Emperor Yongchang immediately grew agitated at her words, arriving at a thought cut from the same cloth as the Crown Prince's. "You dared take another man behind my back?"
The Crown Prince's Consort was speechless. "Imperial Father, you're the man I'm having the affair with."
Emperor Yongchang thought it over. That was true.
The Crown Prince was the one who ought to be angry.
Wait.
"Then what's going on with the child in your belly? For the sake of the Crown Prince's bloodline, I reluctantly lent him a hand. Why wouldn't it be my blood?"
The Crown Prince's Consort studied the agitated Emperor Yongchang and saw no sign that he was acting. He seemed genuinely unaware.
But Emperor Yongchang had been emperor for many years.
He was reputed to rival the wise sovereigns of history.
If a man like him wanted to deceive her, she could never see through him.
So, in the end, the Crown Prince's Consort chose to tell him the truth. "Imperial Father, do you know much about the Demon Cult?"
Emperor Yongchang froze, unsure how to answer. "As for the Demon Cult... I wouldn't say I know much."
At most, he had some intimate knowledge of its demonesses.
"Do you know much about Blood Guanyin?"
Emperor Yongchang was even more at a loss for words. "I've heard a little. They say she harbors an extreme hatred of men."
"That's right. My master does hate men deeply. Studying under her, I was greatly influenced by her too. Fortunately, I met you, Imperial Father, and you brought me back to the righteous path in time."
Emperor Yongchang thought, Blood Guanyin is actually on the righteous path too.
You demonesses only talk tough. You're all perfectly well behaved once you lie down.
But he could only think that to