"Mm, okay."
Without anyone else noticing, Zhu Zhuqing followed Alison away.
By the time Zhu Zhuyun realized what had happened, Zhu Zhuqing and Alison had already left Star Luo Empire territory.
She didn't know which faction Alison belonged to, and she didn't ask. She simply followed her. Otherwise, with her current strength, she would never have been able to leave.
Even though the Star Luo Imperial Family wanted the battle for succession to be an evenly matched contest, Zhu Zhuyun, who wanted to become a god, wouldn't give up on her.
She had already given up on continuing to rely on Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others, and she wouldn't regret leaving with Alison.
In this life, she wanted to live a different fate.
After Zhu Zhuqing left, a scandal still broke out involving the Star Luo Imperial Family, greatly damaging its prestige.
The Star Luo Crown Prince had hooked up with his mother-in-law at his father-in-law's birthday banquet.
Things like this weren't uncommon in the Star Luo capital, among other members of the imperial family, or even among the common folk. But such matters were supposed to stay hidden. The Crown Prince and his mother-in-law had done something so disgraceful at the Zhu Family patriarch's birthday banquet, an occasion of such importance.
So someone had to take the blame.
The runaway Zhu Zhuqing was made the scapegoat. The affair between Crown Prince Dai Weisi and his mother-in-law, Luo Yu'er, was blamed on Zhu Zhuqing, supposedly a plot orchestrated by their enemies to target them.
And so Zhu Zhuqing was placed on the Star Luo Empire's most-wanted list.
Though the outcome was unexpected, their main objective had still been achieved.
After Zhu Zhuqing was wanted, Zhu Zhuyun added a hefty bounty, ensuring that no one could protect her—and