The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl

Chapter 299 - 298: The Great Reversal

In the delicate jade bowl, two drops of blood rolled in the water, drawing ever closer.

Gulp—

Beside them, the Third Prince Long Qingchen couldn’t help but swallow.

It must not merge; how could that little ghost possibly have royal blood.

Empress Feng only lightly mentioned it, glancing at the bowl as if completely unconcerned whether the blood in it would merge.

After a moment, the blood did not merge.

Emperor Longteng’s brows furrowed.

The corners of Empress Feng’s lips curled almost imperceptibly, clearly having anticipated this result.

"See? They did not merge. How could he be a Prince? He is simply a bastard! How dare he impersonate a member of the royal lineage. Seize this bastard and Xin Lin!"

Long Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief, his face animated with excitement, even forgetting his own injuries.

The Imperial Guards glanced at each other, then back at Emperor Longteng, waiting for his command.

Emperor Longteng’s expression was not pleased.

Xin Lin’s actions were too presumptuous.

Such a scandal in the royal family, spoken so brazenly, also made Emperor Longteng feel dishonored.

"Xin Lin, do you have anything else to say..."

Emperor Longteng said angrily.

"I’m sorry, I just realized, I actually grabbed the wrong bottle, this one here contains Ah Zhuo’s blood."

Xin Lin playfully stuck out her tongue, pulling out another bottle from her bosom.

The two bottles looked exactly alike.

"What does it matter which bottle? A bastard is still a bastard, let him drop a few more drops of blood and then we’ll know. Father Emperor, you must not be lenient again, this time, they must be punished."

Long Qingchen added fuel to the fire.

"What’s the rush, of course taking new blood is not a problem. But still, I repeat, blood testing for kinship is inaccurate, because... the blood in the first bottle was your blood."

Xin Lin blinked at the Third Prince.

"What’s wrong with my blood... how could you possibly have my blood?"

Long Qingchen suddenly fell silent; he bled a lot when Chu Beiqing injured him; could it be from then?

But even so, why would his blood not merge with Emperor’s?

Could it be... Long Qingchen sneakily glanced at his own mother.

Empress Feng’s body trembled, her phoenix eyes suddenly turned towards Xin Lin.

Under the splendid phoenix robe, ten beautiful jade-like fingers trembled with anger!

What a cunning Xin Lin!

"You wretched girl, stop talking nonsense, what do you mean, are you saying I’m not my father Emperor’s... you... seize her!"

Long Qingchen was so angry he stuttered.

"This is absurd."

Emperor Longteng exclaimed sternly.

"Emperor, Xin Lin has gone too far! She slanders me, slanders the Third Prince, so malicious at such a young age. If you continue to indulge her, I... I would rather die!"

Empress Feng covered her face and cried in grief, her temples shaking, and tears flowed down that gorgeous face, truly like a peony shedding tears, pitiable and endearing to behold.

"Emperor, I meant no slander. Empress upholds maternal virtues globally, virtuous and kind, how could she commit an indecent act (hardly). The Third Prince excels in both civil and military skills, a true paragon (pah). Emperor, you said evidence was needed, and I provide evidence. Blood testing for kinship is an ancient method, and if it’s not reliable, it should be abolished. I only provided proof that this method is unreliable. Therefore, the accused crime of the Seventh Prince not being the rightful Imperial Heir, was baseless, Noble Lady Shi and her son were wrongly accused!"

Every word from Xin Lin struck the ears of Emperor Longteng and the court officials.

"I don’t believe it, that definitely wasn’t my blood."

Long Qingchen, unwilling to accept this, stepped forward and dropped a drop of blood into the bowl.