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Chapter 4134: 4.1734 The Truth

"You actually treat your imperial mother like this. If Heaven knows, you'll be struck by lightning! You!"

"Slap!" A strong palm strike landed squarely on Empress Liu's face, sending her flying crookedly, and she crashed heavily onto the bed.

Empress Liu was stunned by the blow. A burning pain spread across her cheek, making her tremble uncontrollably with rage.

"You! You, you rebellious son! Rebellious son!"

Duan Yue looked at her with a cold sneer. "Your son is already dead in the pond. Who are you calling now?"

"You!" Empress Liu's lips trembled.

"My mother, there is only one." Duan Yue looked at her mockingly. "You? You're not worthy!"

"Pffft!" Empress Liu was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of blood.

Duan Yue watched her with sarcastic eyes. "Don't die from spitting blood. Don't worry, your good days have just begun."

"It was truly you who did it, it was you." Empress Liu struggled to sit up from the bed, her cold, sinister eyes fixed on Duan Yue as she said sharply, "Why? Why did you do this!!"

"Why? Empress, have you lost your memory? Are you truly unclear about why my mother died?"

"Do you think that having someone put the Soul-Devouring Flower's poison into the rouge my mother used daily truly left no trace?"

"My mother's fingernails were tainted with the poison of the Soul-Devouring Flower," Duan Yue said softly, lowering his gaze.

The Empress's eyes suddenly widened. For a moment, she almost couldn't control her facial expression.

It was... discovered?

"I heard the Empress keeps several physicians by her side and usually teaches the head palace maid Mi Heng some common pharmacology and medical principles?"

"The Empress's method is truly clever. Poisoning a mortal with the Soul-Devouring Flower, even if a cultivator investigates, they wouldn't connect it to this. Because the Soul-Devouring Flower is too common."

"Some female cultivators even specifically use it to concoct fragrances; its faint aroma fills the air. Who would know that such a thing, completely useless to cultivators, is a chronic poison to ordinary people?"

"Bring the person in," Duan Yue said coldly.

Suddenly, a whimpering sound came from the palace entrance. An old nanny, with disheveled hair and a terrified face, was shoved in from outside, falling heavily to her knees.

The old nanny stared at Duan Yue with a terrified expression, not daring to speak, and immediately began kowtowing to him.

"Who would have known that Nanny Lin, who served my mother for so many years, was bribed by the Empress the moment she arrived in Shenzhou?"

"For half a year, half a year, Nanny Lin kept poisoning my mother! Little by little, she allowed the toxins to permeate her body until, at a certain point, it suddenly erupted!"

Nanny Lin trembled uncontrollably, looking at Duan Yue with a pleading expression. "Your Highness, this old servant had no choice. This old servant truly did not want to betray Her Ladyship! This old servant's granddaughter, shortly after arriving in Shenzhou, was controlled by Her Majesty's people. This old servant had no choice; this old servant was forced into it!"

Duan Yue looked at her with a cold smile. "Your entire family will die."

Nanny Lin immediately slumped to the ground, trembling uncontrollably. "No, Your Highness, no! My family is innocent! I..."

"A servant who betrays her master, what right do you have to negotiate with me?" Duan Yue raised a hand, and Ying immediately led people to drag the old hag out.