Chapter 251: Past Events
Later, the young Emperor Qin sent people to Lingnan to investigate and found that all the clues pointed to the current Empress.
Soon, she also transformed from a talented woman into one of the four consorts, and then into the Empress.
During this period, the Empress received an unparalleled period of favor.
During the time she received Emperor Qin’s favor, the south, which had been suffering a great drought for months, strangely experienced continuous heavy rain for half a month.
It also made the western barbarians, who had been invading the border, suddenly seek peace and offer many favorable conditions.
Many unbelievable things also happened.
Before the Empress was married, she already knew that only her own younger sister was the one who truly possessed a noble fate.
When the Empress was just conferred as Empress, she happened to be pregnant. Taking advantage of this time during her pregnancy, the Empress requested Emperor Qin to let her younger sister, Madam Yu, come to the Capital.
Emperor Qin pitied that her family was thousands of miles away and agreed to her request.
After Madam Yu arrived in the Capital, due to her youth and beauty, Emperor Qin was immediately enchanted by her upon seeing her.
But because of her relationship with the Empress, Madam Yu did not accept Emperor Qin’s advances.
In order to obtain the beauty, Emperor Qin, after drinking one time, directly forced himself on her, and later threatened her with the Yu Family, saying that if she did not obey him, he would depose the Empress and make the Yu Family disappear from the world.
For the sake of her family, Madam Yu could only helplessly compromise.
She secretly met with Emperor Qin behind the Empress’s back.
The Empress had originally let Madam Yu come also because she was thinking of exchanging fates with her.
After Madam Yu met with Emperor Qin a few times, she learned of the matter between them.
At that time, she was so angry that she wanted to kill Madam Yu, but in order to exchange fates with her, she could only pretend not to know silently.
She used every means to keep Emperor Qin in her palace, so that she could get pregnant as soon as possible.
Sure enough, effort pays off. Not long after, the Empress became pregnant, but before she could be happy, Madam Yu also became pregnant.
Emperor Qin, in his joy, directly conferred Madam Yu as Consort Yun.
The Empress thought that when she first entered the palace, she started as a talented woman. After she inadvertently learned that Madam Yu had a noble fate, she spread the information, step by step reaching her current position. But Madam Yu so easily reached the position that she had struggled so hard for, and on top of that, she stole Emperor Qin’s attention, which made her harbor hatred in her heart.
But the fate exchange process was not yet complete, so she could not do anything to Madam Yu. She could only speed up the process while thinking of ways to abort Madam Yu’s fetus.
But she did not know if it was due to Emperor Qin’s favor for Madam Yu or something else, but all of Madam Yu’s food, clothing, housing, and daily needs were not handled by others; they were managed by his longtime confidants, and the Empress had no opportunity to intervene.
During the fate exchange process, the Empress once had a heavy hemorrhage, and her child could not be saved, but she kept it hidden. After the fate exchange was complete, Madam Yu’s child was born right then.
That day they gave birth on the same day, and Emperor Qin was not there due to state affairs. The Empress took advantage of this opportunity and used the civet cat for the crown prince trick.
After Emperor Qin learned that Madam Yu had given birth to a stillborn, he became indifferent toward her.
After so much time together, Madam Yu had also fallen in love with Emperor Qin. His attitude made her disheartened. The Empress seized the opportunity and one day revealed everything, even disfiguring her face.
She set a big fire, and by the time Emperor Qin arrived, the palace was already burned down.
At that time, Master Wuming was in the palace investigating his junior brother’s matter.
He inadvertently saved Madam Yu and took her back to Nameless Valley for treatment.
After hearing this, Wei Chang was stunned.
He knew some things, but he did not know that Madam Yu and Master Wuming had this connection.
He only remembered that when he was five or six years old, once when the Empress took him back to the Yu Family to visit relatives, his maternal grandfather brought him before Madam Yu and said that she was his real mother, simply explaining how the Empress had persecuted her. At that time, he did not believe it.
After returning to the palace, he secretly investigated and later found out the truth.
Therefore, every year, he would pretend to be physically weak and travel to various places to recuperate and enjoy the scenery, wearing a mask and disguising himself as Second Master Yu to fulfill his filial duties by Madam Yu’s side.
“This is the token of our Nameless Valley’s sect leader. I’m giving it to you now. From now on, Nameless Valley is entrusted to you.”
Master Wuming took out a dark black token from his robe, engraved with a qilin pattern, about the length of three fingers put together, and handed it to Wei Chang.
Wei Chang just looked at it but did not take it.
“You now face internal troubles and external threats. Nameless Valley’s power can help you share some of the burden. Otherwise, how will you deal with that hundred thousand troops.”
“I can handle it.”
Wei Chang knew that Nameless Valley’s power was great, but he still refused.
“Over these years, I know you don’t want to give the outside world the impression of being sickly and unambitious, but have you considered your wife’s safety? With more power, you can eradicate certain matters faster, reducing her danger by one part, and you can better protect her.”
Master Wuming stuffed the token into Wei Chang’s hand.
Speaking of Jiang Ruanxi, Wei Chang felt a bit hesitant in his heart.
“I promised your mother I would protect you well, but now it seems I cannot. I can only do my best with my modest strength, so take it, consider it to comfort your mother’s spirit in heaven.”
Wei Chang’s body stiffened a little. He did not expect his mother to still be thinking of him at the end.
Wei Chang no longer pretended, and accepted the token.
His voice was like it carried bits of ice, “Who exactly wants to kill you all?”
Master Wuming looked at him deeply for a few seconds, then spoke, “It was the Empress. She learned of your mother’s identity.”
Wei Chang’s hand at his side clenched tightly. He did not expect the Empress to be such a poisonous woman.
He always thought he had hidden it well, that the Empress would not find out about his mother so quickly. He thought that as long as he sped up the process a bit, his mother could come out openly.
But unexpectedly, he was still one step late.
“That poisonous woman, I’m going to kill her.”
After Wei Chang learned this, he could no longer hold back.
He turned directly and walked toward the door.
“Stop.” Master Wuming shouted loudly at him.
But as soon as he spoke, he coughed violently, his face becoming paler and paler, as if a breath was stuck and could not come up.
Hearing the sound, Wei Chang suppressed his anger in his heart, turned back to Master Wuming, lightly patted his back to help him catch his breath.
After Master Wuming felt a bit better, he said weakly, “Don’t be impulsive. Right now, the most important thing for you is to get things done. As for that woman, once you ascend to that position, there will be plenty of ways to torment her.”
Wei Chang bit his jaw hard and said nothing.
But Master Wuming knew he had taken it in. Feeling his breathing becoming more and more difficult, he still needed to quickly explain some matters.
