Su Mo looked at Prince Ying’s Princess Consort and saw the deep concern in her eyes, so he nodded.
After a spell of silence, Su Mo thought of that sweet, pitiful little girl. She was the reason he had been unwilling, and had not dared, to return.
He did not know how to tell Prince Ying and his wife that utterly cruel truth. He knew that every cause had begun with the Human Emperor's scheme involving him, and that he, too, was part of the cause.
Before, he had only suspected it. Now that he knew the truth, he would have to say it in the end.
Su Mo raised his head to look at Prince Ying and Prince Ying’s Princess Consort. His lips parted, but he could hardly bring himself to speak.
"Actually, Tongtong..." After a struggle crossed his face, Su Mo finally spoke.
"There's no need to say it..." Prince Ying gave a desolate laugh, cutting off what Su Mo was about to say. Trembling all over, he said, "We already know..."
Su Mo looked stiffly at Prince Ying, only to see profound grief spreading across his face.
Prince Ying’s Princess Consort's hands trembled uncontrollably...
"Yuanqing... he was only laying his plans for the sake of all living beings. What happened to Tongtong... was not what he wanted either..." Prince Ying's eyes reddened.
"Tongtong... we can only blame her fate..."
He was no fool either. Afterward, he had soon realized something was wrong...
Once he realized something was wrong, he had gone to the Imperial Palace to find the Human Emperor, and learned the causes and consequences behind it.
But could he blame the Human Emperor? The calamity that befell Tongtong had been an accident in the first place, and he truly could not vent his anger on