Becoming the Villainess: I Dominate the Cultivation Realm with My Wok!-Chapter 409
The Fifth Prince clearly knew something, as his expression turned noticeably uneasy upon hearing the words "Immortal Supervision Bureau".
After listening to the Second Prince’s words, the Fifth Prince quickly shouted, "It’s nothing to do with me! It was all Father! It was him and the eunuchs by his side who did it, I never took part! They are the ones who harmed our brother! I have never harmed our brother!"
Hearing the Fifth Prince confess so bluntly, the Second Prince slightly moved aside. Cen Lizhui held the Sound Storage Talisman in his hand, yet his face did not show the complex expression of joy mixed with anger displayed by the Second Prince. He simply looked at the Fifth Prince and said, "So you just sit back and reap the rewards, truly brotherly love."
Hearing the Fifth Prince constantly calling the Crown Prince his royal brother, he likely didn’t know that the Crown Prince might not share the same birth mother with him. Of course, it could also be nonsense spewed by that woman in the Cold Palace.
Thinking of the Cold Palace, Cen Lizhui inexplicably thought of Chen Muxue, wondering how she was doing now. Given her nature, if she couldn’t move and could only lie there... maybe she would actually be quite happy.
He remembered her describing her lazy state before, something like... lying flat?
"Young Master Zhui Li?"
Cen Lizhui snapped back to reality, put away the Sound Storage Talisman, and looked at the Fifth Prince with an indifferent expression: "If you can elaborate on what exactly the Emperor did, it might save the Immortal Supervision Bureau’s people some time and serve to make amends. You mortals don’t know, the people from the Immortal Supervision Bureau are extremely busy." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
He once again used the status and knowledge of an orthodox cultivator to suppress the Fifth Prince’s ignorant and weak heart, while maintaining an expression of serene indifference befitting a worldly immortal, embodying the characteristic demeanor of an Immortal Sect disciple, which was indeed very intimidating.
Even the Second Prince beside him inexplicably showed a bit more respect, contemplating whether he had offended this person before.
The Fifth Prince, well protected since childhood as the Empress’s youngest son and favored by the Emperor, firmly believed he was most capable of seizing the throne. Yet in reality, he had seen little of the great winds and waves. Furthermore, orthodox cultivators rarely engaged in these mundane affairs at all. Usually, he might see one or two orthodox cultivators at most, but now facing such an immortal-like cultivator, he was instantly stunned.
"I... I don’t actually know much... But Father said, my royal brother took something from him, and he simply used the situation to reclaim what belonged to him anyway... However..."
The Fifth Prince’s hesitant manner suddenly ignited the Second Prince’s fury, and Cen Lizhui found that without Yan Luan present, the Second Prince was quite irritable.
The Second Prince grabbed the Fifth Prince’s collar impatiently and said, "However, what? If you can’t speak, don’t waste this prince’s time, it’s not this prince who’s in a hurry!"
Cen Lizhui’s face remained unchanging, but inwardly he ridiculed: But how does this look, isn’t it you, Second Prince, who is anxious!
The Fifth Prince already intimidated by Cen Lizhui, now terrified by the Second Prince, hurriedly panicked: "I will speak! I will speak!"
The Second Prince released his collar, and the Fifth Prince caught his breath, not daring to pause much, quickly saying: "I once saw Father with those eunuchs performing a ritual, inside an underground altar, surrounded by Black Qi. If not for me, barging in would certainly have led to being destroyed without a trace!"
The Second Prince raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, did that man really have some affection for this little fatty?
