After hearing Zhang Xueheng out, Xue Fuyao did not kill him immediately, but neither did she let down her guard around him.
She took a pill from her storage space that would leave him weak all over but fully conscious. After making him swallow it, she brought him into a forest.
Unable to find a cave, Xue Fuyao carved one out with Shattered Star.
After roughly bandaging Zhang Xueheng's wounds, Xue Fuyao asked, "Talk. What exactly happened? Don't try to lie to me. I can tell.
"If I catch you lying, I won't hesitate to drive my sword through your heart."
Faced with Xue Fuyao's threat, Zhang Xueheng nodded hastily. "I'll tell you everything I know and hold nothing back.
"This all began with my mother, Princess Fangfei.
"Doesn't the imperial family say that my mother, Princess Fangfei, sacrificed her life to follow her beloved into the grave? But she didn't actually die. She used the opportunity to leave the Imperial Palace and went to the Zhang Family."
The moment he mentioned the Zhang Family, Xue Fuyao's gaze sharpened.
Sensing something was wrong, Zhang Xueheng hurriedly added, "But my mother was already pregnant before she left the Imperial Palace. That child-me-wasn't of the Zhang Family's blood. She had conceived me with a scholar of humble birth.
"Before she died, Mother admitted to me herself that he was the one she truly loved. But to possess her, Zhang Xian went so far as to plot that man's death. Back then, she couldn't fight the Zhang Family. Even though both her father and brother had rejected the Zhang Family's request for an imperially bestowed marriage, she knew they wouldn't let the matter rest.
"Rather than become a resentful couple with Zhang Xian later, she chose to yield first. Most importantly, she had