"Later, I became pregnant with Xiao'er, but the late emperor still didn't like me, wouldn't even look at me, and didn't even like Xiao'er, so I hated him, I hated him!"

Hearing these words, the Empress Dowager seemed to understand. This man had married a woman who did not want to marry him and treated her coldly. She would hate him too if she were in his shoes.

The Empress Dowager suddenly remembered something, something that she had been unable to find any information about all these years.

"Is Consort Wang's death related to you?"

The Empress Dowager brought up a secret that had been kept hidden for many years.

"This woman? She's incredibly stupid. She has neither the late emperor's favor nor my intelligence and ruthlessness, yet she refuses to join forces with me to get rid of you. Just because she got pregnant with the emperor's child, she actually thinks she can live a life of ease and enjoy her old age in secret. This is the harem, a place that eats people without spitting out the bones. She's too naive and foolish."

"Since she is so naive, I can only show her how terrifying the harem really is through my actions. So I bribed her maid to make her have a difficult childbirth. Sure enough, as I wished, that woman did not survive."

"I didn't expect there to be even better news: her child is gone too. That means there's only one obstacle to my unborn child. Once Yue Yufeng is eliminated, the Yue Kingdom will belong to my son."

"I never expected Yue Yufeng and Yue Xiyuan to be so lucky. Poisoning, assassination, drowning... none of them could get rid of them. I'm worried. I can't just watch Yue Yufeng ascend the throne."

At this moment, Consort Chen's low, hoarse voice had taken on a morbid madness, and a cruel smile played on her lips.

"But it was as if fate was against me, and Yue Yufeng still ascended the throne, which lasted for nearly twenty years."

The Empress Dowager slammed her hand on the table and angrily rebuked Empress Dowager Chen.

"I can tolerate your insolence towards me, but you should never have harmed my children, especially my poor Xi'er, who was abandoned by you when she was a baby. You are so cruel."

"You really are naive. How can you protect this vast Moon Kingdom with such an innocent look?"

Empress Dowager Chen suppressed the cold smile on her lips. "Guards, seize her."

Two men in black descended from the eaves, one wielding two large hammers and the other a large knife, and walked toward the Empress Dowager with utter inhumanity.

After seeing Gu Yanan off at her wedding earlier, Yan An rushed back to Shou Kang Palace and happened to see two men in black coming down from the eaves.

"Isn't it a bit too much to bully an aunt who can't even kill a chicken?"

Yan An touched the Crimson God Whip on his wrist, and a thin, all-black whip fell into his hand.

Holding a long whip and dressed in purple, she walked into the black-clad man as if strolling through a garden. Yan An had beautiful features and a faint smile on her lips, but she was indeed cold and resolute.

The man in black understood that he wouldn't be able to capture the Empress Dowager today unless he dealt with Yan An, so he turned and charged towards Yan An.

Yan An's figure blurred, shooting out like a sharp sword, and in the blink of an eye he was already close to the enemy.

The man in black thrust his knife toward Yan An's brow, but Yan An glanced calmly at the blade, a mocking smile playing on his lips. He shifted his body to the side, easily dodging the fatal blow.

The man in black was naturally surprised that Yan An could dodge so easily, and immediately threw another hammer.

Yan An lightly touched the ground with his toes, dodging the attack like a dragonfly skimming the water. He then wrapped the whip around the neck of the man in black with his other hand, and with a forceful movement, the man in black holding the iron hammer died.

The man in black stared wide-eyed, seemingly still unable to believe that he had died at the hands of a young girl.

Upon seeing that his companion had already died, the other man in black flew into a rage and swung his broadsword at Yan An.

However, anger can be distracting, so the man in black, who was already no match for Yan An, was now even less able to defeat him.

With just a few easy moves, the man in black fell at Yan An's feet.

"Consort Chen, it's been a long time. What other tricks do you have up your sleeve now?"

Upon seeing this scene, Consort Chen felt utterly devastated. The world before her seemed to collapse in the blink of an eye, with ruins appearing before her eyes, and all the scenery seemed to lose its original color in an instant.

Consort Chen collapsed to the ground, muttering, "This is impossible! This is impossible!"

It is indeed somewhat unbelievable that these two men in black, who were considered top-notch assassins in the four kingdoms, were killed by Yan An.

"Please, Consort Chen."

With a single gesture from Yan An, this path meant their defeat. The victor is king, the loser is condemned; they had lost…

Dozens of guards came out of Shou Kang Palace and escorted Consort Chen to Qian Qing Palace.

They had already prepared everything here. Even if Yan An was late, there would be other guards to protect the Empress Dowager, including secret guards and Tiger Masters from the Dark Pavilion.

"An'an, you've arrived just in time. How are Feng'er and Lao Si doing?"

The Empress Dowager was somewhat worried about them, after all, Yue Zhixiao was also a madman, driven to madness, capable of doing anything.

"Don't worry, Aunt, they're definitely fine. They might already be waiting for us at the Qianqing Palace right now."

Indeed, although Yue Zhixiao was skilled in martial arts and possessed both wisdom and courage, he was no match for Yue Xiyuan, let alone with Yue Yufeng added to the mix.

At this moment, the Imperial Guards had already escorted the traitor toward the Qianqing Palace.

The arrested ministers were all deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, unable to even stand up.

They regretted it, regretted following Yue Zhixiao in the rebellion. How much better it would have been if they had lived a peaceful and law-abiding life. Unfortunately, there was no turning back once the arrow was released, and all that awaited them was the execution of their entire family.

When Consort Chen saw Yue Zhixiao lying on the ground covered in blood, she touched him with trembling hands.

"Xiao'er, it is your mother who has wronged you. Your mother was too impatient. It is all your mother's fault."

Yue Zhixiao grasped Consort Chen's hand and comforted her, "The victor is king and the loser is a bandit. I don't blame you. I was too careless. In the next life, I will definitely kill them with my own hands."

Consort Chen suddenly remembered something, "Xiao'er, don't worry, they won't dare to do anything to us. Your mother will definitely not let you lose your life."

Consort Chen stood up and saw Yue Xiyuan standing to the side, and was instantly stunned.

"You, how did you get here? You shouldn't be here..."

"The Southern Territory? I did go there, but I changed the people halfway there. Your feint attack was really not very effective."

Yue Xiyuan's expression was sarcastic, and his words were full of disdain.

"You are just as annoying as your father and mother."

Empress Dowager Chen saw too many of their shadows in Yue Xiyuan. Apart from them, Yue Xiyuan was the person Empress Dowager Chen hated the most.

Yuexi looked at her mother and brother in front of her, her eyes filled with disappointment.

They abandoned her when she was born, yet she was not disappointed in them; they plotted against her, yet she did not blame them.

But why did they rebel? Why did they hurt the Empress Dowager and her brothers? Yuexi was utterly disappointed in them.