"Come on, let's go in too. I'm hungry." Liu Xun chuckled, narrowed his eyes, and walked into the hall alone. Zi Yan's purple pupils moved slightly, and she followed closely.
When they arrived at the hall, Zi Qing, Ziwei Saint Emperor and Ming Tianlang were already sitting at the dinner table. Liu Xun and Zi Yan also slowly took their seats. When Ming Tianlang saw Zi Yan and Liu Xun coming in together, a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes. This sharp light did not escape Liu Xun's eyes. With his eyes slightly narrowed, Liu Xun had already guessed something in his heart.
When Zi Qing saw Liu Xun, she was originally quite happy, but suddenly became cold. Liu Xun was speechless. It seemed that he should be the one to change his face? This woman was even more self-aware than him.
"Saint Emperor, I am here for only one thing, and that is the marriage that we agreed on a year ago." Ming Tianlang glanced at Zi Yan with a smile and bowed to the Saint Emperor Ziwei.
After the words fell, Liu Xun smiled lightly and sighed in his heart: "It is just as I thought. Although the Ming family does not have royal blood, the Ziwei Star Region is a star region that attaches great importance to blood. The Ming family negotiated a marriage with the Holy Emperor a year ago, and the Holy Emperor had no choice but to agree."
The premise of this matter is that the Ming family knew of the death of the prince three years ago. Now the Holy Emperor has no successor. If the Ming family can marry the Holy Emperor’s two daughters, then they will be the future Holy Emperors!
But this Purple Star Saint Emperor was not simple either. He was afraid that the prince would fake his death, which was also part of his plan. Could it be that he wanted to eliminate the hidden danger of the Ming family? No, the fall of the Ming family was not a good thing for Purple Star, and it was not good for him as the Saint Emperor at all.
Liu Xun deduced so many things from just these few sentences, but now the clue was broken, so he could only continue listening.
Just as Liu Xun was waiting for them to continue talking, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his palm. Zi Yan had sat down next to Liu Xun without him noticing and was holding his hand.
"Sorry, I'm afraid the engagement has to be cancelled because I already have someone I like." Zi Yan said calmly to Ming Tianlang.
"... " Liu Xun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he felt furious. Zi Yan was obviously using him as a shield, and... Liu Xun felt like he was being used.
Upon seeing this, Saint Emperor Ziwei was also stunned. It was obvious that this was not what he had expected. As for Ziqing, she opened her mouth wide with a look of disbelief, staring numbly at Ziyan and Liu Xun's clenched hands.
When Ming Tianlang heard this, his eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and he looked at Liu Xun with a look that seemed to be able to spit fire. After a moment of silence, he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
Ziwei Saint Emperor also frowned secretly, but said nothing. Ming Tianlang chuckled and said, "Now the entire Ziwei Star Region knows that you are the fiancée of my Ming family. Now you'd better be more careful. Otherwise, if it gets out, it will be bad for both our families."
"... " Ming Tianlang's words were mixed with anger, and Liu Xun was speechless again. He wanted to say that he was not, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them. He could only look at the food on the table helplessly.
"Whatever you say, I won't marry you." A trace of anger flashed in Zi Yan's eyes. She took Liu Xun's hand and walked towards a room in the palace. Liu Xun's mind was full of countless question marks, and he was dragged away numbly...
Ming Tianlang looked at the two people who were leaving, the anger in his eyes grew stronger, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly calmed down, because he knew that now was not the time to be angry.
"Your Majesty, I will take my leave first!" After saying this, he walked out of the palace before the Purple Star Saint Emperor replied. When he reached the palace door, Ming Tianlang suddenly turned around and said, "Oh, I almost forgot, the once-in-a-decade competition will be held in three days. Your Majesty, please make sure to let that person participate. This is the Ming family's final bottom line!"
After he finished speaking, Ming Tianlang left without looking back, leaving only the Purple Star Saint Emperor with a cold light in his eyes. Ming Tianlang's method was very simple, that is, to kill all those who were close to the royal family. Liu Xun had now also become one of them, and he had to be eliminated! Because he was related to the Saint Emperor's position!
When they came to the house, Zi Yan sat aside, with purple light flashing in her pupils, and said softly: "I'm sorry."
"Nothing." Although Liu Xun felt like he was being used at this moment, he thought to himself that Zi Yan must be able to see the Ming family's intentions, so he was more understanding of her actions and was not very angry now.
"Don't you want to ask me why I do this?" Zi Yan turned around and looked at Liu Xun and said.
"There are some things you can't ask. If you want to talk about it, just say it. If you don't want to, I won't force you." Liu Xun replied calmly.
Zi Yan sighed when she heard this and said softly, "The Ming family is undoubtedly the number one force on Ziwei Star. The strong men on the entire star are basically controlled by them. If they were not afraid of the royal bloodline, they would have rebelled long ago!"
"Three years ago, when they got the news of my brother's death, they should have prepared this plan. So a year ago, they asked my father to grant me a marriage, and my father had no choice but to agree. But Zi Yan knew that if I married into the Ming family, Ziwei Star would fall into their hands within a few years."
After saying this, Liu Xun chuckled and said, "Internal fighting is normal. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places! Everyone wants to gain power."
Having said this, he paused, and then said: "However..." As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xun paused again. He wanted to say, "However, should I help you?"
But when he thought that he still didn't know what Jian Wuming was thinking, he hesitated again. Besides, he had already sealed his cultivation, so was he going to waste ten years of his time here
"What else?" Upon hearing this, Zi Yan showed a hopeful look on her face, as if she was expecting something.
"Nothing." Liu Xun took a deep breath, but ultimately did not say that sentence. After all, he still needed to confirm some things.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps and a door opening outside the house, followed by a voice: "Yan'er, you are too naughty. It's all because of your own will. Now the Ming family has said that Liu Xun must participate in the selection competition in three days."
Ziwei Saint Emperor said this with a serious look. Liu Xun narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. He was really angry now, although he didn't know what the selection competition was for.
But just from the fact that the Ming family must let him participate, he knew that the Ming family had already made up their minds to kill him, and now that the Purple Star Saint Emperor said this, Liu Xun felt a hint of threat, as if to say, you have no way out now, you can only go with us. (To be continued)