Seeing that the girl still said nothing, she suddenly did not know what topic to bring up.
She glanced at the corpse on the ground and added, "Actually... he did not deceive you."
Jiang Yuechu froze slightly.
"Hm?"
Demon Sage Yun Ling sighed, her voice faint and distant. "This man was the former emperor of the Great Tang, Li Qianyuan. Since you are the Great Tang's eldest princess... then he truly was your father."
A flicker of bewilderment crossed Jiang Yuechu's face.
"Hah?"
Back in Chang'an, she had heard her cheap older brother mention the previous emperor.
He had said the man had fallen gravely ill beyond cure and had long since passed away.
If that was true, then he should have been dead.
How had he come back to life?
And as the ruler of the Great Tang, why had he colluded with the demons of Spirit Mountain?
Why, after his death, had he provided such a vast amount of Dao cultivation...
Could it be...
Her biological father had been a demon from the start?
Seeing her expression shift, Demon Sage Yun Ling assumed she still bore a grudge and hurriedly explained, "Do not blame me, miss. At first, I did not know you belonged to my Jade-Carving Lineage. When I heard of my son's death, rage consumed my heart, and I came only to avenge him..."
"But Li Qianyuan found me through the Western Regions Demon Court. He claimed to have a foolproof plan that would let the demons of Spirit Mountain bypass the border defenses and march straight into the heartland of the Great Tang... He swore that if we acted this way, we would surely force you to reveal yourself."
"At that time, I was consumed by grief and fury over my son's death. I only