He trembled, his hands reaching out to caress her, but he pulled back halfway, as if afraid of hurting her. "So it was you..." His eyes were filled with nothing but heartache; at this moment, that was all he could feel.
The Empress Dowager's eyes shimmered with tears. "I've never betrayed you! During that horse race years ago, someone tampered with your horse, causing you to fall deliberately! I knew about it! But… but I didn't tell you in time. It's all my fault! Zongcheng, it's all my fault; it's all on me!"
The Empress Dowager hammered her chest fiercely, her heart wracked with torment. Back then, she had already married the Late Emperor. At that time, the Late Emperor was not yet the Crown Prince.
The Late Emperor and Prince Yan were full-blooded brothers, close in age. They grew up together and were very close. Even though the Late Emperor's literary and martial skills were slightly inferior to Prince Yan's, it didn't affect their brotherly bond.
