Chapter 1430

Gu Hanyuan walked toward the Cining Palace with the clueless Princess Jianning.

Princess Jianning discovered that the palace maids and eunuchs in the Cining Palace had already been dismissed.

Her heart grew even more suspicious.

When Princess Jianning saw the Empress Dowager, she unexpectedly saw her chatting cordially with a woman she had never seen before.

That woman was slightly older.

Her temperament was neither like a palace maid nor like a matron.

However, Princess Jianning unexpectedly felt a sense of closeness.

The woman was none other than Mao Dongzhu.

And the Empress Dowager was the real Empress Dowager.

After last night's nourishment, the Empress Dowager was no longer the pale, haggard-looking person she had been.

Her complexion was rosy, and her skin was much more delicate.

She actually had quite a bit of the style she had in her youth, and she also had an added mature charm.

Why the current situation appeared, it had to start from last night.

After Gu Hanyuan left last night.

Mao Dongzhu explained Wutian's fierce identity and deeds to the Empress Dowager.

Which caused the Empress Dowager to gasp repeatedly.

Mao Dongzhu keenly sensed the Empress Dowager's complex emotions beyond fear.

Fear was a matter of course.

Compared to Princess Jianning, who knew nothing about the situation in the Qing Guo, the Empress Dowager knew better the terrifying aspects of an Earth Immortal.

Yet, she also didn't know about the existence of the "Qing Ancestral Shrine."

Although the Empress Dowager had been locked up by Mao Dongzhu.

But because Mao Dongzhu would also talk about some things casually when feeding her.

So the Empress Dowager was very clear about the difficulty of Kangxi's situation.

She could even guess a little about Kangxi's thoughts regarding Wutian.

He would definitely spare no effort to win him over.

According to the Empress Dowager's guess.

Even if Kangxi found out she had lost her chastity, he wouldn't turn against Wutian.

The most likely possibility was that he would ask her to help win Wutian over.

And even if one day Kangxi and Wutian turned against each other.

Her most likely outcome would be nothing more than a cup of poisoned wine, with the outside world being told she died of illness.

This was also the outcome the Tongjia sisters were most likely to face.

After all, imperial scandals were absolutely not allowed to be leaked.

Of course, Gu Hanyuan would also not allow such a result.

When he turned against Kangxi, it would be the time to swallow the Qing Guo and for Kangxi to die.

Gu Hanyuan's thoughts were completely unknown to the Empress Dowager.

Therefore, it became a matter of course that she would be even more afraid.

However, the Empress Dowager's fear of Wutian was out of her status.

But besides her status as Empress Dowager, she was also a woman.

The Empress Dowager Borjigit was from the Khorchin tribe.

It was one of the few tribes that had submitted to the Qing Guo and was hostile to the Mongol Yuan.

The Khorchin tribe was located in the southern desert, adjacent to the Qing Guo, and could receive support from the Qing Guo at any time.

Therefore, it became the front line for the Qing Guo to resist the Mongol Yuan.

Since the founding of the Qing Guo, the Khorchin tribe had produced several empresses.

And Xiaozhuang was also from the Khorchin tribe.

One can imagine how close the relationship between the Khorchin tribe and the Qing Guo was.

There were also two concubines from the Khorchin tribe in Kangxi's harem.

They were Concubine Hui and Concubine Xuan, respectively.

The two women were not only not empresses, but not even noble imperial consorts.

This was because for the current Kangxi, compared to resisting external pressure, winning over internal forces was more important.

Therefore, the marriage objects were mostly chosen from the daughters of high-ranking Manchu officials.

Empress Hesheli was the granddaughter of the regent Sonin.

The Khorchin tribe was known as the pearl of the grasslands and had produced beauties for generations.

Xiaozhuang had even caused Huang Taiji and Dorgon to compete for her favor.

The Empress Dowager Borjigit was also a beauty from the Khorchin tribe.

Even though she was getting on in years, she was still a charming and graceful woman.

She was even able to pique Gu Hanyuan's interest despite being locked up by Mao Dongzhu for so long, which led to her haggard appearance and weak body.

It shows how beautiful the Borjigit clan was in its prime.

However, the Shunzhi Emperor turned a blind eye to the Borjigit clan, who was the Empress, and favored only the Dong Efei.

He even proposed to depose the Empress and make the Dong Efei the Empress instead.

Borjigit also had no children in her life.

It shows the Shunzhi Emperor's coldness toward her.

Although Borjigit loved the Shunzhi Emperor, she was also a woman.

She was not favored in her youth and had been a widow for many years.

Last night's experience made her feel guilty, but it also opened a new door for her.

She had never imagined that there could be such beauty in the world.

Even the image of the Shunzhi Emperor in her heart had faded a lot.

Borjigit's psychological changes were seen by Mao Dongzhu through some clues.

She found it somewhat amusing while also feeling a bit jealous.

However, compared to jealousy, she was more willing to win over Borjigit.

Therefore, she proposed:

"I can let you out, and even let you restore your status as Empress Dowager. But you cannot expose the truth of these years, and you must help me work for the Master together. Otherwise, you know what the outcome will be."

Borjigit, in addition to being surprised, agreed without hesitation.

She didn't want to go back to that dark, sunless compartment.

As for Mao Dongzhu's request.

If it weren't for last night's events, she might have considered finding an opportunity to secretly expose it to Kangxi.

But after last night's events, she didn't dare to do so.

Therefore, she agreed honestly.

Mao Dongzhu, seeing this, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Borjigit only agreed verbally.

But combined with the situation, the credibility was very high.

However, she was also a bit uneasy that Wutian would blame her for acting on her own.

In order to avoid being blamed, and also for her own purposes.

Mao Dongzhu said with a slightly flushed face: