Chapter 190: Schadenfreude

“Oh?” Qi Chen smiled. “Do tell.”

“It’s nothing too interesting,” said Xiaoyun. “I heard someone said that the princess and gentleman Feng are close. Closer than a strategist and his master’s wife should be. It’s difficult to believe that there’s nothing between them. People also said that the father to the princess’s child is actually… gentleman Feng.”

“Nonsense!” Qi Chen shot up to his feet, pushing Xiaoyun away. Xiaoyun staggered and barely kept herself upright by holding onto the desk. She looked at Qi Chen with a frown.

What was done was done. She had nothing to lose now. She took a deep breath and said, “I know it seems unlikely, but it’s not completely without basis. If the princess and gentleman Feng are innocent, why would so many people say that they are having an affair? Your Highness has a good number of concubines in this manor, why is the...