The White-haired Old Man's tone gradually grew heavy, and the golden Soul Power around him began to fluctuate.
"Tian Jin secretly colluded with several elders, deliberately exaggerating the dangers of your mother's marriage to an outsider. He incited the clan members' emotions while fabricating evidence to accuse your mother of conspiring with foreign enemies, leaking Heavenly Clan secrets, and plotting rebellion."
"Though the clan rules are strict and forbid marriage with outsiders, at most, she would have been stripped of her position as Empress and imprisoned. A Heavenly Clan Empress would never have been executed so easily."
"The reason Tian Jin wanted your mother dead was to remove every obstacle and smoothly ascend to the position of Empress, gaining control over the Heavenly Clan's authority."
Tian Wei trembled as though struck by lightning, frozen in place. The hatred in his eyes instantly solidified, replaced by utter disbelief. He had always believed that his mother's death
had been caused by her marriage to a human, by the Heavenly Clan's coldness and cruelty. He had never imagined there had been such a conspiracy behind it, or that such an ambitious elder had been manipulating everything from the shadows.
"Impossible..." Tian Wei muttered hoarsely. "Mother was gentle and kind. She always had the Heavenly Clan's best interests at heart. How could she have conspired with foreign enemies or intended rebellion? Tian Jin... I'll remember that name."
The White-haired Old Man nodded, his tone grave. "Your mother remained innocent throughout her life. She never did anything to betray the Heavenly Clan."
"Back then, after learning of Tian Jin's conspiracy, I wanted to warn your mother in secret. But Tian Jin discovered me. He sent people to hunt me down and accelerated his efforts to bring your mother down."
"To save your mother's life, I