After Yunyue finished speaking, she ignored the Empress Dowager and continued to say to Jun Zhe, "When I was in the drying room, I thought I was going to die, but because of the Empress Dowager's kindness, I kept saying that I was wronged. I never thought I could leave the drying room alive. Until one day, the late Empress came to the drying room and wanted to release me."
As Jun Zhe listened to Yun Yue speak of his birth mother, a surge of emotion welled up within him, and a flicker of excitement flashed in his eyes. He murmured, "I know why the late Empress wanted to release you."
When he first learned that his biological mother was the late empress, he had not yet psychologically adapted, so he addressed her by her title instead of calling her "mother".
Yun Yue smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is exceptionally intelligent and has inherited the legacy of the late Empress. The late Empress believed that if I were wronged and died, the blame would fall on her. If I was indeed framed, then as long as I live, I can keep the person who framed me from having peace of mind."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and said, "Hmph, it was indeed that vile woman who used this vicious scheme. No wonder I asked the people in the drying room about your condition time and time again, but I could neither find you alive nor dead. It turns out that the vile woman had taken you out of the palace."
Yun Yue nodded and said, "Thanks to the late Empress, I was able to leave the palace alive and even get married and have children. However, the Empress Dowager is not entirely heartless. At least she is very good to Yun Nian, allowing her to live a life of comfort and enjoy the treatment of a half-mistress in the palace. I thank the Empress Dowager."
“Sister, don’t thank her.” A thought suddenly popped into Yun Nian’s mind, and she wouldn’t let it go. “Now I understand that the Empress Dowager’s kindness to me is just to appease you and to put on a show for you, not because she cares about my loyalty and hard work in serving me.”
The Empress Dowager's face flushed red as she looked at Yun Nian. Even if what Yun Nian said wasn't entirely correct, it was still seven-tenths right.
When she learned that Yun Yue had disappeared without a trace, she wondered if Yun Yue had discovered something. Therefore, she had been very kind to Yun Nian in order to appease people. Now that Yun Nian had exposed her, she felt embarrassed and simply snorted coldly, closed her eyes, and remained silent.
Yunyue continued, "After I escaped, I thought about many things and realized that the person who wanted to harm me was actually the Empress Dowager, all because I knew a big secret of the Empress Dowager."
The mention of the word "secret" caused Jun Zhe a pang of pain in his heart. The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sob again, letting out an extremely suppressed cry. This cry sent a chill down Yun Nian's spine. She remembered countless nights when the Empress Dowager's tent had also emitted such suppressed and painful cries.
"The secret is that the Empress Dowager's biological son actually died long ago. His Majesty was secretly switched by Consort Hui when the late Empress suddenly fell seriously ill and the palace was in chaos. She also took the opportunity to set a fire to create the illusion that the child died from smoke inhalation."
"Even if the baby swap was successful, the two children don't look alike. How could they impersonate each other?" Jun Zhe was very concerned about this issue and repeatedly confirmed it. Yun Yue bowed slightly. "At that time, the late Empress and the Empress Dowager gave birth on the same day. Although the two children were half-siblings, they looked very similar to His Majesty. Some people even said they were twins and people would believe it. Moreover, at that time, both children were very young and their faces hadn't fully developed yet, so the difference wasn't significant. Therefore, Consort Hui secretly switched the children without arousing suspicion. Empress Dowager, am I right?"
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