Chapter 0043
"Hmm?" Wu You looked up . Thinking back to Sun Wudao, who she had seen at the Tian Wu Hall, she felt a glimmer of realization that the person was a little familiar .
"Heavenly Immortal Sun Wudao has already killed a snake demon upon entering Capital Wu . It cannot be so coincidental that the snake demon arrived on the same day and infiltrated Capital Wu . Most likely, the snake demon had always been concealed in Capital Wu but had not been found and slain before now . There have been many disappearances in Capital Wu these days . They must have been eaten by the snake demon . This means . . . it's very likely that Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian had been rearing a snake demon to eat people!"
Wu You was very gaunt, but thinking thus, she violently slapped the study table, giving her maidservant a fright . Her eyes were shining .
"How could this be? Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian is the Immortal Protector . How could he be harboring demons . . . . " the maidservant said quaveringly .
But Wu You was not listening to her . She stood up loudly, her eyes sharp . She said, "More than a year ago, Wu Yu was assigned border duty but was ambushed by a snake demon on the way . This is something that the few soldiers who escaped said . It cannot be wrong . There cannot be two snake demons who are involved in Capital Wu's affairs . Clearly, Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian dispatched that snake demon to kill Wu Yu!"
Her logic was clear, and she had reached the heart of the matter readily .
"Ahh!" The maidservant was completely lost, and was so frightened her face was pale . To her, Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian was a god . Why would gods plot against mortals . . . .
"This means that the matters which happened the night before Wu Yu ascended to the throne must have been the combined plotting of Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian and Imperial Concubine Xi . "
Finally, she understood .
From beginning to end, she had always believed in Wu Yu .
"My God!" The maidservant's features had lost all color .
"Yu . . . . "
No matter how much hatred Wu You bore in her heart, she could only slump on the chair in despair . Beads of tears rolled down as her frail body shook against the study table .
"Who would have thought that you were actually ensnared in such a terrifying plot? To be conspired against by an immortal and killed . Only now do I know everything, but I am helpless . Yu, Elder Sister has let you down . . . . "
She was crying very pitifully .
In his memory, Wu You had not cried as hard as this before .
"Princess, Princess . . . . "
The maidservant was also crying, unsure of what to do . The Princess Wu You she knew had always been a strong and resolute person .
"They are too strong . My brother and I are completely outmatched . His already dead, his name sullied for millenia . And I am about to be brought to the East God Nation . . . . "
In the desolate Carefree Palace, Wu You cast her gaze about wildly . To her, the dead was already dead . Knowing these truths only exacerbated the pain .
"No matter how much conviction is in my heart to help you take revenge and clear your name, I am but a mortal woman . What can I do . . . . "
Helplessness, hatred, and anger battered at her .
Her opponent was an immortal . Her hands did not even have the strength to wring a chicken . How could she duke it out with a god . . . .
"Besides, my own time is not far now . "
Wu You could not help but laugh bitterly .
"A mortal's lifespan is so fragile . An immortal is an immortal, and I am but a weed . "
All she had come to know today had been what Wu Yu had realized himself the night before his ascension .
"Mi Chang . " After a while, Wu You had lapsed into silence . She faced the maidservant and said firmly, "You are the closest I have to a sister . Now they are using my matriarchal line to threaten me with a distant marriage to the East God Nation . In truth, I do not have long to live . While there is time, take what valuables you can, and I will send people to escort you to my tribe's territory . There, you can have some peace in your days . "
The maidservant Mi Chang fell to her knees upon hearing this, sobbing . "Princess, I . . . . I will follow you to East God Nation, and even unto death . This life of mine is yours . If you die, I, Mi Chang, will not live on ignobly!"
"Mi Chang, there is no need for that . . . . Your life is your own . You still have parents, and you cannot act irresponsibly . " Wu You shook her head, her eyes full of tears .
"My parents . . . . But . . . . " Mi Chang was seized by an intense personal struggle . On one hand were her parents . On the other was her princess . In the end, she made her decision . She said, "Princess, I've thought it through . The valuables that you would give me, give them to my parents . My younger brother can take care of them . My life is yours . I will not let you go to the nest of thieves that is the East God Nation alone . Don't warn me off . I won't listen . "
"Mi Chang, you would ignore my orders!?" Wu You gave her a fierce look .
"In this life, I will only disobey this once . " Mi Chang looked up with resolution .
"Why would you . . . . " Wu You did not know how to carry on now . She and Mi Chang embraced each other like true sisters, as close as flesh and blood .
Before too long, Mi Chang fell asleep in her arms .
Wu You helped Mi Chang up and left her sleeping on the bed in the study . She returned to the desk, only to see a tall, young man standing there with his back facing her . When he looked back, Wu You immediately recognized that unique Demon Ape Mask .
The new Immortal Protector .
Wu Yu had been at the window all the while, listening to their dialogue .
Wu You was as clever as ever . From the news of the snake demon, she had already grasped the gist of the affair .
Wu Yu also understood that Heavenly Immortal Hao Tian was actually using the safety of Wu You's motherly tribe to blackmail her into a marriage to the East God Nation . No wonder she could not resist .
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