The inner hall.
Xue Qinghe stopped before the screen, turned to Qian Renyue, and smiled gently. "Since you already know who I am, Second Younger Sister, there are things I needn't explain. The main reason I called you here was to confirm whether you have any connection to our little sister's aunt."
Aunt?
Qian Renyue looked at him, her brows drawing together slightly. "Whose aunt?"
"Xue Ke's," Xue Qinghe answered, offering no further explanation.
Xue Ke?
Wasn't Xue Ke a princess of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family?
Her aunt?
Wouldn't that make her Xue Ye's younger sister?
How could the commandery princess have any connection to her?
Qian Renyue lowered her eyes, unable to make sense of it.
Could it be Jiu Xian'er?
"What exactly do you want to confirm?"
Qian Renyue suddenly lifted her head and asked.
Her intuition told her that Qian Renxue definitely knew something.
Meeting Qian Renyue's mismatched eyes, Xue Qinghe blinked slightly. He pointed at the mural on the wall. "Look at this, and you'll understand."
"..."
Qian Renyue followed his gesture and saw a woman who bore a striking resemblance to her.
Her eyes widened slightly at the sight.
At that moment, Little Phoenix inside her cried out in surprise as well. "Master, that person looks so much like you!"
"..."
Qian Renyue was somewhat startled. To her eyes, the lotus painted on the mural had the shape of the nine-petal immortal lotus. However indistinct it was, she could recognize it at a glance. And the vines winding around the woman's hand looked remarkably similar to Green Yaxin's true form.
"Is that Xiao Lu Vine?"
Little Phoenix spoke, studying the mural through Qian Renyue's eyes. "But it doesn't look quite like Xiao Lu Vine, either."
"It's not her."
Qian Renyue transmitted her voice.
"Mm-hmm!"