The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 869

Chapter 869: The Truth Revealed (Part 2)_2

Empress Dowager Zhuang was irritated, "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and fart if you need to."

Consort Jing’s mood, however, was quite good, for she knew that what she was about to reveal would torment this woman for a lifetime!

She chuckled, "Did the late Emperor know about sister’s true character? If he had known, wouldn’t sister have fallen out of favor long ago? Sister has always played the part very well."

Empress Dowager Zhuang stood up to leave.

She truly had no patience for listening to this green tea session.

Consort Jing spoke up, "About sister’s child!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang halted in her steps.

Consort Jing looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang with satisfaction, "Does sister want to know where that child went?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang turned her head and frowned, "What child?"

Consort Jing’s laughter shook like flower stalks in the breeze, "I’m talking about sister’s own flesh and blood. Surely, sister didn’t think she actually gave birth to a stillborn, did she?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang’s face was a picture of confusion as she stared at her.

Consort Jing laughed maniacally, her shoulders trembling, "I knew sister would be shocked! Has sister always thought herself so clever... Yet sister never knew she was always kept in the dark by the late Emperor. Does sister want to know where her own flesh and blood went?"

"Is this the trash the late Emperor told you?"

"How so? Sister can’t believe it? It’s true, after being deceived for so many years, anyone would resist accepting the truth. I intended to tell sister this on the carriage ride, but sister wouldn’t let me speak. Tonight, I shall show great mercy and tell sister once more. Sister’s child... didn’t die."

Empress Dowager Zhuang opened her mouth to speak, then hesitated, ultimately letting out a sigh.

"Sister isn’t curious about who the child is and where they are?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang hesitated for the second time.

Consort Jing saw no sorrow on her face, but that was not surprising. This woman always maintained such a strong front in public, never showing weakness.

Gazing intently at her, Consort Jing cheerfully said, "It’s His Majesty! That child is His Majesty! His Majesty is sister’s own flesh and blood! The late Emperor had long seen through sister’s ambitions and was ever-vigilant to prevent sister from conceiving. But sister’s capability was great, and she conceived nonetheless. In desperation, His Majesty took drastic measures and took sister’s child away. Coincidentally, a palace maid was pregnant around the same time as sister. His Majesty thought of a plan to swap the dragons. However, sister was stricken three days too early, and the child didn’t arrive, so His Majesty declared that sister had given birth to a stillborn."

Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered, "Consort Jing, don’t you see how full of holes your story is? If I had given birth to a living child, who was then given to that palace maid, where was the palace maid’s child placed?"