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Chapter 4135: 4.1735 Replacement

Through the thick palace doors, Nanny Lin's sharp, desperate screams could still be heard, like a madwoman thrashing and cursing.

But soon, the sounds completely died down, and along with the dozen or so muffled sobs from outside, everything fell silent.

A dead silence.

Empress Liu's pupils contracted. Her face was filled with terror as she stared at Duan Yue.

She felt that this young man before her seemed even more cold and ruthless than usual.

He was beautiful, yes, but when stared at by his cold, decisive eyes, a chill truly rose from her heart, making her tremble and shrink back.

"You, you, what do you want?" Empress Liu couldn't help but ask with a trembling voice.

A chill swept across Duan Yue's lips.

His smile was faint, yet his eyes were filled with chilling, fractured ice.

With a gentle lift of his left hand, a woman in a simple blue and white robe, with flowing sleeves, gracefully walked into Rencuan Palace.

The woman bowed gracefully to the Empress. "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Who are you?" A hint of fear and hatred flashed in Empress Liu's eyes. She turned to Duan Yue, her voice outwardly fierce but inwardly timid. "Duan Yue, wasn't it enough that you propped up that medicine girl Qingqing? Now you've found some other slut from who knows where?"

"What do you want? His Majesty has already passed away! Even if you..."

"Did the Empress not notice that this woman's figure is similar to yours?" Duan Yue interrupted her incessant chatter, his indifferent voice echoing faintly in her ears.

"So what?" Empress Liu was still unaware of the impending doom. Her eyes glared venomously at Duan Yue, and she shrieked, "Even if you ascend the throne as the Great Emperor of Cangzhou! Don't forget, I am still your imperial mother!"

"Even if you become the Emperor of Cangzhou, I will still be the Empress Dowager, second only to you!" Empress Liu roared furiously. "No matter how high your achievements, disrespecting your imperial mother is a grave crime!"

Duan Yue looked at her mockingly. "A good 'disrespecting the imperial mother'."

To still speak so recklessly when death was imminent; she truly was a fool.

"Open your dog eyes wide and see clearly," Duan Yue said coldly.

He slightly raised a hand, and immediately a young man nodded slightly and stepped forward, taking out some medicines and small tools. He had the woman sit in front of a dressing mirror.

Empress Liu didn't understand how he did it, but she saw him apply some medicine to the woman's face and knead it for only a few moments.

The woman's face completely changed.

Empress Liu's eyes widened in horror. She stared, her finger trembling as she pointed at the woman, repeatedly shrieking, "You, you! You..."

This woman's face was now remarkably similar to her own.

Pale with a hint of gauntness, wasn't this precisely her face?

It was too similar!

Although there were still some minor differences in detail, at first glance, they were indistinguishable.

Ordinary subjects would never dare to stare directly at the Empress's appearance, so if it was just a fleeting glance, the woman's disguise was simply seamless.

"Rong Li!!" Empress Liu shrieked in rage. "You, you want to do what? You want to find someone to impersonate me? You rebellious son, how dare you treat your imperial mother like this?"

"Such egregious rebellion, you are bound to suffer divine retribution, dying without a burial place."

"Presumptuous!" Ying roared.

Duan Yue, however, looked unconcerned. He raised his hand, blocking Ying, who was about to rush forward. His gaze faintly fell on Empress Liu, and he smiled. "Empress, shall I tell you another secret?"

Empress Liu's eyelids twitched violently. Her entire body almost completely collapsed to the ground.