Duanmu Qingxin was stunned when she heard Su Yun'an say "my sister and I".
Does this child have an older sister?
No wonder she just heard the palace servants talking about illegitimate children.
She had just barged into the palace and only saw this child, so she assumed that the Empress Dowager only had one illegitimate child.
So the Empress Dowager had an illegitimate daughter?
Just as Duanmu Qingxin was completely bewildered, Su Xuening on the phoenix bed spoke up coldly: "Mother, is the illegitimate daughter she's talking about me?"
Upon hearing the voices, Duanmu Qingxin abruptly looked up and turned towards the bed.
Upon seeing Su Xuening lying on the phoenix bed, Duanmu Qingxin was instantly struck dumb, her eyes widening in disbelief.
This woman...
She looks exactly like the Queen Mother!
If the resemblance between the boy and the Empress Mother had shocked her by 50%, then the woman lying on the phoenix bed had shocked her by 200%!
It's not that the boy doesn't look like the Queen Mother; he does resemble her quite a bit, but he doesn't have the same direct impact as this woman!
Because she looks so much like her mother, they're practically identical.
She's just a little younger than the Empress!
If she hadn't believed her mother had illegitimate children, or even that the boy was her mother's illegitimate son, now that she saw this woman, she had no choice but to believe it.
Anyone who sees this woman's appearance will understand what's going on! No one would believe she has no relation to the Empress!
As Duanmu Qingxin looked at Su Xuening, Su Xuening also stared at Duanmu Qingxin.
To be honest, this girl does resemble her mother a bit in her features. Although she doesn't look as much like her mother as she and Yun An do, there are still some traces of her mother in her eyes.
She just kept calling her "Mother Queen," could she really be her mother's child?
But her mother has been in Dongchu all these years. Judging from her age, she doesn't seem to be older than her. So how could she be her mother's child?
"Who are you?" After realizing what was happening, Duanmu Qingxin suddenly stood up and angrily questioned Su Xuening.
Su Xuening didn't answer, but only glanced at Duanmu Junyu.
She also wanted to know who she really was in her mother's heart.
Is she her daughter, or her illegitimate child?
Seeing Su Xuening looking at Duanmu Junyu, Duanmu Qingxin immediately looked at Duanmu Junyu as well: "Mother, who is she!"
Compared to when she was facing the boy, Duanmu Qingxin was even angrier when she faced this woman.
The boy was still young, and he posed no threat to her!
But at this moment, this woman who looked exactly like the Queen Mother made her feel an unprecedented threat!
When Duanmu Junyu saw that Duanmu Qingxin still dared to question her, her expression suddenly darkened: "Who she is is none of your business. Get out of here!"
"Mother Empress!" Duanmu Qingxin looked at Duanmu Junyu in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe that she would treat her like this.
Duanmu Junyu was too lazy to explain anything to her, and once again shouted coldly, "Get out!"
Duanmu Qingxin felt humiliated, especially in front of these two illegitimate daughters and sons. Being yelled at like that by her mother was utterly disgraceful. But she dared not disobey her mother, so she could only glare angrily at Su Xuening and Su Yun'an before storming out.
As soon as she left, Duanmu Junyu went outside the palace, stared coldly at the palace servants guarding the gate, and shouted angrily: "Take them to the torture chamber for punishment. No one is allowed to release them without my order."
"Your Majesty, spare our lives!" Several palace servants guarding the gate were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground.
They didn't want the Crown Prince to enter Fengming Palace, but they couldn't stop him from barging in!
Before the men could plead for them, the Imperial Guards dragged the palace servants away.
Soon, new palace guards were stationed at the entrance of Fengming Palace.
Having learned from past mistakes, they would surely not dare to let anyone into Fengming Palace again, not even Duanmu Qingxin.
After dealing with the palace servants at the gate, Duanmu Junyu returned to Fengming Palace.
Inside the hall, Su Xuening, Su Yun'an, and the others all stared at her.
Duanmu Junyu sighed helplessly, "Ask whatever you want."
Since Duanmu Junyu said so, Su Xuening didn't hold back: "That girl isn't even older than me!"
Duanmu Junyu was taken aback by Su Xuening's sudden question and remained silent.
Su Xuening saw the answer in her expression and came to her own conclusion: "So she's not your biological daughter!"
Upon hearing Su Xuening's words, Duanmu Junyu's expression instantly turned strange.
Bai Shi, Pei Luo, and the others also looked at Duanmu Junyu with surprise.
Su Yun'an, however, understood Su Xuening's speculation.
If that woman didn't have an older sister, then she certainly couldn't have been born to her mother.
My mother has been in Dongchu for nearly twenty years. How could she possibly have a child younger than my sister in Xiliang?
If this woman is older than her sister, that's possible! After all, her mother was the Empress of Western Liang, so it's not impossible that she already had a family in Western Liang when her father brought her back to Eastern Chu.
But if this person is younger than the older sister, then he must not be the mother's child.
Duanmu Junyu glanced at Bai Shi and Pei Luo, as if she was somewhat embarrassed to speak.
Su Xuening seemed to understand what she was worried about and said frankly, "Master and Mother are not outsiders."
"Ahem~" Duanmu Junyu, whose thoughts had been seen through, couldn't help but cough lightly before speaking, "She is indeed not my biological daughter."
Upon hearing the answer, Su Xuening's eyebrows twitched slightly.
They're definitely not his biological children!
However, the woman bore a resemblance to her mother in the eyebrows, so even if she wasn't her mother's biological daughter, they should still be related by blood.
So not only was the mother cuckolded, but it was also her older or younger sister who put that cuckold on her.
Bai Shi and Pei Luo seemed to understand something as well, and they all looked at Duanmu Junyu with sympathy.
“She was born to the woman who became empress in your place, and that woman is a relative of your mother,” Su Xuening calmly stated her guess.
Duanmu Junyu looked at Su Xuening in shock, seemingly not expecting that she had guessed everything.
Su Yun'an was also very surprised when he heard this: "So during the twenty years you were in Eastern Chu, someone in Western Liang acted as empress for you?"
The sister's deduction made everything they couldn't understand before clear up at that moment.
Because the "Empress of Western Liang" had been in power for the past twenty years, my mother was able to return to Western Liang after such a long time and continue to be the Empress of Western Liang!
Bai Shi and Pei Luo also looked at Duanmu Junyu with disbelief.
Such a thing actually happens! Can an empress really be replaced so easily? Won't it be discovered?
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