Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 332: Soon, you will be able to take your revenge.

Chapter 332: Chapter 332: Soon, you will be able to take your revenge.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu was shocked by the Empress’s ruthlessness. She widened her eyes in disbelief and exclaimed, "Her own sister?"

Liu Wensheng composed himself and spoke in an indifferent tone, "No, Liu Ning is the daughter of the second wife, Mrs. Li, making her a half-sister. Mrs. Li was killed by the main wife shortly after giving birth to Liu Ning."

Hearing his words, Qi Yu furrowed her brows and said with difficulty, "Even if it’s a half-sister, she shouldn’t be scheming against the unborn child."

Liu Wensheng closed his eyes briefly, forcefully suppressing the fury in his heart, and coldly said, "Just now, I followed that maid to the West Courtyard. The courtyard appeared normal on the surface, but it hid a secret chamber. I followed Cuiyu into the chamber, where I found Liu Ning detained, her belly visibly swollen, already far along in her pregnancy."

Qi Yu’s hand trembled slightly as she held her teacup.

These people were utterly malicious, capable of devising such devious schemes.

"The secret room wasn’t large, and I couldn’t hide for long, so I revealed myself and disclosed my identity to Liu Ning. She harbored deep hatred for Liu Yiyao and didn’t care whether I was deceiving her or not, so she told me everything," Liu Wensheng said gravely.

At this point, his tone paused for a moment.

Qi Yu looked at him, wanting to speak but hesitated, at last she asked, "Then you..."

She wanted to ask about Liu Wensheng’s identity. From his words, it seemed he had no relationship with Liu Yiyao and Liu Ning, yet he had grown up in the Grandmaster Residence. He couldn’t just be someone they found and brought back.

But then again, he resided in such a secluded small courtyard, which showed that the people of the Grandmaster Residence hardly cared for him.

Liu Wensheng remained unflustered and stated lightly, "My mother was just a peasant girl, admired for her beauty and forcibly taken to the residence by Liu Feng. At the age of five, she was tormented to death by the mother and daughter duo, Jiang and Liu Yiyao."

As he spoke of this incident, his tone was as detached as a bystander’s.

But anyone could hear the grinding hatred he held for the women of the Liu Family when he mentioned them.

Certain pains could not be erased by time.

Qi Yu moved her lips but then was at a loss for words.

At such a moment, any words of comfort seemed utterly pale.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Feng Yue’s expression darken, and his complexion was certainly not good.

With a soft sigh, she said to Liu Wensheng, "It won’t be long before you can take your revenge."

Liu Wensheng nodded gently, collected the emotions from his eyes, took a deep breath, and continued, "Liu Ning said, five years ago, Jiang decided to make her the concubine of a wealthy merchant. Being average in looks, she wasn’t favored and was often beaten and scolded. Just when she finally became pregnant and a doctor informed her it was a male fetus, the merchant’s attitude towards her improved considerably. She thought she was finally about to live a good life, but Jiang erupted in anger upon hearing the news of her pregnancy."

"Later, when Jiang entered the palace, she mentioned this incident to Liu Yiyao in passing. At that time, Liu Yiyao had already learned from Chen Shi a recipe for faking a pregnancy. They plotted together and decided to claim Liu Ning’s child as their own, staging a changeling switch."

Qi Yu shook her head as she listened; this mother and daughter really were full of malicious schemes.

She sighed quietly for a while, sipped her tea, and asked, "Liu Ning has been missing for so long, hasn’t anyone suspected anything?"

Liu Wensheng scoffed softly, "Jiang smoothly deceived Liu Ning to come to the Grandmaster Residence, locked her in the secret chamber, and had guards make sure she never stepped out. Furthermore, she lied outwardly that Liu Ning had disappeared. Whether it was the people of the Grandmaster Residence or that wealthy merchant, no one really cared much about Liu Ning. After hearing the news, they searched but soon gave up when they could not find her."

Hearing this, Qi Yu was momentarily speechless.

Well, she had underestimated just how low these people could stoop.

After all, it was a living being’s life, and yet they were tricked by such a crude lie by Jiang.

But thankfully, there was still time.

As long as the child in Liu Ning’s womb remained another day, her life would be preserved one more day, which she wasn’t very worried about.

Compared to Liu Ning, the three people who died tragically in the well were even more pitiable.

"Do those three people at the bottom of the well have a connection to Liu Ning?" Qi Yu asked.

Liu Wensheng nodded, "Yes, that woman was her personal maid, and the other two men were sent by that wealthy merchant to protect her when she came to the Grandmaster Residence."

Qi Yu rubbed her temples, now she could guess how those three had died, "Those three must have been harmed by Jiang, but from the way they died, they had suffered quite a bit of torture before their deaths."

At this moment, she had connected all the clues together.

The Empress had gotten a false pregnancy potion from Chen Shi, but dared not try it easily, so she used those three people to test it first.

Chen Shi’s method was naturally effective. Very quickly, within less than ten days, the three people exhibited symptoms of pregnancy.

By then, the Empress had no more doubts and ordered Jiang to kill those three people.

The method Jiang used was also very cruel, cutting open their abdomens directly, torturing them to death while they were still alive.

However, Liu Yiyao hadn’t anticipated that it was not a false pregnancy potion but a poisonous insect nourishing potion.

But the flesh and blood of the dead couldn’t sustain the poisonous insects, so the three poisonous insects didn’t grow into anything significant and quietly died at the bottom of the well without a food source.

However, the poisonous insect in the Empress’s womb was different. It not only took shape but was also about to burst forth.

Calculating the time in her mind, Qi Yu knew the Empress would undoubtedly die within ten days.

In the Grandmaster Residence, the night was deep and the atmosphere heavy.

And silently, a calamity occurred in the Imperial Palace.

That night, within Jingyang Palace.

The Empress had just laid down when she felt a bursting pain in her abdomen, as if something was gnawing at her internal organs. The pain was so severe that she gasped for air, rolling on the bed, yet unable to make any sound.

She was in so much pain that her face was distorted and her lips tightly clamped, her whole body soaked with cold sweat.

There were two palace maids guarding outside the door, who could not hear her slight movements.

Struggling, the Empress crawled out of bed, desperately grabbed a vase nearby, and smashed it to the ground, creating a loud noise.

This sound finally alarmed the palace maids outside, and swiftly someone pushed the door open to see the Empress fallen on the ground, in a wretched state, which frightened them pale, "Princess, what happened to you?"

The two maids hurried forward to help the Empress, exclaiming in shock, "Princess, are you alright?"

The Empress was in too much pain to speak, and after a long while, she managed to spit out a few words through clenched teeth, "Bring... Treasure Bead... here!"

The palace maids nodded repeatedly, one supporting the Empress, the other going to fetch Treasure Bead.

Treasure Bead had just served the Empress and had not yet washed up when she heard someone outside calling her, "Sister Baozhu, the Empress is looking for you!"

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