For a moment, the Female Emperor wavered in uncertainty. She gave Fang Yang a searching look, suspicion still lingering in her phoenix eyes.
Facts spoke louder than words. Just now, she had begun to believe the demon's words.
Yet even so, she remained fully vigilant. That was her nature: she liked to keep the initiative firmly in her own hands and would never submit to him, no matter what.
"Mm..."
The Immortal Finger and Demon Finger exerted their power again, stirring up a wave that drew a soft moan from the Female Emperor.
She nearly bit her lip bloody.
Faced with her suspicion, Fang Yang felt no anger at all. Instead, he rather admired her.
As expected of the Tang Kingdom's Female Emperor, her will was truly resolute. She had not disappointed him.
"Female Emperor, when a decision must be made, make it. Hesitation only breeds chaos. The Tang Kingdom is now beset by troubles within and threats without. Throughout this world, wind fills the tower before the mountain storm; a great calamity is about to descend and could deal Korea a devastating blow at any moment. I believe you will make the right choice, because you and I are the same sort of person, aren't we?"
Fang Yang spoke mildly. At last, he set down the calligraphy copybook and looked calmly at the Female Emperor.
The Female Emperor took a deep breath as well. Finally reaching a decision, she said coldly,
"I agree!"
"But you must not disclose a single detail of what happens today. Otherwise, I will never spare you."
Her cool voice was so resolute.
But anyone listening carefully would have heard the tremor in it.
There was no helping it. However domineering, however cold she was, she was still a woman.
And now, she was about