But at the time, her eyes were clouded with fury, and she didn't get a good look at the old coot's face. She only saw his back, his white hair tumbling down to his waist, and heard the old coot's booming laughter, "If this girl becomes my daughter-in-law..."
At that moment, she had only caught those few words; the old coot seemed to have said something else, but she hadn't heard it clearly.
In no time, a slew of imperial military and political bigwigs rushed over, only to discover that all the heirs to the throne were dead, except for her. That's when Geshu Tang stepped forward. She thought he would seek revenge for his brother; who knew Geshu Tang would turn out to be so spineless, actually shouting, "This girl should be Empress!"
Ye Xingguang: "!!!"