[Oh my goodness, holy crap! How did I miss gossip this juicy?]
[The Second Prince's biological father really wasn't the emperor!]
The emperor nearly choked to death on his own spit.
The Empress Dowager was equally shocked.
How could the imperial bloodline be muddled? Besides, everything had been perfectly normal when the Second Prince was born. Nothing had been amiss, so how could there have been a mistake?
Huahua: [Before Consort Rong conceived the Second Prince, the emperor had just taken the throne, and envoys came from all directions to congratulate him. Some fellow got drunk, and Consort Rong was furious because the emperor had glanced at a dancing girl a few too many times. She ended up turning a pretend dalliance with someone else into the real thing. Who knew she'd actually get pregnant!]
Jiang Shuyue: *[...]*
You can have your fun, but don't expect me to sit idle.
This woman was something else!
Huahua: [I found the man she slept with, too. Guess who?]
Jiang Shuyue: [How am I supposed to guess? There are millions of men in the world, and more than half of them are ugly.]
Huahua: [Jin San's own uncle, Jin Hu.]
Holy shit!
She nearly cried out.
Huahua: [After Jin San's dirty secrets came to light, the Jin Kingdom's princes started fighting among themselves for power. Jin Hu is also a strong contender for the throne. He had an affair with the old emperor's third consort, and they had a daughter.]
[The third consort tricked him into believing her son was his, too. Now Jin Hu has sided with her, and they're preparing to put that fake son on the throne.]
It was Five Flower's first taste of gossip, and it savored every morsel more than anyone else: *[So that old bastard has a