"What did you say? The Son of Heaven in Ye City looks exactly like His Majesty in the Palace?"
After hearing Dong Xi's words, Dong Cheng looked incredulous. He sprang to his feet in shock, nearly spilling the tea in his hand.
Dong Xi nodded emphatically. "Yes, Father. And I think the Son of Heaven in Ye City seems more like the real one. The one in the Palace must be a fake."
Then, his face filled with indignation, he added, "Besides, on my way to Ye City, I ran into Yang Xiu and Fu De!"
"Those two were definitely going to Ye City to seek an audience with the Son of Heaven. I even suspect they've been in close contact with him all along.
"This means Imperial Father-in-Law Fu and Lord Yang secretly switched the Son of Heaven behind your back. They knew all along. You were the only one kept in the dark!"
Dong Cheng's hand trembled, and his teacup fell to the floor.
He... had become a rebel who installed a False Son of Heaven?
Dong Cheng went pale. Alongside his terror came unparalleled fury, and he slammed the table and sprang to his feet.
"I'm going to confront Yang Biao and Fu Wan right now! Let's see how they explain themselves this time!"
With that, he stormed out.
The Fu Residence.
"Dong Cheng! Yang Biao! How dare you deceive me like this! You've gone too far!"
Having learned the truth from Fu De, Fu Wan flew into a rage as well.
He had never imagined that his allies on the same battlefront would stab him in the back. Those two old men had pulled a switch behind his back!
Empress Fu was his daughter. Making his daughter share a bed with a Pretender Son of