Volume One, Chapter Forty-Nine
Huo Dongmei summoned Huo Bai Niao to the palace.
Huo Bai Niao smiled happily and asked, "Mother, what did you summon me for?"
Huo Dongmei looked at Huo Bai Niao with difficulty in her eyes and asked, "Bai Niao, do you truly want to become the future ruler of the Fire Flame Kingdom?"
Huo Bai Niao said with a smile, "Of course. Mother, look at how many people support me now. I am also the Second Princess of the Fire Flame Kingdom. Why should the Fire Flame Kingdom be handed over to an outsider like him? It was all because of him that the Flame Kingdom provoked such a terrifying enemy."
Huo Dongmei sighed. "Bai Niao, you truly are not suited for this. Can you give up this idea? Your father has already chosen Baiqing."
Huo Bai Niao gave a cold snort. "I will never give up. Mother, you are far too biased! You have always doted on Third Sister the most, and now you support her husband so strongly too. Do you want to confine me in the palace and dismantle the forces I worked so hard to build, all so you can clear the road for that Li Baiqing?"
Huo Dongmei hurriedly said, "That is not what Mother means. I simply do not want you to clash in the future. As long as you give up the throne, Mother will grant you anything you want."
Huo Bai Niao said angrily, "Why do you not tell Li Baiqing to stop fighting for the throne? You are clearly biased."
With that, Huo Bai Niao ran out in anger.
Huo Dongmei could not stop her either.
Watching her daughter run away, Huo Dongmei did not know what to do next. She had originally intended to persuade Huo