But soon, all those emotions vanished like smoke and clouds.
"But rest assured, Empress. That Pretender Emperor's decree counts for nothing. Your position as Empress remains unchanged. You shall continue to govern the Imperial Harem for me."
"Are you willing, Empress?"
Liu Xie looked utterly earnest, his burning gaze fixed on Empress Fu as he waited for her answer. At the same time, his grip tightened.
The pain finally brought Empress Fu back to her senses. Seeing her hand clasped in Liu Xie's, she tried to pull it back as though she had been shocked, but Liu Xie gave her no such chance. He simply gazed at her with deep affection.
Beside them, Fu Wan was ecstatic at Liu Xie's words. He frantically signaled to Empress Fu with his eyes while urging, "Empress, answer His Majesty!"
Empress Fu's thoughts were tangled like hemp. There really was a Son of Heaven in Ye City!
Was the one in Xu County real or false?
Had Yang Biao truly switched out the real Son of Heaven in secret?
She looked at Liu Xie's gentle, affectionate expression, then at the anxious Fu Wan beside her, and at the gazes of the Civil and Military Court Officials in the hall. Empress Fu felt immense pressure bearing down on her.
Unlike before she came to Ye City, she no longer immediately assumed that the Son of Heaven before her was a Pretender Emperor. Yet she still could not tell which was real and which was false!
Apart from their bearing, the two were identical in both appearance and voice!
"Empress!"
Fu Wan urged her again.
Empress Fu gazed blankly at the familiar stranger before her, knowing that her answer would determine her future.
It would determine the future of the entire Fu Family!
And even the