pearance, never imagining that the appearance of Lone Star could surpass even Young Miss and the others. No one here was capable of surpassing him.Especially, the Lone Star has an elegant and subtle e..."Alright, now it's your turn to talk. What's the story with your jade pendant And who could be your other mother"

The four of them sat around a small stone table in the courtyard and got down to business.

“She’s called Fang Chunxue, from the Fang family, and the jade pendant is an heirloom of their family.” Xianyao looked up at the night sky as he answered softly.

"Fang family Which one" South Palace Susu wasn’t sure which Fang family he was talking about. There were so many Fang families, but the most famous one would be the one that was related to the Zhu Yue Princess of the Tang Dynasty. But it couldn't possibly be that lucky, could it

South Palace Susu didn’t know that this really was a coincidence!

"It's the Fang family from the topmost prestigious lineage in the world," Xianyao replied, shocking the three women.

"What"

"The Fang family"

“…”

Xianyao nodded. "Yes, that one!"

"No way, how are you so lucky Before it was the Zhu Yue Princess and now a member of the Fang family!" Miss One didn’t care at all as she said this.

“Miss Mo Yu…” Third Miss South Palace felt helpless. Xianyao’s background was a serious matter and shouldn't be spoken about so casually.

"Luck is just luck, it’s passed now anyway; I don’t care if it's good or bad," Xianyao said nonchalantly.

That was right. Luck meant being born into privilege, with advantageous conditions for growth. But that time had already passed – when he was young rather than now.

Xianyao no longer needed others to provide the conditions for his growth; he was capable of making his own life a good one regardless of who his parents were and what kind of background he came from. It wouldn't affect him in any way as long as he wanted to succeed.

Therefore, family background didn’t matter anymore, and such luck had no significance either.

Miss One tilted her head and said, "You're right. Family background doesn’t mean anything for you now. The only thing that matters is knowing who your parents are."

"Yes, but I feel like this time might be close to the end, yet it's not quite there," Xianyao nodded his head and said mysteriously.

“What do you mean Oh, so you’re saying this time might not have any results. Don’t speak in such a high-minded way; I’m just clueless,” Miss One asked.

"…" Xianyao was speechless as it seemed Miss One was still upset about the earlier discussion.

“That’s right, she is clueless!” South Palace Susu immediately said.

"South Palace Susu, do you want a fight I just happen to be feeling irritated today and need to vent my frustration by breaking things here," Miss One prepared herself for a fight as if she was about to make a mess of the place.

“I have a junior employee staying with me tonight. No fighting!” South Palace Susu said, waving her hand.

"… Alright, I’ll leave it alone today, but wait till later," Miss One gave up reluctantly, still staring at South Palace Susu as if she wanted to give her a glare for good measure.

Qian Hong patted the air—had he just been scolded Ha ha!

Sakura Drifted By—The wicked person did evil deeds, mumbling all nonsense but with a happy heart. "Stop it you two! Let Xianyao finish his story first. What’s going on with Senior Fang Chunxue and why didn’t she come back for the jade pendant" Third Miss South Palace said to stop them from quarreling while trying to understand why Fang Chunxue hadn't returned.

If it was an accidental loss, that would mean there wasn’t any chance of Xianyao’s mother being her. Back then, she must have had a son who received the jade pendant as well; hence this possibility arose. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a reason for Xianyao to look into it.

"Because she died shortly after giving birth to either a son or a daughter and was hunted down by someone," replied Xianyao.

“Ah, another death” Miss One said without any sense of seriousness—this meant that both the Zhu Yue Princess and Fang Chunxue had met unfortunate ends.

"I see. Then did anyone in the Fang family know about this" Third Miss South Palace continued to ask.

Xianyao shook his head, "No idea, because Senior Fang Chunxue left the Fang family ten years ago and fell in love with someone outside. She married him privately and her actions during these ten years were unknown to the Fang family; they only found out about her child when she died.

"I don't know either, I only know that he's called Qi Bupò and there's a possibility that he's from the Evil Sect. I've already asked Black Snow to look into it," Xianyao replied.

"Black Snow" The Miss immediately brightened up with interest.

"She's the woman who attempted to assassinate the Emperor back then, she knows Heavenly Devil Sound," Xianyao explained, thinking that they were asking because they couldn't remember Black Snow.

