"Hmph, you're right. That's why Consort Hui had the opportunity to take advantage of this, Consort Hui!" The Empress Dowager shouted sharply, her hatred sending chills down one's spine. "I treated you like a brother. I've harmed so many people, but I've never harmed you. I entrusted my only child to you, but you were careless and let him suffocate to death by a cat. I hate you. You truly deserve to die."
Yun Yue lowered her eyes and said softly, "After the Empress Dowager came out of the Cold Palace, the child was already over two years old. The Empress Dowager found out from the birthmark that the child was not hers. She interrogated Consort Hui and found out the truth. Consort Hui was filled with remorse and committed suicide with a cup of poison."
At that time, everyone in the palace was scheming and deceiving each other. The Empress Dowager and Consort Hui were able to share life and death and support each other. They were indeed a breath of fresh air among the concubines in the harem. However, in the end, they still could not stay together until the end.
At that time, the palace was lonely. To pass the time, Consort Hui kept a cat. Everyone had seen the cat. It had green eyes and white fur. It was extremely cute and very fat. However, the cat was not careful and, out of curiosity, covered the child's face. The child died in a short while, so fast that no one was able to react.
"If the child is dead, just give him a proper burial. Why did you secretly take the late Empress's child and substitute him for her?" Jun Zhe clenched his fists tightly, his heart clearly in turmoil.
Yun Yue glanced at Jun Zhe. The emperor was still young and did not know that the struggles in the palace were all calculated, with each step taken with ten steps in mind, all vying for the only chance to win.
"At that time, the Empress Dowager was trapped in the Cold Palace. Consort Hui was determined to rescue her. Only when the Empress Dowager's son was constantly in front of His Majesty could His Majesty possibly remember the Empress Dowager. Therefore, Consort Hui took a risk and stole the late Empress's child."
"I see! I see!" Jun Zhe was extremely unsettled. He asked softly, "What was the name of the child born to the late Empress?"
"You have nothing to worry about!"
No worries, my lord!
Jun Zhe was in a daze. If none of this had happened, his name should be Jun Wuyou. But fate played a cruel trick on him, and he ended up taking someone else's place by mistake.
He seemed to see a dignified and elegant woman carefully holding her child, with a gentle smile on her face.
He looked at the Empress Dowager. "Empress Dowager, have you admitted it?"
"Hahahaha!" The Empress Dowager laughed loudly, tears streaming down her face. "Did you admit it? How could I not admit it? I searched your body thoroughly but couldn't find the cinnabar mole. My heart was broken then. Consort Hui, she deserved to die. Not only did she kill my child, but she also defiled my child's body. She was utterly hateful. She didn't deserve to be called 'sister' by me. I will never forgive her in my entire life."
The Empress Dowager was mad and acted insanely.
Jun Zhe glanced at the Empress Dowager, who had gone mad. Whether she confessed her guilt or not was no longer important to him.
The Empress Dowager pointed at Yunyue with a sorrowful expression and said, "You wretched maid, you left, so why did you come back? Why didn't you just obediently die outside? Tell me, whose orders did you take to come back and harm me?"
Yun Yue sighed silently. She never thought that one day she would return to the palace. All of this was thanks to Consort Yue. If Consort Yue hadn't become suspicious and insisted on finding an old nanny from the palace, she would never have been able to enter the palace again.
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