Fast Travel: The Hundred-Life Couple

"It just so happened that my second brother," the Queen looked at Ye Xiaoli, "the one who took you away and claimed to be your father, had a mistress at the time, and she became pregnant around the same time as me."

"What's even more coincidental is that my second brother was the commander of the guards appointed by the emperor himself, and he was responsible for guarding the entire palace.

With the right time, right place, and right people, it was easy for me to come up with the idea of replacing a boy with a girl if I was pregnant with one."

"In the end, both I and Concubine Wan gave birth to daughters, but my second brother's concubine was lucky enough to give birth to a son. Thanks to my early preparations, I was able to switch the identities of my daughter with my second brother's son. This allowed me to secure my position as empress and continue to protect the Ye family."

"And the Concubine Wan, who was once the most favored concubine in the harem? She no longer dares to compete with me. I retaliated by finding fault with her and beat her two personal maids to death. I finally avenged Cui Liu."

After the queen finished speaking, she was still quite pleased with herself. She unconsciously relaxed her body and leaned back on the chaise longue with a smile on her lips.

Not to mention Ye Xiaoli, even Zhao Dongxu's smile when he looked at the queen was extremely dazzling.

"Aunt, shouldn't you say something to...to your cousin?"

Zhao Dongxu felt sad for Ye Xiaoli.

The Queen glanced at Ye Xiaoli and said to Zhao Dongxu, "My son, you'd better hide her quickly. Your father is in poor health now, and the Great Yong Kingdom is within our grasp. Don't be soft-hearted and create unnecessary trouble!"

Ye Xiaoli sneered, "Then you might as well just have someone kill me."

The Queen snorted and sized Ye Xiaoli up. "Do you think I didn't send anyone? Your ungrateful husband sent someone to kill you. The godson of Sanbao, the head eunuch of Kunning Palace, followed my orders to spare your body, but somehow ended up being your scapegoat. You're lucky."

Ye Xiaoli & Zhao Dongxu: "..."

Zhao Dongxu didn't know that the Queen had actually sent someone to kill Ye Xiaoli. His eyes flushed with pain: "Your Majesty, she is your biological daughter!"

The Queen raised her chin. "So what? For the sake of the Great Yong Empire's successors and for the glory of the Ye family, as my daughter, she should dedicate everything to me. She was born by me, and if I tell her to live, she will live. If I tell her to die, she will die!"

"According to my opinion, when my second brother passed away, he should have taken her with him. Sparing her life would have caused endless troubles."

Ye Xiaoli was very angry. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Zhao Dongxu fight back on her behalf: "Empress, you will definitely regret this, because I am not actually the child of your second brother's concubine."

The Empress didn't realize what Zhao Dongxu meant by this: "No matter whose child you are, you are the child of me and the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dayong, and the future Emperor."

Zhao Dongxu calmly dropped a bombshell that sent the Queen reeling: "I'm actually the childhood sweetheart of Concubine Wan and her. I have nothing to do with the Emperor or your second brother. Princess Rong'an is the daughter of your second brother's concubine."

The Queen: "..."

Ye Xiaoli: “…”

The Queen's mind was in a mess for a moment, and it took her a long time to sort out the relationship between the characters. Her eyes were bloodshot: "You are the child of Concubine Wan and Ouyang Meng!"

Zhao Dongxu nodded.

Concubine Wan did not enter the palace voluntarily. She already had a lover who was in love with her before entering the palace. As a result, the Meng family sold their daughter for fame and fortune and threatened Concubine Wan with Ouyang Meng's life to enter the palace.

After Concubine Wan entered the palace, Ouyang Meng also entered the palace as a guard. He and Concubine Wan rekindled their old love in the palace and could not help but fall in love with each other.

After Concubine Wan found out she was pregnant, she wanted to give birth to the child, but was afraid of implicating Ouyang Meng, so she seduced Ye Changrong, Ouyang Meng's boss and the Queen's second brother.

It can not only register the baby in her womb, but also use the Ye family to protect her and the baby.

But not long after, the frightened Meng family killed Ouyang Meng.

Concubine Wan was completely desperate. She heard from Ye Changrong that the Empress was afraid of giving birth to a daughter and wanted to exchange the child. She took the initiative to tell Ye Changrong that if she gave birth to a son and the Empress unfortunately gave birth to a daughter, she was willing to exchange her son for the Empress.

For the sake of the Ye family and not wanting to owe Concubine Wan and his concubine, Ye Changrong took the daughter born by the Empress away for himself. He gave the son born by Concubine Wan to the Empress, and asked Concubine Wan to raise his concubine's daughter.

Since Zhao Dongxu was intelligent even in his infancy, he noticed that Concubine Wan occasionally looked at him with complicated eyes.

When he was a little older, he developed his own power and conducted a private investigation. After finding out the truth, he kept it a secret, but gradually made himself fatter and fatter, and he looked different from everyone else.

Therefore, no one except Concubine Wan noticed that the older he grew, the more he looked like Ouyang Meng, who had passed away long ago.

The queen slapped the armrest of the chaise longue so hard that the long armor flew off.

The affair between Concubine Wan and Ouyang Meng was kept secret. She only got hold of this evidence against Concubine Wan after Ouyang Meng's death, but there was no evidence at that time.

Moreover, it wasn't long before Concubine Wan fell out of favor and became a low-key coward.

She suppressed Concubine Wan for a while, but after venting her anger, she felt it was meaningless and completely forgot about Concubine Wan, her defeated opponent.

I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it!

It turns out that she had actually raised Concubine Wan's son for so long! Her own daughter was taken away by her second brother and lived in hiding, like a village girl.

Concubine Wan must have been laughing at her and calling her a fool behind her back, right?

"That bitch Concubine Wan!" The Queen's chest seemed to be filled with crushed devil peppers, her heart was burning and she was in a state of confusion.

"Dongxu, my son," she looked at Zhao Dongxu unwillingly, "I have carefully raised you for seventeen years. You won't choose Concubine Wan over me, will you?"

"You have to think carefully. I am the Queen. It will do you no good to break up with me. The best thing to do right now is to maintain everyone's current status. At worst... at worst, after you ascend the throne, I will treat your biological mother, Concubine Wan, well."

"But you can never reveal the truth to the public. I will always be your only queen mother and your only future queen mother."

The Queen walked up to Zhao Dongxu, bending over and looking up from the chaise longue. "Ah? Dongxu, listen to me. I will help you ascend the throne smoothly. Ah, Dongxu."

"Huh..." Ye Xiaoli really couldn't stand her biological mother.

She rolled her eyes, turned around and walked out of Kunning Palace.

"Miss...this girl..." Zhao Dongxu ignored the queen's request to stay and hurriedly caught up.

"My name is Ye Xiaoli."

"Ms. Ye Xiaoli, what do you decide to do next? If you want to get your identity back, I will fully cooperate with you." Zhao Dongxu said sincerely.

Ye Xiaoli stared at him strangely. "Aren't you afraid that once your identity is revealed, you'll be doomed? You're the child of Concubine Wan and Ouyang Meng, the debauched harem. Once the truth comes out, not only you, but also Concubine Wan and the Meng family behind her, the Ouyang family behind the deceased Ouyang Meng, the Empress and the Ye family behind her, and Princess Rong'an, will all be left without a burial place."

"This won't benefit you at all. I'm the only one who will benefit."