The Empress's complexion changed as she said, "What wouldn't you do? Even resorting to surrogate childbirth, I..."
"Enough!" the usually gentle and soft-spoken Emperor suddenly roared in anger.
He tossed those notes onto the Empress's face, furiously saying, "Do you really think I'm blind to the play you've arranged today? Just because someone has a child, must you be so consumed by jealousy that you fabricate this surrogate childbirth scenario?
These notes, you claim you didn't concoct them, so what, are you suggesting they made these up to slander you? Whether it's slander or not, you know full well in your heart."
