Wang Yue stopped and looked back. He regarded Qin Banruo with an utterly indifferent gaze, as if she were an ant.
Perhaps he had been cultivating for so long that, unless something interested him, he now truly respected other people's fate and wouldn't go out of his way to change anything.
Qin Banruo was still a little unwilling to give up. Hesitating, she asked, "Doesn't Young Master ever think about restoring the kingdom?"
Wang Yue shook his head and answered calmly, "Revenge is fine. Giving a good life to those who still care about the Hua Kingdom's imperial family is fine too. But restoring the kingdom? Forget it.
"Dynasties rise and fall all the time. What's the point of going to all that trouble to restore the kingdom, only for it to fall again because of an unfilial descendant?"
Qin Banruo thought that even Wang Yue, a member of the imperial family, didn't want to restore the kingdom. Why should she keep insisting? Besides, she had witnessed the infighting within the imperial family and didn't believe Wang Yue would spare her.
Then she remembered that Wang Yue had said he would take revenge. She quickly bowed and said, "Young Master, I'm willing to serve you."
Wang Yue looked at Qin Banruo kneeling before him. He thought that she was rather clever; clever people tended to overthink things.
He figured she must be thinking that if Young Master's identity alone couldn't make her submit willingly, then perhaps he was about to speak to her under another identity.
He thought she could still be saved, so he spoke sternly. "Since you're willing to submit to me, you surely understand that if you betray me, you won't escape the Purple Robe Envoy's pursuit."
Qin Banruo quickly shook her head and said firmly, "I