"According to what that imperial consort wrote in the secret letter inside the brocade pouch, the Sixth Princess's true purpose on this journey was not peace talks, but to assassinate the emperor of Wujiao Country under their guise."
"To lay out this game, the first important piece she placed was the Sixth Princess. As early as the first month after the Sixth Princess's birth, she invited a mountain cultivator to seal an extremely mysterious power within her. This was precisely the Immortal Power within the Sixth Princess that the outside world spoke of."
"The second important piece she placed was Fan Qi."
"Fan Qi's betrayal of his country and slaughter of a city back then were both planned behind the scenes by that imperial consort."
"The betrayal was naturally meant to win the trust of Wujiao Country's emperor, while the slaughter served two purposes. First, to gain more of his trust; second, to use the souls and blood qi of hundreds of thousands of White Tree Kingdom's people to increase Fan Qi's cultivation power and forge that Demonic Sword within his body—Infant's Cry."
"After accomplishing those two things, that imperial consort waited quietly for more than a decade, silently waiting for the Sixth Princess to grow up and for the best opportunity to assassinate Wujiao Country's emperor."
"Then this opportunity for peace talks finally came."
"The moment the Sixth Princess cut off Fan Qi's head today was the moment the regicidal sword met its wielder."
In Xu Taiping's room, Fairy Lingyue briefly recounted the contents of the secret letter inside the brocade pouch to him.
"This is a death trap."
Leaning against the back of his chair, Xu Taiping let out a soft breath.
"Exactly. Even if the Sixth Princess succeeds, there is absolutely no way she can escape the