The moment the thought appeared in Gongsun Liangce's mind, he nearly lost his grip on the reins. If not for his lightning-fast reflexes, he might have fallen right off his horse.
'This... this can't be, can it?'
'If my suspicion is true,' Gongsun Liangce thought, 'then... does *he* know about this?'
Everyone in the world knew of the Emperor's obsessive love for the late Empress. This was especially true for officials like them serving in the Capital City, who could witness His Majesty's fixation and madness firsthand.
Rumor had it that when the late Empress passed away five years ago, she was never interred in the Imperial Mausoleum.
The procession sent to the Imperial Mausoleum back then was merely a decoy. The late Empress's body, it was rumored, still lay in Kunning Palace.
Although Gongsun Liangce had never seen it with his own eyes, he felt the rumor was more than likely true.
