"You...you...say it again?"
The Empress Dowager's lips were trembling, as if she had heard something terrifying.
Her son, the regent of a nation, actually became a concubine of a subject? And even secretly fathered several children?
"Quickly, Your Majesty, I need a drink of water."
The retired emperor hurriedly handed his water cup to the empress dowager from the table, his tone clearly not calm.
"Okay...it tastes good, don't choke."
"Um."
The royal family has such strict family discipline, yet this son actually went to be someone's mistress.
If that's the case, then Ye Lanyin's character is nothing special, and she needs to reconsider whether she's suitable to be the Regent's Consort.
The Regent knew they would react this way. He closed his eyes briefly, then slowly opened them again. He got up and walked to their side, watching them finish their water before speaking again.
"It's not what you think. Even if I were to take my wife, I would never wrong Lan Yin."
"I was framed at the time..."
The regent recounted the whole story to the two emperors, who were terrified and remained deeply disturbed for a long time.
They never imagined that such a shocking thing would happen to their own son.
"Bang!"
"This is outrageous!!!"
"The Marquis of Zhenbei is truly going too far!!" The Emperor Emeritus was so angry that his nostrils were practically pointing to the sky. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was there to pat his back, which calmed him down a bit.
Was it all a scheme from the very beginning?
He married her, and then allowed someone else to defile his wife? Does the Holy Kingdom still have officials like this?
"I remember this Marquis of Zhenbei; he held the rank of fourth grade?"
“He’s already at the seventh rank,” the Regent added.
Just then, a few clear and delicate female voices rang out from outside the door.
What are you doing?
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