Chapter 644 – True Words Like Blood (1/2)
Chapter 644 – True Words Like Blood
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
With the movement of the Imperial Design and the imminent return of the army, the situation underwent thousands of changes and fell once more into the Divine Empress's control.
Standing on the summit of the Mausoleum of Books, she gazed at a certain place in the capital and asked, ”What did all of you come here for?”
From the moment the Qiushan clan head and its Guardian entered the capital, they had remained silent and low-key, making it very easy for others to forget their existence.
But since the Tianhai Divine Empress had spoken now, they could no longer continue to pretend that they didn't exist.
”This matter has not one bit of relationship with my Qiushan clan.”
The Qiushan clan head looked at the peak of the Mausoleum of Books, his attitude abnormally humble. ”The Empress knows well that we came to the capital in preparation to enjoy the maples.”
No one believed this explanation. It was especially clumsy, even silly.
But it did not matter, because the Divine Empress only required an explanation, a stance.
The Qiushan clan head's stance was very straightforward, and the sillier his reason, the more straightforward his stance.
The Tianhai Divine Empress was quite satisfied. Turning to two other places in the capital, she asked, ”And the rest of you? Are you also here to enjoy the maples?”
A carriage was stopped outside the Gate of Past Purity. The Old Lady of the Mutuo clan stood by this carriage, her hand holding a dragonhead walking stick.
The old lady's feet were bound, yet they stood on the drenched street like two nails, not trembling in the slightest. Her voice, however, was somewhat shaky.
”This old body has not come to the capital in a long time, so came north to take a look. Conveniently, there were some matters that needed attending to. The Empress knows that my great-grandson's wife is about to give birth.”
The Gate of Surpassing Virtue was tightly shut. The Wu clan head stood in front of it as he seriously explained in the direction of the Mausoleum of Books, ”Empress, do not misunderstand, I came to visit my son-in-law.”
These were similarly clumsy and silly explanations, but different from the Qiushan clan head's, because they both mentioned people.
The Old Lady of the Mutuo clan and the Wu clan head departed the capital in the darkness.
The Tianhai Divine Empress did not speak. What was she thinking about? Did she feel that the stances of these two clans were not straightforward enough, or was she thinking about the only member of the Four Great Clans that had not appeared, the Tang clan?
Regardless, none of it mattered. Even if the Four Great Clans actually made their stances clear, it was not possible for them to change the present situation.
She had not killed Chen Changsheng, let alone eaten Chen Changsheng, so no matter how unfathomable the trap that Daoist had laid in the darkness over these past twenty years, none of it had any power over her.
With the Imperial Design activated, an awe-inspiring Qi enveloped the entire capital. Besides Daoist Ji, and the Old Lady of the Mutuo clan and the Wu clan head who had not dared to step into the capital, everyone else was unable to leave.
Not even the four experts of the Divine Domain in front of the Mausoleum of Books were able to.
Her Great Zhou cavalry were currently entering the capital.
In the capital, there were still many ministers and generals loyal to her.
The conclusion seemed decided. At the moment, all that was required was a single order.
Just then, a voice arose from the capital.
This voice was very soft as if speaking to itself, but then it gradually rose in volume until it became an extremely pointed question. There was also laughter in this question, dense with ridicule, yet after a while, one would gradually feel that this was ridiculing itself, this laughter containing limitless regret and reverence towards some things. Ultimately, it all returned to peace and calm.
It was such a complex voice and thoughts, but in reality, it was just a simple set of words.
”Do you think that you've truly won?”
The speaker was Daoist Ji.
He stood in front of some out-of-the-way market in the capital, his feet treading upon rather filthy water, a lamb butcher's shop stinking of blood behind him.
Butcher shops were often the first place to wake up in a city's market. With it being so late at night and dawn about to come, the lights of the butcher shop were the first to be lit.
Kakakaka, the clear sounds of chopping meat came from the butcher's shop.
The people in the butcher's shop had no idea of the awe-inspiring aura of the Imperial Design rising up nearby, nor were they were aware of the man standing outside their store.
Daoist Ji gazed in the direction of the Mausoleum of Books and ruefully sighed, ”I always thought that tonight, it was me planning a trap for you, but now I know that this is not the case.”
At the peak of the Mausoleum of Books, Chen Changsheng gazed at the scenes in the darkness and saw his master on this screen of light. His mind was still as perplexed as before, but there was also an indescribable feeling.
Perhaps it was because the Tianhai Divine Empress stood in front of him, and she had just changed his fate for him?
”But…this is also not your trap.
”I am a person in the trap, and you are also in a trap, and this is still a trap.
”This was not a trap planned by me, nor is it a trap planned by you. This is a trap arranged for you by the Heavenly Dao.
”The Heavenly Dao's trap.”
Chen Changsheng did not understand the meaning of these words.
The Tianhai Divine Empress indifferently replied, ”You are just the same as you were several hundred years ago, always fond of speaking such profound and incomprehensible words, but a swindler is still nothing but a swindler. Do you want to use these words to shake Our will? There's no trap of the Heavenly Dao, it's just a little scheme planned out on your little abacus.”
”Correct, this is my trap, so it should be perfect. No matter if you chose to kill him or eat him, I made the corresponding preparations, but I never imagined that you would choose to save him, because I never imagined that a callous woman like you would actually have a moment where your heart went soft, and I found it even more impossible to imagine that you had already entered the Concealed Divinity Realm.”