"Ha!"
The Empress Dowager truly let out a laugh.
Madness, surely. Someone actually thought Zun'er resembled that rebellious son of hers? What an unprecedented absurdity. How could these two possibly be alike?
She couldn't see any resemblance between Zun'er and that rebellious son. On the contrary, she had always felt he bore a striking similarity to the great general, General Ning. It turned out, all along she'd assumed the resemblance was due to Maternal Uncle Xiao. Never had she imagined these two might be father and son!
"It seems I have indeed wronged the Empress."
"Yes, yes."
Upon hearing her words, the Empress grasped them like a lifeline and eagerly nodded her head.
"Mother, you have wronged me. Zun'er, he..."
"Empress, perhaps it's better for you to say less for now. Wait until we've questioned the other two witnesses, and then you can tell me if you were truly wronged, hmm?" The Empress Dowager interrupted her, casting a meaningful glance toward the nearby nanny.
