Empress Fu's pretty face turned cold, and she said in a stiff, resolute voice, "Father, that is absolutely impossible!"
"You-!"
Fu Wan looked at Empress Fu in exasperation, like iron that refused to become steel, barely able to keep himself from cursing aloud.
How could this unfilial daughter fail to see the situation!
At this juncture, never mind that the Son of Heaven in Ye City was real-even if he were false, what difference would it make?
She had no grasp of the bigger picture at all!
"Enough, enough!"
"Here in the depths of the palace, you had best look after yourself!"
"Also, your younger sister will enter the palace to attend His Majesty in the coming days. I hope you will not meet her, much less say these treasonous things to her."
"If you carry on like this, sooner or later you will bring ruin upon our Fu Family!"
Fu Wan did not know what had so bewitched Empress Fu, but he was powerless to change her and could only give up on this daughter altogether.
With that, he turned and left the Pepper Chamber Hall.
Watching Fu Wan's retreating back, Empress Fu understood that he already intended to have her younger sister replace her, leaving the Fu Family a path of retreat.
But she... what could she do?
The side chamber.
Liu Xie, who had hidden here beforehand, heard every word exchanged between Fu Wan and Empress Fu.
"Does this Fu Wan truly believe I am the rightful heir to the Han Dynasty, or does he simply have no choice?"
"Forget it. None of that matters now. From the moment he denounced Cao Cao for installing a False Son of Heaven and brought the empress to Ye City, he climbed aboard my war chariot for good."
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