Chapter 114 – The Truth (2/2)

The woman combed the beautiful hair above her forehead, and then said with a serious expression, “Actually, my engagement with the Second Prince of the Darkbeast Empire wasn’t the decision of my Imperial Brother or Grandfather. My Grandfather is the Founding Emperor of the Grand Qin Empire while my older brother is the Emperor of the Grand Qin Empire. Both of them are in closed door cultivation to charge into the next realms of their cultivation, and it’s my nephew who’s ruling the empire.”

“Get to the point!” Yang Ye frowned and said, “I’m not interested in your imperial household!”

The woman smiled and said, “My engagement with the Darkbeast Empire’s second prince was my nephew’s idea, and he did this because he hoped to obtain the Second Prince’s help. This isn’t the main point. The main point is that no one can find out about this. Because my older brother and grandfather’s greatest taboo is colluding with the enemy. If others were to find out about this matter, then that nephew of mine can dream of sitting on the throne!”

“There are many holes in your story.” Yang Ye said in a low voice, “Firstly, you said that no one can know about this, then what about those cavalries that went over with you? Could it be that they aren’t people?”

“Do you think they’ll be able to leave the Grand Myriad Mountains alive?” The woman sneered. “The moment of my arrival in the Darkbeast Empire is the moment of their death!”

Yang Ye remained silent for a moment before he said, “Why did you agree to the engagement with the Second Prince?”

A wisp of cold and ghastly killing intent flashed through the woman’s eyes upon hearing this, and she said, “Because that nephew of mine threatened me with my mother! I know what you’re going to ask, I have the same father but different mother from the current Emperor. Coupled with the fact that my mother doesn’t have the backing of a good clan, so my nephew made me become a p.a.w.n of his!”

The imperial household really is the most heartless! Yang Ye shook his head. He’d heard others speak of this in the past, yet he hadn’t believed it completely, but he did now. The imperial household really stopped at nothing to achieve its objectives!

“Since he threatened you with your mother, then why did you still flee?” Yang Ye asked another question.

“Because I would only be able to rescue my mother and myself by doing that!” The woman said in a low voice, “If I really married that Second Prince, then with my nephew’s ruthless ways, he’ll definitely find a way to kill my mother. Conversely, if I flee, then he’ll be hesitant and fearful instead, and he’ll keep my mother alive to use her to threaten me.”

“Kill your mother?” Yang Ye said with disbelief, “What a joke! Your mother is an imperial concubine of the Founding Emperor at any rate. Would he even dare?”

A wisp of a sneer arose on the corners of the woman’s mouth, and she said, “Do you know how many imperial concubines my grandfather has?”

Before Yang Ye could answer her, she said, “It’s said that the concubines of an emperor number up to 3,000, but my grandfather doesn’t just have 3,000! He has over 8,000 imperial concubines in name, and there are countless more that didn’t receive official recognition. Do you know how many princes and princesses are there within the Grand Qin Empire? Even if we don’t mention my older brother who’s the Emperor, merely my grandfather has over 400 sons and around 1,000 daughters.”

Yang Ye couldn’t help but laugh. This Founding Emperor is an utter ‘stud’!

Now, he finally understood slightly. Since the Founding Emperor had so many imperial concubines, many were presumably relations.h.i.+ps that only lasted a night, and this woman’s mother was probably just like that. The Grand Qin Empire’s imperial palace would definitely attach zero importance to these imperial concubines that didn’t come from good origins and didn’t receive the favor of the Founding Emperor.

After a short while, Yang Ye shook his head and said, “Is any of this related to me? Why must I work together with you?”

The woman looked at Yang Ye as if she was looking at an idiot, and she said, “You really are an idiot. The engagement between me and the Second Prince of the Darkbeast Empire is a secret, and for the sake of protecting this secret, that nephew of mine will kill both his personal guard and the Spirit Realm experts that he’d fostered. So, now that you’ve fled with me, do you think he’d let you and me go?”

Yang Ye laughed bitterly when he heard this and said, “I feel like I’ve fallen into your trap again!”

“Actually, even if I didn’t tell you this secret, but for safety’s sake, he would definitely not let you go,” said the woman.

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, “I guarantee that I won’t tell anyone. Alright?”

“What do you think?” The woman smiled.

“Looks like it’s a no!” Yang Ye shrugged, and then he said, “Would that nephew of yours really misuse his power and issue a warrant of the Grand Qin Empire to put a bounty on me?”

“He won’t!” The woman shook her head and said, “He won’t issue a warrant, he’ll directly issue a death warrant. I presume that he has already done that, and he has started to investigate you. Don’t underestimate the ability of the Grand Qin Empire. It’s extremely easy for the Grand Qin Empire to investigate someone.”

“Perhaps he’ll give up on killing me after he finds out about my ident.i.ty!” said Yang Ye.

“Oh?” The woman glanced at Yang Ye with surprise, and then she said with a smile, “Little Brother, you said that you aren’t a disciple of the Sword Sect, but your skill is even sharper than the disciples of the Sword Sect. Could it be that you’re an illegitimate son of the Sword Sect’s Master? But, even if you’re the illegitimate son of the Sword Sect’s Master, he still wouldn’t let you go. Of course, he wouldn’t deal with you in the open, but what about a.s.sa.s.sinations? If he doesn’t tell anyone, then would anyone know that he was behind it?”

“In other words, it seems like I can do nothing but wait for death to arrive?” asked Yang Ye.