Cold, Aloof Emperor, Don't Chase Me (75)

The Empress Dowager fixed her dark gaze on Su Qiao. After a long while, she gritted her teeth and ordered the old servant beside her, "Give him to her."

"Empress Dowager." The Old Wet Nurse looked extremely anxious.

The Empress Dowager's face was ashen as she slumped into her chair. "I said, give him to her!"

The Old Wet Nurse had no choice but to return to the inner room. She carried out the sleeping First Prince and carefully handed him to Su Qiao.

Su Qiao had no ill intentions toward the chubby First Prince. She skillfully took him into her arms and turned to leave.

The Old Wet Nurse watched Su Qiao's retreating figure with reluctance. "Empress Dowager, how could you give the First Prince to her? You clearly know..."

He was the Empress Dowager's own grandson, Prince Jin's own son.

The younger Wet Nurse/Nanny, however, was more open-minded.

"Empress Dowager, I heard that the Su family's eldest daughter had been in poor health since birth. Her imperial physician even declared that she wouldn't live past twenty. Perhaps it isn't necessarily a bad thing for her to take the First Prince away."

The Empress Dowager was utterly despondent. "Now that things have come to this, no matter what she intends to do, I'm powerless."

"If that wretched Consort Hui hadn't dared to incite Hong'er to rebel, and if the Emperor hadn't discovered the signs, I wouldn't have ended up in this state."

Whenever she thought of that woman, Consort Hui, the Empress Dowager gnashed her teeth in hatred. "For that wretch to die just like this is truly letting her off too easily."

Su Qiao insisted on raising the First Prince by her side. Although Long Jingyuan found it extremely distasteful, there was nothing he could do about it.