Under the moonlight, Rong Heng lifted his head, gazing at the pitch-black palace gates of Xiaoxiang Palace.
His voice was calm, yet Gu Lan discerned a trace of sorrow.
"That year, when the former Emperor had just passed away for a month, Xiao Ning found herself unwell, only then did I know she was beyond saving. Later, she deceived me, asking me to go with my sister to the Imperial Hospital to fetch medicine from the Imperial Physician for her. When I returned with my sister, I saw her hanging from the beam above the main hall of Xiaoxiang Palace, she was dead."
Gu Lan's heart trembled, she couldn't help but glance at Rong Heng.
She only knew that Rong Heng's mother, Xiao Ning, had died nine years ago following the former Emperor's death; she thought Xiao Ning had committed suicide to follow the Emperor.
But she didn't know Xiao Ning had died right before Rong Heng and Rong Luo's eyes, died in front of the very bedroom hall here.
