"Apart from looking somewhat alike, capturing something of the emperor's manner when playing him, having rather delicate skin, and knowing how to read a little, he was, through and through, just a... refugee?"
As Ju Shou spoke, he involuntarily trailed off.
He sank into deep thought.
Could someone really have seen through Cao Cao's wolfish ambitions and secretly switched the Son of Heaven out to protect him, sending him to Ye City?
At that moment, Ju Shou was lost.
Never mind convincing Yuan Shao-now even he could no longer convince himself with those arguments.
He desperately recalled Liu Xie's behavior over the past two years.
Those looks of his-sometimes fawning, sometimes imperious, sometimes cowardly, sometimes cold-flashed through his mind, finally blending into that little refugee in ragged clothes, gazing at him with indifferent eyes.
"You won't even address me as Your Majesty."
Those words spanned two and a half years, striking him squarely between the brows like an arrow and sending a shudder through his very soul.
Watching Ju Shou, who could no longer convince himself and had fallen into bewilderment, Yuan Shao felt increasingly certain that his suspicions were correct.
The Pretender Emperor in Ye City might very well be the true Son of Heaven!
Suddenly, Ju Shou shuddered violently, snapping out of his confusion.
Yuan Shao gave him a look of mingled emotions and asked, "Gongyu, in your opinion, could that refugee be the Son of Heaven of Great Han?"
Ju Shou clutched his head tightly, his face contorted in anguish. "I can't tell, my lord. I truly can't tell!"
Chapter 189: Ju Shou Was Scared Out of His Wits, Cao Cao Entered the Imperial Palace Again
"Young man, what is your name?"
"My surname is Liu, and my given name is Xie."
Memories from two and a