"Hiss…"
"This is Spirit Hall's true scheme?"
"How terrifying… It's a good thing their plan ultimately failed. Otherwise, with Qian Renxue controlling the Heaven Dou Empire, and Spirit Hall establishing its own nation, half of the entire continent would have fallen into Spirit Hall's hands.
How could the Star Dou Empire possibly fight them alone?"
"Holy cow, what you're saying is making me break out in a cold sweat. It really was just one step away, huh?"
"Just one step, and Spirit Hall would have truly unified the continent."
Everyone whispered amongst themselves, and by the end, their eyes held both sighs of regret and relief.
While they were relieved,
Within the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Fourth Prince Xue Beng, upon seeing what the heavenly curtain revealed, clenched his fists tightly with hatred.
"What a Qian Renxue! What a Spirit Hall!"
"Uncle, we were indeed right before. This Xue Qinghe truly has a huge problem!"
"Now it's good. We no longer have to secretly suspect him in the dark. With the heavenly curtain providing us proof and endorsement, this is solid evidence. I'd like to see how Qian Renxue can continue to disguise herself now."
He turned his head immediately, directly facing Prince Xue Xing, who was seated at the head of the study table.
These two, before today,
Were known throughout the Heaven Dou Empire as infamous good-for-nothings.
Typical examples of people who lost their ambition to trivial pursuits.
However, few knew that their lack of ambition was merely a facade, used to lull Qian Renxue into a false sense of security.
Now that Qian Renxue had been exposed, Prince Xue Xing also shed his previous slovenly and dejected demeanor, his expression becoming equally serious.
"That's right, we'll enter the Imperial City right now. We'll capture Qian Renxue alive and make her pay for the lives of Xue Qinghe and the other princes!"
After saying this, a sharp killing intent surged from his entire body.
He spoke and then stepped forward, taking Xue Beng with him, intending to head to the Imperial City to first meet Emperor Xue Ye before discussing anything else.
However, they had just stepped out of their own Prince's manor.
When they saw a messenger, running hurriedly towards them.
He said with a crying voice,
"This is bad, Prince Xue Xing. Prince Xue Beng… Something terrible has happened…"
"Speak properly. We're all standing here. What terrible thing could have happened?"
Upon seeing the messenger eunuch,
Prince Xue Xing's heart immediately sank.
He vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
But he still composed himself and pressed the other party first.
"It's not you, it's the Imperial Palace, it's the Emperor…"
"The Emperor?"
While he could remain calm, Xue Beng was ultimately inexperienced and hadn't gone through much.
Especially since this matter concerned his father's life.
So, upon hearing the eunuch say this, his expression immediately changed.
He stepped forward, grabbing the eunuch's collar, and urgently asked again,
"Are you talking about Father Emperor? What happened to Father Emperor?!"
As he spoke, his eyes were bloodshot, like a tiger ready to devour someone.
The eunuch, seeing Prince Xue Beng like this, was also terribly frightened.
However, he then spoke, forcing himself to remain calm as he replied,
"The Emperor… He suddenly fell ill… The Emperor has passed away…"
"Passed away…"
Upon hearing this answer, Prince Xue Beng felt a dizzy spell.
He even found it difficult to stand.
After a long while, he finally spoke, asking again,
"Father Emperor was still so healthy, how could he have passed away so easily?"
Before he even finished asking, and before the eunuch could reply,
Both he and his uncle, Prince Xue Xing, had the same answer emerge in their minds simultaneously.
That was Qian Renxue!
"It must be that scoundrel Qian Renxue who did it!"
"Uncle! What do we do now?!"
Xue Beng gnashed his teeth, turning to his uncle, Prince Xue Xing, to ask him immediately.
Prince Xue Xing's face wasn't any better than his at this moment.
He also harbored extreme resentment towards Qian Renxue, and at the same time, he regretted being overly cautious in his previous actions.
He had only thought about how to keep a low profile and not expose his identity in front of Qian Renxue.
He never thought about guarding against her sudden move, a desperate act.
This led to the tragedy before them.
However, talking about these things now was useless. After a brief period of regret, he composed himself and quickly offered a solution.
"What else can we do? Xue Beng, you immediately dispatch troops to surround Xue Qinghe's manor. I will immediately take people to seal the city gates. No matter what, we cannot allow Qian Renxue to leave our Heaven Dou Imperial City so brazenly today!"
After saying this, he immediately mounted his horse and galloped towards the Imperial City.
Not only did he take action,
The entire Prince Xue Xing's manor also moved.
Large numbers of people left the Prince's manor with torches lit.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for the Heaven Dou Empire.
However, the Shrek Academy was completely unaware of the great turmoil in the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
At this moment, seeing the various comments surging on the heavenly curtain, Ning Rongrong's pretty face immediately tightened.
She then spoke out again, condemning Tang San for her good friend Xiao Wu.
"Tang San, you still say you're not a philanderer? Besides that 100,000-year Spirit Beast, you actually provoked Hu Liena and Qian Renxue separately. You're even worse than Yu Xiaogang."
"Damn it, I didn't! Didn't you see that it said they liked me? Can I control other people's feelings?"
Tang San naturally waved his hands immediately, clearing himself completely.
However, he could fool others, but he couldn't fool Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
Hearing him say this, Zhu Zhuqing immediately snorted coldly, speaking Tang San's true thoughts.
"You can't control it, but can't you feel it?"
"You just want to be a scumbag: not proactive, not refusing, not taking responsibility."
"That's really going too far. Tang San, come here, I'm going to teach you a good lesson…"
Seeing that the two sides were about to argue again,
Ma Hongjun immediately stepped out, acting as a mediator to smooth things over.
Of course, while he said he was going to teach him a lesson, once he pulled him aside, his expression immediately changed.
"But seriously, Third Brother, you're quite the lady-killer. Did Grandmaster really teach you some secret techniques? Teach me too."
Ma Hongjun chuckled playfully at his side.
A bad friend is a bad friend.
Seeing him like this,
Tang San was also momentarily exasperated, and could only laugh and scold him,
"Go away, go away, what lady-killer? I really don't have that in mind. I'm a pure love type. Don't put random labels on me."
Tang San understood his own heart very well.
Of course, despite saying that, actually seeing some of the most outstanding women in the world falling for him,
He couldn't help but feel a little proud.
He had originally intended to go and explain a few words to Xiao Wu and apologize later, but he temporarily changed his mind.
In his opinion, Xiao Wu was completely being unreasonable this time.
Since she was being unreasonable, he naturally shouldn't indulge her too much.
It was a good opportunity to teach her a lesson.
Giving her a sense of crisis might not be a bad thing.