Gao Lian'an. I hate you, I hate you!"

These words were heard clearly by all the civil and military officials in the court, and the court was in an uproar. They never expected that the current empress would say such despicable things as having an affair with her father-in-law.

“Ministers, don’t listen to his nonsense. His Majesty is terrified and his mind is somewhat clouded,” Ulena tried to explain.

Although Wu Jingang was unable to move because Song Wenjie had acupunctured him, he could still speak. He continued Wu Liana's words: "Yes, that's right. It's all because of you traitors that the Emperor is talking nonsense."

Zhao Lian sneered, "Still not giving up, huh? I have witnesses! Guards, bring them both in!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a man and a woman were brought into the court. They were Hua Li, Gao Lian'an's godson, and Rong Momo, the Empress Dowager's confidante.

"It's over~ It's over~"

Seeing the two women brought in bound, the Empress Dowager turned pale as a sheet of paper, muttering to herself and staggering unsteadily.

Zhao Lian originally came in with General Feng Ao, but she thought it was too slow and took a few steps ahead.

Upon entering the palace, Zhao Lian happened to witness Hua Li and Rong Mama whispering secrets in a corner. Curious, she eavesdropped for a while.

It turned out that the two of them had taken advantage of the chaos in the court, when no one was paying attention to them, to escape.

Over the years, Gao Lian'an and the Empress Dowager had been involved in some of the things they did, and they knew quite a bit about them.

After listening to their conversation, Zhao Lian knew that they were the most powerful witnesses and knew a lot, so she took action to control them without hesitation.

During Zhao Lian's questioning, more and more of the unknown things that the Empress Dowager and her father-in-law had done came to light.

Zhao Lian coldly looked at Rong Momo and Eunuch Hua: "You two repeat what you just said to all the civil and military officials of the court."

Rong Momo knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly, and said, "Empress Dowager, I am so sorry. I have confessed everything."

The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth: "You wretched servant, I have treated you well, yet you betrayed me!"

Rong Momo smiled sadly: "Empress Dowager, I have done so many bad things for you, but you should not have used my family to blackmail me. You know they are my weakness."

“Every time I ask you to do those things, you bring up my family. I’ve had enough of that over the years.”

Rong Momo's family members were arranged by the Empress Dowager to live outside the palace, with spies planted around them, so they were always under the Empress Dowager's watchful eye.

If Rong Momo were to be unfaithful or cause any trouble, the Empress Dowager would order her subordinates to persecute her family.

Just now, Zhao Lian promised that if she told the truth and implicated the Empress Dowager, she would definitely persuade the Third Prince to let her leave the palace and reunite with her family.

Rong Momo stood up, glanced around at everyone present, and said with a heart full of grief and indignation: "Ministers, you see the Empress Dowager as compassionate and a model of virtue for the nation, but you do not know how many despicable things she has done behind the scenes, how many evil deeds she has committed."

“Eunuch Gao Lian’an was the Empress Dowager’s childhood sweetheart. Eunuch Gao was not completely castrated and could still have sex. In the past, whenever the late Emperor did not stay overnight at Liuyang Palace, the Empress Dowager would send me to invite Eunuch Gao over and climb onto the Empress Dowager’s bed.”

For a time, the late emperor was unwell and did not come to the palace. During that period, Eunuch Gao stayed overnight at Liuyang Palace every night.

"Finally, the Empress Dowager became pregnant. She knew it was Gao Gonggong's illegitimate child, so she devised a plan to have me lure the late emperor over. She then poisoned his food, and that night the late emperor stayed."

"Finally, everything fell into place naturally. She gave birth to the current emperor after ten months of pregnancy, and it was publicly announced that it was a premature birth."

"..."

Rong Momo recounted everything the Empress Dowager had ordered her to do, including making other young ladies-in-waiting and concubines drink abortion pills, and even making someone disappear without a trace. These things were shocking.

As for Hua Li, since Gao Lian'an was his godfather, he knew a lot of things. Taking this opportunity, he spilled the beans and told everyone.

Gradually, the attitudes of the court officials also changed; those who had previously said they would support the Empress Dowager had now turned their backs on her.

"I never imagined that Your Majesty would be this kind of person. This is a misfortune for the nation!"

"Exactly! And we trusted you so much! How can such a filthy and despicable person be the current Empress Dowager!"

The Empress Dowager, no longer concerned with maintaining her image, covered her ears and desperately tried to explain to the civil and military officials in the court: "No, this isn't true! They're all lying! It's all the Third Prince's collusion with them to frame me!"

The more the Empress Dowager explained, the less the ministers believed her. They had never seen her so disheveled; it was clear she was guilty and trying to cover it up.

Seeing that the ministers did not believe her, the Empress Dowager panicked completely. With the empire on the verge of collapse, she could no longer care about anything else. She turned around and held her son's hand: "Ji'er, you are the Emperor. They will listen to you. Quickly tell them that your mother is not that kind of person. You are the late Emperor's son!"

"enough!"

Zhu Ji shook off her hand, his face full of anger: "Mother, if you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Stop pretending. Let's admit what we did and face the consequences. I was never born to the late emperor. I am the bastard child of you and that eunuch!"

"What doesn't belong to us, we shouldn't fight for. I don't want this throne anymore. I'll return it to my third brother. You don't know how restless I am sitting on that dragon throne. From now on, I'm not pretending anymore!"

"Snapped!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhu Ji received a hard slap across the face.