At this moment, Ye Xiaoyao still had no idea that she had been recognized by an unparalleled powerhouse, her supreme status confirmed for the first time.
The old woman was considering what she was about to do.
With a flicker, Ye Qingxian appeared out of thin air beside the old woman.
"Are you sure there's no connection?"
"My Junior Sister has nothing to do with you, does she?"
The old woman caught the implication in Ye Qingxian's words. Knowing that Ye Qingxian might yet become her ally in the future, she explained unhappily, "What does the Princess's business have to do with you?" Even now, she had not forgotten Ye Qingxian's aggressive attitude, as though Ye Xiaoyao were her personal forbidden possession.
That attitude made the old woman extremely displeased.
The old woman's words were already an explanation for her actions.
Just not much of one.
Yet Ye Qingxian still got the information she wanted.
The Princess?
The young woman's eyes flickered as those four words echoed endlessly in her heart.
The turn of events was unexpected, yet somehow only to be expected.
Ye Qingxian slowly pressed on, "Princess of where?" She still had no way to truly confirm her suspicions.
The old woman stared at the figure below, then at the little girl Ye Xiaoyao was holding by the hand. Her cold sneer was always chilling. "That is none of your concern."
"Taking advantage of the Princess's youth and ignorance to trick her into bearing you several children—I should be the one asking you just what you're trying to do."
The old woman did not doubt the children's origins. The Princess was destined to be extraordinary, capable of things ordinary people could not comprehend. One only needed to believe in the final result, with no need to question the