That's one way to look at it.Ooooh. Looks like MaoMao found a clue to the previous emperor's "curse"
Yep.So the former Emperor was poisoned by his own mother?
Also this reminds me. The MC was personally asked by the emperor to nurse the sick Consort Rifa earlier in the story. But it seems like she wasn't rewarded anything for her efforts.
Stingy emperor.