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The carriage jolted along the bumpy road, and though Rao Yin's story was not long, it was certainly not short.
Lady Hu Third came from a family of medicine; she understood healing arts and was skilled in poison-making, which made her a pawn in Rao Yin's game.
With the queen having passed away early, Rao Yin was neither the eldest son nor favored. In pursuit of the throne, he feigned deep affection and deceived Lady Hu Third into concocting poisons, attempting to murder his elder brother, Rao Ye, on several occasions.
"It’s a pity he managed to evade them all," Rao Yin said, his expression inscrutable. His tone was cold, and I almost thought he was recounting someone else's story.
My heart felt as if it were gripped by a large hand, making it hard to breathe. Over the past month, he had been the person I spent the most time with in the palace, aside from Young Master. Despite my curses and anger towards him, I had never imagined he could be so malicious.
"Then what about Consort Yan?" I asked coldly, fixing my gaze on him.
Consort Yan was the emperor's most favored concubine but unable to bear children, living in constant fear of losing her position.
"So you seduced her as well?"
I had initially believed that Rao Yin harbored genuine feelings for Consort Yan, but in that moment, I suddenly understood—this was the man I had once felt a fleeting affection for.
But… "Consort Yan cannot bear children; then Young Master…"
"Do you really not remember?" Rao Yin did not answer but looked at me with an eerie calmness.
A sense of foreboding washed over me as he spoke each word deliberately: " Lin'er is our child."
I had never heard such an absurd story, yet it unfolded right before my eyes.
Lin'er was actually the child of Lady Hu Third. No wonder he stopped crying every time I held him. But now, he was so small and no longer here.
Lady Hu Third, infatuated as she was, had devoted herself early on to Rao Yin and bore his child, unaware that Rao Yin had no feelings for her; it was all just a scheme.
Consort Yan feigned pregnancy, while Rao Yin deceived everyone, turning his own child into that of the Emperor Xi. The Emperor Xi doted on Consort Yan and, despite her meticulous care, disregarded ancestral rules by bestowing the title of Young Master upon Lin'er.
However, Lady Hu Third longed for her child, and Rao Yin, eager to regain the tasteless poison that could kill with ease, agreed to bring her into the palace as the Young Master's wet nurse.
Yet there was still Rao Ye, the eldest son of the royal family.
On a moonless night with a howling wind, he lured Rao Ye out and tricked him into drinking a potion concocted by Lady Hu Third that would leave one in a daze. His original intention was to make Rao Ye fall into the lake, but unexpectedly, Rao Ye clung tightly to Rao Yin.
Hidden in the shadows, Lady Hu Third witnessed this scene and panicked, falling to the ground.
Rao Yin climbed ashore, fearing that Lady Hu Third would reveal what had transpired that day, and went to find her.
Little did he know that Lady Hu Third had already transformed into someone else. He was never truly mad; his act was merely a ruse to test whether I had really lost my memory.
In a daze, I seemed to recall him saying that he would protect me.
It turned out that was nothing but a baseless lie.
The pain in my heart was unbearable as I glared at him, suddenly wanting to see how he would react if he knew I was not really Lady Hu Third: "How do you know I lost my memory and not..."
Before I could finish my sentence, the carriage suddenly came to a halt, and a scream pierced the air. As I lifted the curtain, I saw the Coachman lying on the ground, his face covered in blood.
A group of people surrounded a woman who was slowly approaching. She was elegant and regal, yet her expression was cold—none other than Consort Yan.
Rao Yin furrowed his brow and pulled me behind him.
Consort Yan narrowed her phoenix eyes: "Rao Yin, what do you mean by this? She is a serious criminal; are you trying to throw your life away?"
"I want to ask what you mean, Your Highness."
Rao Yin looked at Consort Yan and spoke calmly, "Your Highness, you are truly malicious, willing to sacrifice Lin'er's life to frame someone else. But have you forgotten? I told you not to touch her."
"Calling me malicious is nothing compared to you!" Consort Yan suddenly laughed. "Do not forget that Lin'er is the illegitimate child you had with this woman. You swore to me that she would be nothing but a pawn for you, devoted entirely to me. Yet ever since the Eldest Prince died, you've treated her better and better. The last time I sent her to gather herbs was merely an excuse to eliminate her. Who would have thought you would insist on going with her and even plead for her? Rao Yin, do you know that I have never desired wealth or power? All I wanted was to soar together with you!"
With that, Consort Yan's eyes suddenly turned red.
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