Faced with the Empress Dowager's hysterical rage.
The shadow on the ground finally lifted its head.
It was an utterly ordinary face, the kind you'd forget in the blink of an eye if you saw it in a crowd.
But at that moment, its eyes held the detached air of someone who had seen through the ways of the world.
"Your Majesty."
"You've lost your senses."
"Grandmother said she personally confirmed this matter."
The Empress Dowager's body stiffened, and the madness in her eyes gradually froze.
"Confirmed... it?"
"Even if she could fool the Demon Suppression General Bureau's Treasure Tools, Grandmother's Heavenly Eye Divine Technique confirmed beyond doubt that Jiang Yuechu is human, with pure human blood. There isn't a trace of demonic aura in her body."
"The rumors back then were nothing but baseless speculation, or perhaps... there was some other reason. It's still unclear."
"But no matter what, Jiang Yuechu is not the offspring of demons."
The Empress Dowager swayed and sank onto the phoenix couch.
"She's human..."
"How could she be human..."
She murmured to herself, as if she had aged decades in an instant.
If she was human, then hadn't the schemes she'd spent twenty years hatching all become a joke?
"The Liu Family is an ancient Aristocratic Clan, its fortunes bound to the nation's."
The man in black rose to his feet, his figure gradually fading into the darkness.
"For the Liu Family, who sits on that throne is unimportant. What matters is that Great Tang remains stable and the human race's fortune does not run dry."
"A prodigy like Jiang Yuechu is the future of the human race, and someone the Liu Family is willing to cultivate ties with."
"As for His Highness King Jing..."
The voice grew fainter and fainter, until it was