Those words struck like a cudgel to the head.
They jolted Xie Jin'an awake.
That was right. Xu Rourou had slept with another man behind his back. Why should he feel sorry for her?
He whipped his head toward Xu Rourou and found that she had already closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.
The Eldest Princess continued, "Xie Jin'an, do you want to know who her lover is?"
"No, please, don't tell him!" Summoning every last scrap of strength, Xu Rourou struggled to crawl to the Eldest Princess's feet and begged desperately.
She did not want to extinguish the last flicker of genuine affection Xie Jin'an held for her.
She truly didn't.
"Tell me!" Xie Jin'an made up his mind, tears running down his face.
The Eldest Princess was about to speak.
Suddenly, Xu Xinbo pulled Xu Rourou away from her feet. "There's no need to beg her!"
Shielding Xu Rourou behind him, he told Xie Jin'an, "Rou Rou's lover is me, too!"
The moment he said that,
the scene exploded!
The Imperial Guards watching the drama practically dropped their melon rinds.
If they remembered correctly, wasn't this burly fellow Madam Li's lover, too?
Even more explosive was the fact that this burly fellow was Xu Rourou's own elder brother!
Xu Rourou's own brother had hooked up with his sister! Then he had hooked up with his sister's mother-in-law!
And tonight, of all nights!
The three of them had tried to elope together!
Holy shit, this simply blew the Great Xia Dynasty's entire worldview apart.
Never mind the spectators, whose heads were still buzzing with shock.
Just look at Xie Jin'an. Even his brain had gone numb.
He had considered every man in the world, yet never guessed that Xu Rourou's lover was his brother-in-law!
And he-he had