"I know what you're going to say!"
Tian Yao clung to Crown Prince Empty Void's arm, looking utterly intimate with him, a faint, contemptuous smile on her lips. "I've already told Brother Empty Void about my past!"
"Brother Empty Void said he doesn't care about my past!"
"Back then, beside Skywave Lake, those three damned Water Flood Dragons forced me. I wasn't being promiscuous!"
"If you want to use that against me, Brother Empty Void won't give you the chance!"
"Exactly!" As soon as Tian Yao finished, Crown Prince Empty Void said magnanimously, "That wasn't Sister Yao's fault to begin with. She was only a poor victim!"
"I can accept her past!"
"Heh heh heh... well, He Pingsheng?"
"Do you still have anything to say to me now?"
It had to be said that Tian Yao was a clever woman. She understood men's hearts.
She wanted to cling to a powerful backer like Crown Prince Empty Void, and naturally knew she could never conceal her sordid past. Rather than hide it, she might as well lay it out first, making herself seem open and honest.
That was why, when He Pingsheng had just said he had something to tell Crown Prince Empty Void, Tian Yao assumed he meant to bring this up to ruin her reputation.
But that had never been what He Pingsheng wanted to discuss.
"Heh heh heh..." He Pingsheng chuckled. "Oh, now that you've latched onto Crown Prince Empty Void, aren't you just trying to set him against me and have him provoke me nonstop?"
"Exactly!" Crown Prince Empty Void admitted it outright. "Tian Yao said she wants you dead. What a coincidence, heh heh heh... so do I. As it happens, I have a little grudge against you too!"
"Oh, right..."
"Rest assured, I'll make your