Leng Xiyue followed Tang Yuehua all the way to the top floor and entered her private room.
The moment they entered, Tang Yuehua hurriedly shut the door. Then, her eyes red, she dropped straight to her knees before Leng Xiyue. "Your Majesty, please spare Tang Hao's life. Whatever you want me to do, I will obey."
Leng Xiyue was initially rather baffled, but she soon figured it out.
Tang Yuehua had completely gotten the wrong idea. She had only wanted Tang Yuehua to think Tang Hao was temporarily working for her, using that to build a connection. Instead, Tang Yuehua thought Tang Hao had made an enemy of her and been captured!
But thinking about it, that made sense. A personal identification token had to be extremely precious, much like an ID card, and was completely different from the Elder Tokens of sects and Spirit Hall. Who would lend something like that to someone else? Now it was in her hands, and she had even made a point of coming here. In Tang Yuehua's eyes, wasn't that a naked threat?
All one could say was that Leng Xiyue had been thinking on the second level, while Tang Yuehua was on the third. Her blunder had turned into a lucky stroke.
Having worked all this out, and remembering that it would still be quite some time before Tang Hao came over for a reunion between brother and sister, Leng Xiyue immediately hit upon a plan. With a hint of regret, she said, "Madam, I'm sorry to tell you that Spirit Hall's assessment of Tang Hao was entirely correct. He is a terrorist. Not long ago, he entered the Jiuzhou Empire's territory and attempted to sabotage our trade routes with Spirit Hall."
"This was unquestionably an utterly heinous act of violence. We