Chapter 27: Shocking! Marquis actually admitted in public that he is cuckolded! (1 / 2)
Xie Luoshui suddenly felt countless gazes converge on her, making her extremely uncomfortable.
What are they looking at? Are they mocking me?
She wiped the bloodstains off her face, stubbornly meeting the stares with a resolute gaze, her lips tightly pressed together.
And then she heard…
“Madam Du,” the emperor’s tone was calm and even. “This business of swapping the dragon for the phoenix—was it your idea, or Marquis Kuaji’s?”
Madam Du seemed stunned, immediately turning her head to glare at Marquis Kuaji, her willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed: “Swapping the dragon for the phoenix? Wei Jin! You tell me clearly—what is this nonsense about swapping the dragon for the phoenix? Did you replace my child?!”
Next to her, the Kuaji heir swayed his head, wearing a “you must be joking” expression: “Mother! What are you saying? What swapping? Father, there must be some misunderstanding! Your Majesty, surely someone is mistaken?”
Marquis Kuaji protested: “This… this is slander by the Jin Yiwei! My eldest son is my son! How could I do something as heinous as swapping the dragon for the phoenix! I even petitioned for him to inherit the title of heir! Such a thing would be treason—a capital offense!”
Three voices rang out, sharp, urgent, and defensive, blending into chaotic noise.