Chapter 215 The Empress Dowager is in a state of shock

At this moment, Changchun, the eunuch in charge of the Cining Palace, came in and asked for a meeting.

He originally wanted to report the matter, but when he saw Wen Li'er was there, he thought about reporting it to the Empress Dowager later.

The Grand Empress Dowager said, "Speak, the Imperial Concubine is not an outsider."

Changchun was quite surprised that the Empress Dowager valued the Imperial Concubine so much.

So, he quickly opened his mouth and reported, "Grand Empress Dowager, Zhong Yun confessed that before you gave birth, Sun Tong, who served An Yuxia, begged her to agree to the child swap."

"What they agreed on was: if you give birth to a princess, then we won't change it."

"If you give birth to a prince, then whether An Yuxia gives birth to a prince or a princess, we will switch."

The Anxin Marquisate was declining, and the prince born from her belly would never ascend to the throne. Therefore, An Yuxia had this rebellious thought.

"In order to give birth to a prince before you, An Yuxia took some drugs to accelerate labor. She did succeed in giving birth to Prince Yu before you."

"Sun Tong knows how to press acupoints. When Prince Yu was born, she pressed his acupoints to put him to sleep."

"She placed Prince Yu in a basin of filth, covered him with a white cloth, and took him out of Yunxia Palace, where An Yuxia was living at the time."

"Afterward, Zhong Yun placed Prince Yu in a clean basin, covered him with a white cloth, and brought him into your delivery room."

"After you went through so much trouble to give birth to King Wu, you fell into a deep sleep before you even had a chance to look at him."

"Zhong Yun used the acupressure method she learned from Sun Tong to make King Wu fall asleep, and then used the same method to send King Wu to Yunxia Palace."

"Zhong Yun is your trusted maid. No one would suspect that the basin she carries might contain a prince."

"As for the four midwives who delivered the baby that year, she bribed two of them before switching the baby, and she sent the other two out of the delivery room."

"After the incident, one of the two midwives who knew about it died in an accident three years later, and the other died from a serious illness five years later."

"Their deaths were far removed from your births, and they were extremely natural. No one suspects foul play."

"And the midwife who delivered Concubine Duan also died at different times and for various reasons."

After the Empress Dowager heard Changchun's report, her chest heaved violently.

"I've been hunting eagles my whole life, only to have my eyes pecked out by an eagle. I've treated her well, has her conscience been eaten by a dog?!"

Changchun replied, "Zhong Yun lost both her parents when she was young. Her grandmother disliked her as a money-loser and abandoned her to her maternal grandmother. But not long after, her maternal grandmother also died, and her uncle and aunt raised her. Sun Tong is her uncle and aunt's child. The two grew up together, like sisters. Sun Tong was doing something for An Yuxia and asked her to help. Between her family and your kindness, she chose her family."

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her gaze was icy cold.

"Does the Sun family know what they did?"

Changchun nodded: "You should know. One of the midwives who delivered Concubine Duan was recommended by Zhong Yun's aunt, Sun Luo."

The Empress Dowager: "Let the Sun family die before Zhong Yun, and be cut into pieces in front of her."

"Yes." Changchun took the order and left.

The Empress Dowager looked at his departing back, and her face suddenly turned pale, not knowing what she was thinking about.

"Wait." She stopped the man.

"Grand Empress Dowager, do you have any further instructions?"

The Empress Dowager said, “Go and see for yourself if there is a rabbit-shaped birthmark on King Wu’s waist and abdomen.

Changchun came back soon and said that he did have a birthmark in the shape of a rabbit.

The Empress Dowager's pupils widened, her face full of disbelief and regret, and she soon fell into anger.

She slammed the table, heartbroken.

"I saw it, I saw it..."

Wen Li'er hurriedly asked, "Grand Empress Dowager, what did you see?"

"When I gave birth to Wu'er, I was in pain for a whole day and night. I didn't even get to see the baby before I fell asleep from exhaustion. But before I fell asleep, I vaguely thought I saw a birthmark on the baby's body, in the shape of a rabbit. But when I woke up and asked Zhong Yun about it, she told me that it was a piece of dirt on the baby's lower abdomen, which would disappear after wiping it clean. I actually believed her, I actually believed her! Damn it, I am!"

As she spoke, she was about to bang her head against the table, but Wen Li'er quickly blocked her way and stopped her.

"Grand Empress Dowager, please calm down. The person who separated you and your son is still alive, how can you die first? If you die, what will happen to King Wu? He has just been recognized by you and has never received the love of his biological mother. Even for him, you cannot die."

Xiuping, Xiuzhu and several other senior palace maids also held her tightly to prevent her from crashing into anything.

The Empress Dowager was in a state of terror.

"Quick...quickly go get the imperial physician!"

Soon, the imperial physician arrived.

Also coming with them were Yan Shixu and King Wu and others.

The Empress Dowager had been helped by the palace maids to lie on the bed. She looked half-conscious and kept saying: I deserve to die... I deserve to die...

Wen Lier explained the situation to everyone quickly and concisely.

The Empress Dowager was probably because she had a clear opportunity to discover that King Wu had been replaced.

However, because of his trust in a palace maid, he missed the opportunity to uncover the truth, causing King Wu to suffer for so many years, and he felt painful and guilty.

Upon hearing this, King Wu leaned over, held the Empress Dowager's waving hand, and called her in a low voice.

"Mother, mother, please wake up."

The Empress Dowager woke up, but she was in a daze. She stared at King Wu without blinking and just kept crying.

King Wu wanted to stand up to make room for the imperial physician, but the Empress Dowager grabbed him and refused to let go.