"Of course it's real! Absolutely real!"
Ruyun knelt on the ground, her whole body taut as she tried to still her heart, which was pounding wildly from her lies!
No matter how they tested it, wouldn't they have to wait until the child was born?
If they discovered it was fake, she could simply prepare early, then abandon the child and flee!
If they couldn't tell whether it was real and truly regarded the child in her womb as a divine fetus, she would secure her position in East Lin and enjoy wealth and glory!
Either outcome was better than dying now!
She was truly terrified of death. She didn't care whether anyone else died; she only wanted to survive!
"Very well. I'll take you away!"
The envoy grabbed Ruyun by the collar and swiftly used the Illusory Mystery Art to leave the Jail.
The Government Soldiers and Hidden Guards lying in wait spotted him and desperately fired arrows as they pursued him.
"You overestimate yourselves!"
The envoy gave a faint, contemptuous snort. With a sweep of his hand, mist surged up.
Their pursuers were trapped in the boundless white fog.
"Envoy, this isn't the road out of Great Xia. Where are you taking me?" Ruyun couldn't help asking curiously as he carried her along.
To leave Great Xia for East Lin, they should have been heading east.
Why-why were they going south?
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't!" The envoy's voice was cold and brooked no argument!
By daybreak.
They had left the Capital and arrived at a secluded estate in Hezhou, not far from the Capital!
The estate was vast. Though hidden at the foot of a mountain, it was lavishly built, and its interior furnishings were even more opulent.
Not a scrap of coarse cloth or shabby wood