Late at night, the door to the side hall where Consort Rong was staying was quietly opened a crack.
Wanji, hunched over and dressed in a robe resembling a demon, slowly walked to Consort Rong's bedside.
"Consort Rong—"
The deliberately drawn-out sound rang out, and Consort Rong, who was awakened by the sight of the "ghost," instinctively cried out for help, while involuntarily shrinking into a corner. "Who are you? Don't try to scare me by pretending to be a ghost!"
“I am an evil spirit under the command of King Yama. Yesterday, the child in your womb died unjustly, disrupting the order between humans and ghosts.”
Wanji's face was painted deathly white, making him look terrifying.
"As a mother, you cruelly exploited the fetus in your womb. Now, the King of Hell is taking back all your chances of having children." Wanji suddenly stuck his head out, startling Consort Rong, who covered her eyes and screamed.
"That child was doomed to die!" Consort Rong trembled all over. When she opened her eyes slightly, she saw a little ghost behind Wanji, staring at her sinisterly.
"Mother."
The little devil's mouth was still stained with blood, and his sharp teeth were sticking out, making him look less than human. "Mother, why can my brother and sister survive, but I can't?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Consort Rong looked around in terror, her voice trembling as she tried to keep quiet. "Where did this brat come from? Stop talking nonsense!"
"Mother, you've placed my elder brother, second brother, and sister under the Empress's name, and made my elder brother the Crown Prince. You've gone to such lengths to plan for them, so why am I being used to frame others!"
The little devil spoke while shedding tears of blood, his fingernails gleaming coldly as he opened his mouth wide and approached Consort Rong. "Mother Consort, since that's the case, why don't you go to hell in my place, okay?"
"Don't come any closer, don't come any closer..."
Consort Rong shook her head. "I didn't mean to abandon you. It's your own fault for being so weak. You were never meant to survive."
But the little devil gripped Consort Rong's neck tightly, watching her face turn red. "Mother, I'm determined to take someone's life. If I let you go, who will I go to? My eldest brother? My second brother? Or my sister?"
"Find...cough cough cough...find your sister, yes, find her!"
As soon as Consort Rong finished speaking, a cold glint flashed in the little devil's eyes, and his sharp nails scratched Consort Rong's face. Consort Rong immediately covered her face and rolled off the bed.
"Consort Rong." Wanji's voice rang out, and the little ghost immediately returned to Wanji's back obediently. "Ten years ago, you also killed a child. These two little ghosts will haunt you until you die."
Consort Rong seemed to have been touched on a nerve, "No, I didn't kill him ten years ago, he's alive and well!"
Jiang Yu, who was outside, suddenly trembled. That child... was still alive!
"Hahahahaha!" Consort Rong suddenly laughed. "Little devil, little devil, if I hadn't been pregnant with you, how could I have fallen out with my own child, and how could I have ended up in this mess with the Emperor!"
"I wish I had never conceived you!"
Half an incense stick later, the thick ghost robes were removed, and Wanji and Gu Qingyao were drenched in sweat.
[Today it can be confirmed that Gu Qingling was also born to Consort Rong. Back then, Consort Rong swapped her three children with my children—a truly outrageous scheme.]
The murderous intent in Gu Qingyao's eyes had not completely subsided; in Consort Rong's heart, she truly was not important at all.
"I will personally meet with Consort Rong tomorrow night," Jiang Yu sneered. "I suppose Consort Rong won't last much longer. I must investigate the truth of what happened back then."
The palace servants of Zhaoning Palace have all been dismissed, and now only a few people present know the truth.
"Mother, I'm sleepy, I'll go back to rest now."
Gu Qingyao curtsied and left. Jiang Yu didn't say anything more. Rong Pin's words just now were truly extremely cold.
If the child from back then hadn't died, Gu Heng and Consort Rong would definitely have kept a close watch on him. Where is this child now?
Jiang Yu was exhausted. The next few days were crucial in getting Rong Pin to open her mouth.
......
"The moon shines outside the window, the child has parents, don't cry, don't cry..."
Consort Rong hugged her pillow and softly murmured a nursery rhyme that everyone in Daqing knew, which was specially used to lull children to sleep.
Jiang Yu walked into the room alone and sat down by Consort Rong's bedside.
"You've arrived." Consort Rong continued what she was doing. "Wait a moment, let me put him to sleep."
"Is this how you used to coax Gu Qingling and her two siblings?" Jiang Yu stared at Consort Rong. "Does it feel good to treat me like a fool?"
"You are the Empress, why would I lie to you?" Consort Rong hugged her pillow tightly, not daring to look Jiang Yu in the eye.
"Seeing how much effort I put into Gu Qingling and the others, only to be repeatedly rejected, you must think that replacing my child was a wise move, right?"
The pillow fell to the ground, and Consort Rong looked at Jiang Yu in horror.
"Don't be afraid. Now I know the truth of what happened back then. Gu Qingling will definitely not be the crown prince for long. Gu Qingfeng is crippled with both legs broken. And Gu Qingyao, she hates you to the bone."
Jiang Yu slowly straightened Consort Rong's collar, "And the Emperor, he only feels disgust towards you now."
"You knew all along? You've been plotting against me all along?" Consort Rong's eyes widened. "Hahahaha! I know, Jiang Yu, you want to find that child from back then, but you haven't found him yet!"
Consort Rong suddenly went mad, "You can't find him, hahaha, that child is so pitiful, he's been bullied by everyone."
Jiang Yu's eyes were bloodshot as she grabbed Rong Pin's collar.
Tell me, where is that child?
“Ling’er is my child, Feng’er is my child, Yao’er is my child.” Consort Rong’s mind was beginning to go mad. “You raised so many of my children for so many years, but your own child is suffering right under your nose.”
"Jiang Yu, you didn't win either."
Consort Rong picked up the fallen pillow and began to soothe the baby again, "There's a moon outside the window, and the baby has parents. Don't cry, don't cry..."
Her own children had completely distanced themselves from her, and she was abandoned by Gu Heng. The child in her womb also left her. Consort Rong laughed and cried at the same time, clutching her pillow tightly. She had actually gone mad.
“Your Majesty, this is indeed not Consort Rong’s first time giving birth.” The doctor, who had been prepared in advance, took Consort Rong’s pulse. “Her first birth was about ten years ago, and she gave birth to more than one child.”
With the evidence irrefutable, Jiang Yu slumped weakly into the recliner.
“Your own child is suffering right under your nose.”
Jiang Yu's mind kept repeating Consort Rong's words: that child was right under her nose?
A dull pain returned to her chest, and Jiang Yu couldn't help but frown.
"Wanji, go and investigate children around ten years old in the capital," Jiang Yu said slowly. "You must do it secretly."
Where is that child...?
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