Once Wu Lie spoke, at least half of the officials who had appealed glared at him in anger.
Wu Lie looked unaffected as he continued in a low voice, "Perhaps only the one whom you sirs acknowledge can be recognized as royal blood? And whoever you sirs don't acknowledge will be a mere peasant?"
He exaggerated his words, openly hinting that they harbored ill intentions.
The old white-bearded official roared, "Wu Lie! How dare you have the audacity to decide what is right or wrong! Don't you know how serious this is? It will affect the very foundations of this country. How are matters pertaining to the royal bloodline ever solely personal? Yet here you are, feigning ignorance and trying to befuddle the emperor! I have always thought of you as impartial and loyal. But today I see the truth of who you are Wu Lie, a pandering, maniacal, unscrupulous person indeed!"