Chapter 784: The Legendary Black Fox (1/2)
Chapter 784: The Legendary Black Fox
“Well, where do I start…” The monarch rubbed his palms nervously with a worried and embarra.s.sed expression: “I don’t really know the exact situation within the imperial family right now.”
Li Qiye grew serious: “Monarch, tell me what you know. There are no outsiders here, so you can be frank.”
The monarch pondered for a moment before speaking: “In the worst case scenario, the princess might have been temporarily restrained by the ancestors. After receiving the last message, I haven’t received anything new from her, and I can’t find Grandma Bai either.”
“Under house arrest or removed from her position?” A pensive glimmer appeared in his eyes. He considered her as one of his people, so he absolutely didn’t want anything to happen to her.
The monarch smiled wryly and said: “Hard to say. I am almost blind with no information regarding the imperial family’s situation right now. Currently, the ancestors are in charge, and even His Highness can only follow orders.”
“What actually happened?” Li Qiye deepened his tone.
As its descendant, Ming Yexue was extremely important to the kingdom. If the ancestors actually wanted to remove her status, something big must have occurred.
“Young n.o.ble Li, this matter stems from your driver.” The monarch responded seriously: “Plus, this guy caused big trouble in the past.”
“Do tell.” Li Qiye knew that things really weren’t looking so good after hearing about Tie Yi’s involvement.
“Young n.o.ble Li’s driver is the infamous Black Fox!” The monarch said: “Did you know his ident.i.ty?”
“Black Fox?” Li Qiye rubbed his chin in contemplation. In fact, Tie Yi’s ident.i.ty didn’t matter to him. The crucial point was that he trusted Tie Yi, and Tie Yi was loyally working for him.
“Young n.o.ble Li, this is no laughing matter.” The monarch raised his voice: “The Black Fox caused huge problems back then. He offended all the sects in this world and even stole a few treasures from our kingdom!”
“Tie Yi is the Black Fox?” The madam standing to the side was startled. As a great Demon King and the ruler of Giant Bamboo, she couldn’t be more familiar with the tales of Black Fox. Back then, everyone in the Stone Medicine World heard of his stories.
Plus, Black Fox had always been very mysterious. There was a rumor that no one had seen his face or knew of his background.
The madam asked with surprise: “No one had seen his true appearance or knew his background, so how could the kingdom be so sure that Tie Yi is Black Fox?”
The monarch responded: “I am not very clear on the exact circ.u.mstances. I heard that the Stony Peak’s Ye Qingcheng had come to meet the ancestors from the imperial family. It seems that Ye Qingcheng is the one that found out Black Fox’s ident.i.ty.”
“Ye Qingcheng?” Li Qiye’s eyes flashed. Ye Qingcheng actually came to the kingdom and discovered Black Fox’s true ident.i.ty — this was too much of a coincidence. It seemed like Ye Qingcheng came for him specifically.
The monarch continued: “I heard that the ancestors reacted very strongly about Black Fox’s matter, but the princess tried her best to calm the opposition and the ancestors. She wanted to wait until Young n.o.ble was finished with your refinement to settle this matter peacefully. Later on, I don’t know how Ye Qingcheng convinced the ancestors to eventually make a move to capture Black Fox.”
“Ye Qingcheng!” The glimmer turned cold in Li Qiye’s eyes. This was a clear shot at him. Ye Qingcheng wanted nothing more than for both him and the kingdom to be destroyed. Perhaps this was a method to use the kingdom against him.
Although the two had never met, their feud had been forged long ago. Plus, if he couldn’t recruit an existence like Li Qiye, then Li Qiye would be a great threat to him in the future. Because of this, he must kill Li Qiye as soon as possible before Li Qiye’s wings matured; he must erase this anxiety from his mind!
“Ye Qingcheng is still an outsider though.” Yuan Caihe interjected: “Miss Ming is your descendant, so your ancestors could not have foolishly listened to an outsider and restrained her.”
“Virtuous Niece, there is no point saying these words to me.” The monarch wryly laughed and said: “This is the decision of the ancestors. I am only a n.o.ble and have no power to question or interfere, not to mention that I don’t know the exact details either.”
“No.” Li Qiye waved his sleeve dismissively: “Ye Qingcheng is only fanning the fire, and Black Fox is only an excuse. The ancestors of the kingdom are simply playing dumb! They wanted to take action long ago but were missing an excuse! They want to capture Black Fox first, then point their swords at me later!”
Li Qiye sneered after saying this. He knew what the ancestors wanted to do. First of all, the G.o.d-Monarchs would not easily let this go after suffering such a humiliating defeat. Second, Li Qiye had the heart of the Phoenix and even the skeleton. The ancestors would want these treasures back. The third and most crucial point was that they wanted to break the vow of old!