Consort Cui lived in the haram and couldn’t get the news from outside as quickly as the crown prince.

Hearing that the crown prince had come, she thought that he came to see her, so she said with a smile, “Come in.” Noticing his son’s unusual expression, she hurriedly dismissed the maids and told him to sit in front of her, asking with concern, “What happened?”

“There are rumors in the imperial capital that I was behind the scenes when the grandson of ...