After exchanging pleasantries, everyone settled down.
Jiang Yuechu finally voiced the doubt in her heart. "What is the situation in Chang'an now?"
Suppressing them was one thing... but they still needed to know why.
For so many years, Great Tang had rarely heard any news of outside cultivators.
How had Chang'an suddenly become crawling with them in the blink of an eye?
"Uh..."
At those words, the Emperor's body stiffened slightly. He hesitated for a while, as though struggling with something.
Seeing this, the Gaozu behind him sighed inwardly and stepped forward.
He cast a sidelong glance at the Emperor and said in a low voice, "I know you pity your sister."
"But whether by sentiment or reason, you should not keep this from her any longer."
The Emperor's lips twitched, revealing a bitter expression.
That was right.
He had been unable to help with anything in the first place, so why was he still thinking of hiding things from Gu Yue?
Even if he worried that the burden on her shoulders was too heavy.
What were the facts?
Within Great Tang, apart from Gu Yue, no one else had any way to resolve this matter.
With that thought, the Emperor drew a deep breath and finally spoke slowly. "Gu Yue, this matter... it is a long story."
Jiang Yuechu's face remained expressionless as she said calmly, "Then make a long story short."
"Yes..."
The Emperor looked helpless. Before his own sister, he truly had no temper at all. "Ever since you left the capital back then, many unfamiliar faces have flooded into Chang'an."
"I sent people to investigate their origins and purposes, but every one of them guarded their secrets like a miser guards gold. They only said they had come here to stay for a while."
"All we