Gu Gate: What a Grand Game

Things had become rather intriguing.

Judging by the timing, apart from Martial Emperor, there could be no other source for the bloodline of the Son of Heaven.

Huo Yuanjun and Shen Qiwen's grandparents were siblings, and the father of those siblings was none other than Chancellor Huo.

So... Chancellor Huo was the one who had been grievously wronged?

A rift had appeared between ruler and ministers, until Chancellor Huo finally diverted the fortune and joined forces with the barbarians to perform Curse Killing on Martial Emperor...

Chen Luo hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "No! There are still things here that don't add up."

First, there was Martial Emperor's character.

Though Martial Emperor had been arrogant, he was a ruler of tremendous vision and broad-mindedness.

Would such a king forcibly take the wife of his right-hand man, a pillar of the imperial court?

This wasn't the world of absolute royal authority from the history of Chen Luo's previous life. This was a world where Half-Saints held the throne in check.

Second, there was the matter of Gu Gate.

Gu Gate had paid such a great price to rescue Huo Yuanjun and Shen Qiwen. For now, the most likely reason was this bloodline.

But that raised two more questions.

The first was, what use did the imperial bloodline have for Gu Gate?

Not to mention anything else, Ye Heng still had several good-for-nothing sons and princesses. It would have been far easier to abduct them than to snatch Huo Yuanjun and Shen Qiwen from under Chen Luo's nose!

Could it be that only Martial Emperor's bloodline would do?

Then what exactly was special about Martial Emperor's bloodline?

The second question was even more puzzling to Chen Luo.

Take Huo Yuanjun, for example. She was the legitimate daughter of the