Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.
With assistance from Soul Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the other factions, the matters within the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace were swiftly brought under control. The damaged buildings were also fully repaired by the Defense Clan.
Ning Fengzhi and the other figures in power
quickly decided who would succeed to the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Within the imperial palace.
In a secret underground chamber, only two figures stood.
Ye Qiu, dressed in white brocade, and a white-haired woman wearing a crown and draped in a Dragon Robe. She possessed a gentle, refined air, though her eyes carried a trace of sorrow.
Before them stood an ice coffin, within which Xue Ye lay peacefully.
After making simple arrangements for Xue Ye,
Ye Qiu slowly left the secret chamber alongside the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Inside the resplendent palace.
Ye Qiu looked at the young girl before him, dressed in an oversized Dragon Robe, guilt in his eyes. "Xue Ke, I never meant to hide Xue'er's matter from you. It just happened too early, so early that I had no time to change anything."
That's right, the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire was Princess Xue Ke!
This was not the result of Ning Fengzhi and the others' deliberations.
It was Xue Ye's backup plan. The inexplicable deaths of his two sons had long made him suspicious of Xue Qinghe. Even though Xue Beng later revealed signs of wanting to murder his brother and father, that had only happened after Xie Xue Douluo and the others appeared. As the ruler of a nation, Xue Ye was no fool. He would not discard his suspicions of Xue Qinghe simply because Xue Beng had entertained such thoughts. When he