By now, the Eldest Princess had completely lost faith in the reigning emperor.
Ambition was written all over her face.
A Shu stared, spellbound. This was the first time she had seen in the Eldest Princess the bearing of a princess whose power held sway over court and country.
What did helping govern the country amount to? What did giving everything for the nation and its people amount to?
She ought to be empress!
She had given so much. She deserved to be empress!
A Shu quickly averted her gaze and nodded. "All right, I'll send word to the Prince right away."
Meanwhile.
Tuo Ba Hong lay prostrate before Jiyan, bearing the brunt of his wrath.
Baleful aura shrouded Jiyan's entire body, and even his jade-like face was utterly cold. He said slowly, "The crows I sent to scout Great Xia are all dead."
In the images the crows had sent back, he had seen a mountain with unusual spiritual energy, strikingly similar to the phoenix treasure he had sought in vain a thousand years ago-the Phoenix Feather Plume.
So the crows had spent several days scouting above that mountain.
They had spotted a strange boat carrying four people, two of whom were children.
Just as he was wondering who they were, the images had suddenly gone black.
Then he had realized that his connection to the crows had been severed.
The crows were dead.
He had no idea how they had died. To think someone so capable existed within Great Xia. He suspected this person was connected to the Patriarch of the Mystic Sect.
He had decided to personally test that person's abilities and see whether they had come specifically to deal with him.
"How long will it take to finish the skeleton?" Jiyan asked.
Tuo Ba Hong said,