Meanwhile, Nian Hengzhi and Nian Qiyu were both recovering well.
Nian Hengzhi had always wondered who had planted the gu in them. That day, he asked the question again.
Chen Yixiao did not hide anything, either. He said,
"It was your Dragon Abyss Kingdom's eldest prince, Nian Siting."
When Nian Hengzhi and Nian Qiyu heard that name, they were so stunned that neither could speak for a long while.
They had considered everyone, but every time, Nian Siting had been the first person they ruled out.
Sure enough, he was someone they never could have imagined.
Only after a long while did Nian Hengzhi ask,
"Is everything you said true?"
"Yes. How could I possibly joke about something like this?"
"Didn't Nian Siting have an accident when he was very young and become a simpleton?"
"Things weren't at all what you thought they were..."
Chen Yixiao then told them everything he knew.
Nian Qiyu said, "He kept up the act for all those years. Nian Siting really knows how to pretend!"
Chen Yixiao said, "I doubt anyone in the entire Imperial Court of the Dragon Abyss Kingdom saw through his act!
"He endured all that humiliation, and for so many years, too. He's absolutely ruthless.
"His influence has grown considerably over the years. He even has a force of fifty thousand men!"
Nian Hengzhi asked in astonishment,
"What did you say? He has an army of fifty thousand men?"
Chen Yixiao said, "That's right."
Nian Qiyu said, "He hid in the shadows all these years. Everyone thought he was a simpleton, so no one paid him any attention, and no one targeted him.
"Naturally, his losses were the smallest.
"Well done, Nian Siting. He's certainly given us one enormous surprise!"
Chen Yixiao said, "I have even more explosive news. Do