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Chapter 1827 My Aunt is the Empress 34
Princess Fukang heard from the Sixth Prince that her mother had killed many people and that he told her not to ask any more questions. He said that if she continued to ask, the truth would be exposed and she would no longer be able to stand in the imperial clan. But she was still unconvinced and did not believe it. She thought that her mother was a nobody and could not possibly harm anyone.

She always felt that someone in the palace wanted to harm her mother and plotted to kill her, so even though the Sixth Prince reminded her not to ask any further questions, she still didn't believe it and continued to secretly investigate the matter.

The Sixth Prince saw that he had kindly reminded Princess Fukang, but this older sister seemed to have lost her mind and wouldn't listen to him, continuing to do as she pleased. He knew that in the end, she would be the one to suffer.

As expected, Consort Yu and others had long wanted to vent their dissatisfaction with Princess Fukang's mother, so when they saw Princess Fukang investigating the matter, they secretly spread the story and rumors.

Soon, the people of the capital learned that Consort Han, the mother of Princess Fukang, had killed many of the late emperor's concubines and poisoned many of the former favored concubines in brothels, rendering them unable to have children and shortening their lifespans.

They also revealed Han Taipin's family background before she entered the palace as a maid, letting people know that her maternal grandmother was a former prostitute who had reformed, which is why she knew about the sterilization drugs used in brothels.

It should be noted that since Consort Han became a concubine of the late emperor, her background has remained unknown. All that is known is that she was a girl from a poor family in the suburbs of the capital. Her family was poor—or rather, they would not marry the daughter of a female servant—so she entered the palace as a maid, was assigned to serve the late emperor, and eventually became a concubine. No one knew anything about her maternal grandmother.

If it weren't for Consort Han using poison from a brothel, and everyone investigating why she knew about brothel poisons, they would have discovered her maternal grandmother's true identity; otherwise, they would have known nothing at all.

Then everyone roughly understood why Consort Han was quite good-looking: because her maternal grandmother was a prostitute, so she must have been quite beautiful, and that's how it was passed down—I don't know why her maternal grandmother could still have children after taking that kind of sterilization drug from the brothel; I guess her maternal grandmother knew the antidote.

Soon, the rumors affected Princess Fukang. People privately discussed how many people her mother had killed and how her great-grandmother had been a prostitute. Although her husband's family dared not divorce the princess, they did request a divorce.

Princess Fukang's husband's family was not a small or insignificant family; they were quite powerful. If they wanted to divorce Princess Fukang, they could certainly do so. Unlike smaller families, who might be afraid of the imperial family's authority and could only swallow their anger and not dare to divorce her, Princess Fukang's family was not afraid.

Actually, the reason why the consort's family wanted to divorce Princess Fukang was not entirely because of the fact that her mother had harmed someone. After all, that matter was in the past, and Consort Han had been killed. With death comes no debt, and even the greatest grudges should be settled.

However, the problem lies in the fact that Consort Han's background is not good. Her maternal grandmother was of such a status. In their large family, the fact that their daughter-in-law's ancestors had such people, even if it was her great-grandmother's family, cannot hide the fact that she is a member of the imperial family. It is impossible for her to erase this status just because she is a princess and act as if nothing happened. They do not want to go out and be ridiculed, so they are definitely going to divorce.

Moreover, they dared to bet that unless it was a family of very low status, they wouldn't mind that the princess's great-grandmother was of such status. It was mainly because small families were willing to endure it for the sake of wealth. Otherwise, families with slightly better conditions would not want Princess Fukang. In other words, if Princess Fukang wanted to remarry after her divorce, she could only marry into a family with very poor conditions, otherwise she would not be able to get married at all.

Princess Fukang's first husband's family was so well-off that it's unlikely she would marry into a family with poorer conditions. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to accept the psychological gap, so she might not be able to find a husband to marry into again.

Princess Fukang never expected that her insistence on investigating her mother would lead to such an outcome. If she had known about her mother's situation earlier, she would definitely have listened to her younger brother and wouldn't have investigated. —Of course not! The Sixth Prince had clearly warned her that her mother had harmed many people and that the investigation shouldn't continue, but she didn't believe him and insisted on investigating. Who could she blame for this?

Just as the prince consort's family thought, given Princess Fukang's background, after her divorce and return, she would find it impossible to remarry—good families wouldn't want her, and Princess Fukang wouldn't marry into bad families.

However, even if she didn't marry and remained in the imperial clan, she wouldn't have a good life—every day, someone would throw excrement at the princess's residence, making the entrance stinky.

Needless to say, the person who threw the excrement was a member of the family of one of the concubines who had been poisoned to death by Consort Han, or who was still alive but unable to have children and whose lifespan was short.

They thought the same as the girls in the palace: if it weren't for Consort Han, their daughters might have given birth to princes and had a chance to inherit the throne. Even if they couldn't inherit the throne, becoming a prince would still be beneficial to their family. Now, Consort Han had ruined everything. They hated Consort Han with a passion, but unfortunately, she was dead. Naturally, they could only vent their anger on Princess Fukang. As a result, Princess Fukang was unlucky. Even though she wasn't married, everyone hated her. She could only hide in her princess residence in fear and regret that she hadn't listened to the new emperor and presumptuously assumed that the sixth prince was in cahoots with the women in the palace, that what he said was false and a lie. She insisted on investigating, and this is what happened.

When Consort Yu and others heard that Princess Fukang had met such an end, they were naturally very relieved, feeling that they had finally vented their anger.

Leaving aside the fact that Princess Fukang didn't inherit the intelligence of Consort Han and the late Emperor, and insisted on investigating Consort Han's death, which brought her bad consequences, Linlang felt relieved after solving the case of the murderer who harmed Empress Dowager Zhou. After all, if there are doubts in one's heart that haven't been resolved, one will definitely keep thinking about them and getting anxious.

However, while Consort Han hoped that Empress Dowager Zhou would not die, the mother of the Sixth Prince passed away.

The sixth prince's mother had always been in poor health. Although the sixth prince became emperor and she also became empress dowager, she had been recuperating due to her poor health.

Linlang had also tried to save her, but found that she was different from the poisoned Empress Zhou. Her body's foundation was damaged, unlike Empress Zhou, who could be saved simply by detoxifying her. As for her, unless she was given a gene repair fluid, there was no way to save her.

Gene repair fluid isn't something that can be repaired with just a little bit; a lot is needed. Linlang won't provide it, since gene repair fluid is quite expensive, and she's unwilling to spend so much money to save her.

After all, although the Sixth Prince's birth mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, treated her fairly well, the two weren't close enough for her to be willing to spend so much gene repair fluid on her. She was only able to live until now because Linlang gave her a little bit of gene repair fluid to sustain her; otherwise, she would have passed away not long after the Sixth Prince ascended the throne.

Happy New Year to everyone! May all your wishes come true!