The Empress Dowager had reading glasses perched on her nose, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the numbers in the photograph, as if in disbelief.
A magnifying glass was quickly brought over. The Empress Dowager held it up to look, and her hand instantly went slack.
CLANG—
The magnifying glass crashed to the floor. Fortunately, it was of good quality and didn't break.
"Your Majesty, you…"
"Mary Preston was pregnant in 1990."
Ashley Bowen was born on June 3, 1997. 'If Mary Preston was pregnant in 1990, does that mean Ashley has an older brother or sister?'
'In other words, is it possible that Mary Preston has a child with royal blood out there somewhere?'
The Empress Dowager shook her head. When Ashley Bowen married into the royal family, her political and family backgrounds had been thoroughly investigated. It was an established fact that she was an only child.
