Deep into the night, the Dowager Empress is having a secret meeting with her son, Long LiYu WangYe, and her brother, Wen RuKai in her inner palace. --Translation by LissuLand.com, if you are reading it elsewhere then it was stolen-- The Dowager Empress plans to wed YuZhi to Fang ChuFan as a way to get him on her side. After Wen RuKai and Long LiYu WangYe leave, she and her servant go into a hidden prison chamber beneath the palace. Inside is a prisoner who has all of her limbs torn off and her eyes gouged out. The Dowager Empress begins taunting the prisoner who replies calmly to her provocations. The Dowager Empress then begins threatening the prisoner with the life of her son, promising to reunite them soon in death. This manages to get a reaction out of her. It is revealed that the prisoner is actually Long FeiLi’s birth mother, SuRu. The Dowager Empress had been keeping her here and torturing her for years.
Many years ago, SuRu had caught the eye of the Emperor and he had given her the title of First Consort. Even though the Dowager Empress had conceived a son for him, SuRu’s son was the one that received the title of Crown Prince. The Dowager Empress had been bitterly resentful of this fact for years and had been plotting to usurp the throne. ---------Summary------------ “I was his empress, why is your son the one sitting on the throne right now and not mine?!” The Dowager Empress angrily shouted. “Because he loved me.” SuRu said simply.
These words pierced directly at the Dowager Empress’s pain point.