The ministers stared eagerly, holding their breath as they waited for the Little Princess to spill the secrets.
Then-
The moment the little girl's revelations began, she dropped a bombshell.
[Pan Chengbi's only son was born to his wife and his father, Pan Jifeng, and he's still working so diligently to take the bullets for his family?!]
The ministers: woohoo!
They knew it! That startled cry from the Little Highness really had meant she had discovered something juicy!
Everyone's eyes drifted uncontrollably toward the father and son of the Pan Family, sweeping back and forth between them, again and again.
Who would have thought that Pan Jifeng, nearly fifty, could still stage a spectacle of an old pear tree pressing down upon a young crabapple blossom!
And why were they already looking forward to the unforgettable scene when the truth came out and his beloved son suddenly became his brother?!
[Aaaaaah!!]
[He knows! Aaaaaah! That "only son" has known all along! Even every servant in the Pan residence knows!!]
[The-the entire Pan Mansion has only one poor sucker who doesn't know the truth, and that's Pan Chengbi!] Jiang Yingcheng's eyes shone as she feasted on the gossip. [That "only son" even calls Pan Jifeng "Father" outright whenever Pan Chengbi isn't home!!]
The ministers' eyes shone along with hers!
Although they also wanted to hear evidence in the Little Princess's thoughts that could nail the Pan Family to the wall, who could resist the delight of gossip from a colleague's household?!
They had to admit, it made perfect sense that the Pan Family had risen so far. After all, Pan Jifeng, the man who had single-handedly led the household to its peak, certainly dared to dream and act!
[Wow! Wow!!]
*[Pan Chengbi's wife only discovered she was pregnant when she happened