Emperor Yongchang felt conflicted. "Tianxia, are you sure this will work? Isn't this a little childish?"
Xie Tianxia laughed. "Wasn't this how you got your start? If you hadn't bedded the Heavenly Queen into submission, would she have betrayed her master?"
Emperor Yongchang: "..."
"If you hadn't won over the Empress Dowager, would she have betrayed the Retired Emperor?"
Emperor Yongchang coughed lightly. "Enough. They aren't really stupid. They just believe in love."
Xie Tianxia laughed again.
Love, how many fools borrowed your name.
Yes, although they were allies, in Xie Tianxia's eyes, the Heavenly Queen was one thing, but the Empress Dowager was truly stupid.
At least the Heavenly Queen had risen to power.
What had the Empress Dowager been after?
Xie Tianxia did not understand.
Perhaps it really had been love.
Her laughter annoyed Emperor Yongchang somewhat. "Tianxia, you don't understand my feelings for them at all."
Xie Tianxia nodded in wholehearted agreement. "Right, I really don't."
Emperor Yongchang: "...Forget it. You can't discuss ice with a summer insect. Tianxia, though your beauty could topple a city, talking to you really spoils the mood."
Xie Tianxia kept smiling.
Emperor Yongchang's fists clenched. In his fury, he got furious for a moment.
After all, he could not beat Xie Tianxia.
Even if he could, he could not fight her.
Only an idiot would push away the support of a peak Great Grandmaster.
Even an emperor could not make such a losing deal.
As for a little contempt, that was nothing.
"I do have a beloved confidante in the Shen Clan."
Faced with Xie Tianxia, Emperor Yongchang did not dare conceal it.
He did not want Xie Guanhai's plans to succeed either, so he needed Xie Tianxia's help. Naturally, he could not give her false information now. "What is her