In the quiet little courtyard, Prime Minister Shi, Shi Yuanyuan, and the old madam sat upright in the room.
The old madam's eyes were bright, and her aura was wholly restrained. Though she looked no different from usual on the surface, no one would ever dare regard her as an ordinary old woman again.
Setting everything else aside, that faint majesty alone was enough to leave even Sky-Repelling Mirror Realm experts gasping for breath.
"Mother, what exactly happened? How did you contract Withered Three Souls? It would be one thing for a Golden Immortal or Mystic Immortal to suffer from such an illness, but for it to appear in you..."
Prime Minister Shi's face was full of confusion. He found it exceedingly strange that his mother had fallen ill.
A Heaven-Slaying Realm expert possessed an incomparably powerful soul and could survive even after leaving the body. In the past, no one would have dared imagine them contracting an illness like Withered Three Souls.
"It was the Right Prime Minister and people from the Golden Leaf Merchant Group!" The old madam narrowed her eyes and gently stroked the armrest, her finger joints turning white.
The prime ministers of the Xuan Jun Empire were divided into left and right. The Left Prime Minister assisted the emperor in governing the court and coordinated the officials, standing half a rank above the Right Prime Minister. Prime Minister Shi was precisely the Left Prime Minister, beneath one person and above ten thousand!
"Though the Golden Leaf Merchant Group is formidable, they only conduct business. If they dared lay hands on Mother, do they intend to thrust their hand into our Xuan Jun Empire?"
Prime Minister Shi's expression darkened.
He had always been at odds with the Right Prime Minister, so it was normal for the