"I know it's her. I just want to ask you how did you two come to be acquainted and why does she seem willing to help you investigate matters" Miss asked straightforwardly. It was also a question the Southern Palace sisters had on their mind.

In theory, Xianyao should have been an enemy of Black Snow's, but it didn't seem so from what he said!

Only a few people in the Evil Sect knew about the relationship between Xianyao and Black Snow. To outsiders, they only knew that Xianyao had messed up Black Snow's affairs.

"It was purely coincidental. I helped her with something because of some reasons. Asking her to help me find someone shouldn't be a problem for her. She said she couldn't find the person right now and that it might be from another branch of the Evil Sect. She'll continue looking into it and notify me if there's any news," Xianyao replied nonchalantly, also mentioning things they didn't want to hear.

"I don't need to know these details, I just want to know what happened and why you two met," Miss wasn't letting Xianyao off the hook so easily.

"You guys want to know" Xianyao was taken aback. He hadn't mentioned it because he thought they wouldn't be interested. If they wanted him to, he could give a brief summary of what happened.

With all the time in the world tonight, and nothing that needed to be hidden from them, he would tell them whatever they asked for.

"Yes! Will you tell us" The three girls said at once. Women were always curious about things like this.

"Nothing wrong with telling it, just a bit lengthy. I'll try and make it brief," Xianyao shrugged his shoulders. Just as he was going to start talking though, the Miss immediately interrupted him.

"No, no need for you to be brief. The longer the better! We can talk about this all night!" Miss declared on behalf of her companions, seemingly forgetting what they were originally trying to find out.

"You're really interested" Xianyao asked with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

"Yes, I'm very curious about your affair with others," Miss nodded, not hiding her interest.

Xianyao smiled and didn't make a fuss. He only said, "It's not an affair, it's just a transactional cooperation."

"Whatever the relationship is, get to the point and tell me what happened," Miss said impatiently.

"The thing was... at that time, I was summoned by the Emperor to participate in Bai Yue Kingdom’s royal marriage selection…" Xianyao really started talking from the beginning.

When he mentioned Bai Yue Kingdom, it reminded the girls of something they had heard about.

"We've heard about the Bai Yue Kingdom incident. You were selected and then abandoned your responsibilities," Miss recalled.

The military intelligence network of the Great Tang Empire definitely knew about this matter; any high-ranking general that paid attention to Xianyao would have known, and clearly they had been following his movements closely.

"…I didn't abandon my duties. This whole thing was a formality for me anyway. I don’t know why I was selected but I just did what needed to be done," Xianyao said in frustration as he couldn't even remember the princess's name anymore.

"You're really heartless!"

“…” This isn't about that, actually my trip to Bai Yue Kingdom was for the same purpose as the Emperor’s. It was for the sword of unmatched prowess! There's a treasure map hidden in the sword. I accidentally glanced at it and went to where the treasure was," Xianyao continued, trying to move on from his involvement with Bai Yue.

The girls felt powerless after hearing this; could one really look inside the sword by accident It was obvious he had solved a mechanism in order to see what was hidden there. That couldn't be explained away as an accident.

Alright, let's just say it was an accident for now. This isn’t important though!

The girls ignored this clear mistake and continued listening to Xianyao...

"What! The Heavenly Gate Don't tell me you're involved in the matter of the Evil Sect wiping out the Heavenly Gate!" When it came to the place where the treasure was, Southern Palace Su Xin immediately thought of a terrifying possibility. If Xianyao had been there, he would be an enemy of every righteous sect.

"I have nothing to do with this matter!"

“Good…” The three women breathed a sigh of relief.

“But I was present at the scene back then!” Xianyao said in a deadpan tone.

“...” This made them worry all over again. This wasn't something to joke about, although they had ways of protecting him...

"Relax, I didn't participate in it. I was just an observer and even rescued two people from the Heavenly Gate," Xianyao said calmly.

“Two what Women” Miss suddenly seemed sharp as she guessed correctly.

"Uh, yes, two sisters from the Dongfang family of Heavenly Gate. I'm more familiar with my sister so I made a deal with Black Snow to release her and let her elder sister off too," Xianyao briefly explained what happened then.teries within this sword, yet why would Ning Zhiyuan know Was it just a coincidence that Ning Zhiyuan wasn't seeking the secrets within the sword, but perhaps for other reasonsXiaoyao was a little per...