Chapter 622: Phoenix Trap 11 (2/2)
“Your Majesty, do you remember Older Sister Ye?”
As soon as Imperial Concubine Wei asked that question, the emperor abruptly sat up and looked at her with a dangerous look in his eyes.
Imperial Concubine Wei’s pale neck was instantly grasped by the emperor’s large hand.
The emperor was well-trained in both brains and brawn. Imperial Concubine Wei’s neck was already bruised with just one move.
“What did you just say?”
Imperial Concubine Wei stared into the emperor’s eyes. She knew without a doubt that if the emperor was dissatisfied with her next words, then she would be carried out as a corpse.
A thin layer of cold sweat emerged on Imperial Concubine Wei’s back. Her eyelashes quivered when she blinked. She took a moment to steady her emotions before answering in a shaky voice, “Your… Your Majesty, although Sister Ye has already passed away, she left a child for you…”
The emperor suddenly narrowed his eyes.
What! Ah-Xun was pregnant with his child that year!
They actually had a child!
His Ah-Xun had left a child for him!
“Tell me! If you dare to hide anything, you should know the result!”
Imperial Concubine Wei’s entire body trembled. She didn’t dare to hide anything as she said, “Older Sister Ye’s child is… Honoured Lady Jinyi…”
Jinyi?
Chu Lian?
House Ying’s Sixth Miss?
He Yanwen’s third daughter-in-law?!
That child who had cooked for him that day at Prince Wei’s Estate?
The emperor was stunned to the core!
Chu Lian’s face immediately emerged in his mind. Even though the emperor had only seen Chu Lian a couple times, he could actually remember Chu Lian’s face very clearly at this moment.
He instantly connected all the cluttered clues in his mind.
The emperor recalled the first time he had seen Chu Lian. At that time, he had felt that her face looked familiar. They didn’t meet again for nearly half a year. When he saw her again at Prince Wei’s Estate, he had mistaken Chu Lian for Duanjia.
If she was telling the truth, then these facts could all be properly explained.
Chu Lian’s mother, Ye Xun, was a distant relative of the Ye family. She could be considered loosely related to Princess Wei as her cousin.
If Chu Lian and Royal Princess Duanjia turned out to be cousins, then there was a reasonable explanation for their similarity in looks.
After reaching this conclusion, the emperor unconsciously loosened his grasp.
Once he released his hand, Imperial Concubine Wei started coughing violently while holding her neck. The emperor had almost strangled her to death…