Duanmu Junyu's meaningful words were jarring and hurtful to Duanmu Shenghua and Xiao Jincheng.
Xiao Jincheng, in particular, was extremely embarrassed.
Duanmu Junyu's words were like a slap in the face to him.
Is she implying that Duanmu Qingxin isn't her biological daughter? But can he be blamed for that? If she hadn't disappeared for so many years, how could he have gotten together with Duanmu Shenghua and given birth to Duanmu Qingxin?
Xiao Jincheng felt both wronged and sad.
Duanmu Shenghua also felt that Duanmu Junyu's words were directed at her. She wasn't afraid of what Duanmu Junyu might say. Firstly, she had no evidence, and secondly, she thought she wouldn't be so stupid as to expose that she had been the one taking her place all these years.
Of course, she wasn't afraid if she really wanted to do something stupid. At worst, they would fight to the death. Anyway, she now held military power in Xiliang. She was secretly looking forward to seeing how the officials and the people would react if they knew that she, Duanmu Shenghua, had been the Empress of Xiliang all these years!
Only Duanmu Qingxin knew nothing. When she heard Duanmu Junyu say such things, her first reaction was that she felt wronged.
Why did the Queen Mother say that?
Those two are clearly the bastards, so why is she being talked about as if she wasn't the Empress's biological daughter?
Duanmu Qingxin truly felt Duanmu Junyu's favoritism. While she was furious, her heart also began to twist, and she developed extreme jealousy towards Su Xuening.
At the same time, Duanmu Junyu's resounding words left everyone speechless.
Although they are a matriarchal society, it is still women who give birth, so no one knows better than Her Majesty whether these two are her biological children.
Moreover, judging from their appearances, they are clearly His Majesty's biological children, so there is no need to verify them!
Hua Wang didn't doubt Su Xuening and Su Yun'an's identities. Although she had suspected them before, seeing the two children's appearance today had completely dispelled her previous doubts.
These two look exactly like His Majesty, even more so than the Crown Prince. They are clearly His Majesty's biological children. However, how did His Majesty give birth to them? After giving birth to the Crown Prince, His Majesty has not been pregnant again. Now, suddenly, two such big children appear. It's really strange.
After much deliberation, King Hua finally spoke up: "Although the two of you look remarkably like His Majesty, what King Hui said is not without reason. In this vast world, there are countless people who look alike. His Majesty has never been seen pregnant before. This matter concerns the bloodline of the Western Liang royal family and should not be taken lightly. Let's wait for a thorough examination before making a decision!"
The main problem is that she had never seen His Majesty pregnant before. What if two people suddenly appeared out of nowhere and tried to claim kinship with His Majesty just because they looked similar to him? If His Majesty were deceived by them, wouldn't the bloodline of Xiliang be completely confused?
Most importantly, His Majesty is now clearly favoring the two of them, even neglecting the eldest prince. The eldest prince has always been groomed as the crown prince. She does not want His Majesty to neglect the eldest prince because of these two wild children who came from who-knows-where, or even to hand over the throne of Xiliang to these two children of unknown origin in the future!
Therefore, we must prevent them from recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestral home if we can avoid it!
Hua Wang's opposition delighted Duanmu Shenghua.
She knew that the Western Liang royal family would not easily acknowledge the identities of these two bastards. Did they really think that they could become members of the Western Liang royal family just because they wanted to?
Duanmu Junyu glanced coldly at Prince Hua. She could have ignored their thoughts and opinions; she was the Empress of Western Liang, and no one could stop her from allowing Ning'er and An'er to be recognized as family. However, their opposition was, in a way, an opportunity for her—a chance to completely vindicate Ning'er and An'er in front of everyone!
"Since we're going to test it, let's do it in front of everyone!"
Before anyone could react, Duanmu Junyu looked at King Hua again: "Since King Hua has doubts, then please ask King Hua to bring out the Blood Stone!"
Upon hearing that Duanmu Junyu was going to request "Bloodstone," everyone immediately began to murmur amongst themselves.
"Why are they even using Bloodstone?"
"Judging from Her Majesty's expression, she is absolutely certain that the two princes are her biological children."
"Actually, there's no need for verification. Just by looking at those two, you can tell they are definitely His Majesty's biological children!"
"Your Majesty is trying to use the Bloodstone to completely silence public opinion and clear the names of the two princes!"
Duanmu Shenghua frowned, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied with Duanmu Junyu's public inspection. However, having just declared that she would examine the matter carefully, she now seemed to have no reason to object to Duanmu Junyu's decision.
In fact, Hua Wang did not necessarily want to prevent Duanmu Junyu from recognizing the two children. For her, or for the Western Liang royal family, having more daughters and grandchildren was a blessing, so having two more children would not be a bad thing for the Western Liang royal family.
If this investigation confirms that the two children are indeed His Majesty's, it will be a joyous occasion for the Western Liang royal family. If His Majesty wants to acknowledge the two children, she will have no further objections.
The Queen was worried that His Majesty would be deceived, but now that His Majesty is willing to use the bloodstone to verify kinship in public, she naturally has no objection. She stood up and said, "I will personally go and fetch the bloodstone."
Duanmu Junyu waved her hand, and Prince Yunhua withdrew to retrieve the stone. At the same time, she also sent a team of Imperial Guards to protect Prince Yunhua and the Blood Stone.
Su Xuening was very curious about what Bloodstone was.
What kind of stones can be used for blood kinship testing?
Let alone Su Xuening, Pei Luo and You Yi, even Dao Yi who studied medicine his whole life, had never heard of a stone being able to drip blood to test kinship.
Jinzhu knew they were curious, so she explained in a low voice, "In Xiliang, this bloodstone is as magical as the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast. The bloodstone can be used to test kinship with blood, and the accuracy rate is 100%. Legend has it that this bloodstone was once the gem on the crown of the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, but it fell off for some reason, and later it was used by the Vermilion Bird royal family to test kinship with blood."
Su Xuening raised an eyebrow, somewhat disbelieving the rumor.
However, it's hard to say for sure. She didn't believe in the existence of divine beasts before, but now it's proven that the Vermilion Bird divine beast does indeed exist.
Even mythical beasts exist, so it's not surprising that there are stones like this.
Soon, King Hua retrieved the Bloodstone.
When the red silk was pulled back, a palm-sized, vermilion-colored round stone on the tray instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Su Xuening also glanced at it curiously, but couldn't see anything special about the blood stone.
"Your Majesty, the Bloodstone has been obtained," said Duanmu Junyu of the Hua Dynasty, bowing.
"Then let's begin!" Duanmu Junyu handed the sleeping baby in her arms to Bai Shi, then walked down the jade steps, took the dagger handed to her by Jinzhu, and without hesitation cut her palm, dripping blood onto the bloodstone.
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