"Yes." The palace maid asked no further questions and left with several highly skilled fighters.
"Aunt, what's wrong?"
Commandery Princess Yan'er stepped forward to support her. She knew they had fallen under the cursing the moment they put on the talismans.
But surely it should not have taken effect so quickly.
The Eldest Princess's face contorted, her fingernails digging into her palms.
"Why wasn't the Xu Family wiped out? The Great Xia Dynasty's Late Emperor actually dared to shield them. Where did that leave our country's dignity?"
Back then, the Late Emperor had promised her he would settle the matter in secret.
Why were there still descendants of the Xu Family alive today?
Why were those descendants who knew her shameful past still living in this world?
She, a princess of an entire nation, had endured that terrible humiliation for two whole years. Now, twenty years later, someone was telling her that the people who had harmed her were still alive!
She had thought that returning to her own country had washed away all that shame.
Who would have thought? Who would have thought!
That stain had shadowed more than half her life, refusing to fade.
Commandery Princess Yan'er was frightened out of her wits. She was only seventeen and knew nothing of what had happened to her aunt.
She had only heard that her aunt had visited the Great Xia Dynasty twenty years ago, then disappeared for two years before she was found.
Clearly, much must have happened during those two years to make her aunt break down like this.
She did her best to soothe her. "Aunt, this isn't the time to fall apart. Wumo's cursing has been turned on us. You need to tell him to find a way to lift it. Otherwise, if we die, how