Calling her the Queen Dowager wasn't quite accurate.
The new ruler of Gao Country hadn't had time to confer the title of Queen Dowager.
That didn't stop him from delivering the message.
Those words struck Wu Xian like a hammer to the head.
He only remembered his mind going blank with a buzz, followed by a sea of white. His eyes couldn't see, and some strange force seemed to drain every bit of strength from his body. His limbs went limp without support. If the person beside him hadn't reached out to steady him, he would have collapsed to the ground, utterly undignified. Even as it was, his face was ashen. "What do you mean, the new ruler of Gao Country's Queen Dowager?!"
Wu Xian snapped at Gongxi Chou.
At some point, beads of cold sweat had begun to gather on his forehead.
He knew which of his sons had become Gao Country's new ruler. Shen Youli had sent word about the final outcome of the Palace Coup in Gao Country. That was exactly why Wu Xian couldn't accept that these two boxes existed. He clumsily dodged reality, refusing to acknowledge the truth before his eyes. Gongxi Chou couldn't understand his reaction. Though he didn't know Wu Xian well, he'd heard about the man's past and knew he wasn't faithful to one woman.
He had more than twenty wives and concubines, and over fifty children.
For a former ruler who had once dominated a region, that wasn't excessive for Wu Xian. If anything, it was on the low side. Other Warlord Leaders had fewer children only because they neglected child-rearing and managing their households. They failed to care for their children and the children's mothers, resulting in high child mortality. That didn't mean they had fewer women in their households,