"Why is that?"
"Why would Emperor Chu deliberately kill Huang Xuan?"
Lin Bai asked curiously.
Grand Princess Qingyue furrowed her delicate brows. "Wolf Marquis should have heard the saying... Once you enter the marquis's gates, they become as deep as the sea."
"Among the children of the imperial family, very few can decide their own lifelong affairs."
"And it isn't only the imperial family's children. Even among the Core Disciples and Holy Sons and Holy Daughters of Chu's Five Great Families and Seven Sects, very few can truly take control of their own lives."
I can... Lin Bai laughed inwardly.
Grand Princess Qingyue seemed to see what Lin Bai was thinking and said, "The reason Wolf Marquis can live so freely now is that the Tianshui Sect has been in decline for many years and has long since lost its former glory."
"With the sect weakened and Wolf Marquis in his prime, the Tianshui Sect is willing to bend over backward to accommodate you."
"But if this had been a hundred thousand years ago, when the Tianshui Sect was at its peak, would Wolf Marquis still think it would accommodate you?"
Lin Bai nodded expressionlessly. Grand Princess Qingyue had a point.
Lin Bai now possessed absolute authority within the Tianshui Sect because the sect had been weakened for many years and had long since lost its former glory.
The Tianshui Sect now needed to rely on Lin Bai's strength to rise again, which was why it obeyed his every whim.
If this had been the Tianshui Sect of a hundred thousand years ago, there probably would not have been so many complications.
Grand Princess Qingyue said, "I was once the imperial family's Grand Princess, the eldest sister of many princes and princesses. Ordinarily... my marriage was destined to be a