Li Yuncong chuckled. "Lord Hu, you really are supremely clever."
Hu Xiaotian cursed inwardly. You've made it so fucking obvious. I'm not an idiot-how could I miss it?
Li Yuncong said, "Though my medical skills are modest, I have considerable confidence in my ability to read pulses. The Eldest Princess appeared to be in the early stages of pregnancy. Naturally, I couldn't speak of such a thing. At the time, I wondered who the culprit could be."
Hu Xiaotian sighed inwardly. Why keep pretending? Just say it was my father.
Li Yuncong said, "After I returned to Great Kang, I gradually forgot about the matter. Later, I heard that the Eldest Princess had borne a little prince for the Fragrant Kingdom. Once I learned the little prince's birth date and hour, I counted backward and discovered that he had been born after only nine months. They said he was premature."
Hu Xiaotian felt as though thunderbolts were crashing over his head amid a flood of melodrama. Even counting his previous life, he had never encountered a story this absurdly melodramatic. Almost every unimaginable thing under heaven seemed to have happened to him alone. Was that good fortune or bad? Definitely bad. Suddenly, he had been struck off the roster of only children. After all this, it turned out he had an older half brother.
Li Yuncong said, "I couldn't be bothered to pry into royal affairs. That Eldest Princess is an extraordinarily clever woman herself. I have no idea how she concealed the matter so seamlessly. Not only did she give birth to her son without a hitch, but the Fragrant Kingdom's Crown Prince also showered her with affection. Later, he naturally inherited the throne, and she duly became the Fragrant Kingdom's empress. After reigning for six years, the emperor