Urban Seduction: Housewives Club-Chapter 1368: The Scent of Conspiracy

The General’s Mansion and the Wen Chang Mansion were originally vassals of the Nuwa Palace, a fact known throughout the entire True Emptiness Realm.

Although they had been independent for a thousand years, in the True Emptiness Realm, a thousand years was not considered a very long time.

Therefore, this topic had always been taboo in front of them, but unexpectedly, Bu Jinghuo from the General’s Mansion brought it up himself, and in the highly sensitive Nuwa Palace no less.

For a moment, Jia Wendu didn’t know what to say.

Fortunately, he wasn’t the only one who was hostile towards the General’s Mansion. Tang Qinghe, with her loli mindset, was the first to stand up and scornfully say, "Before you accuse others, you should take a good look at yourself. What are you, anyway?"

Although Bu Jinghuo was a Great Perfection cultivator like Tang Qinghe, he was much older than her. However, at this moment, being publicly ridiculed by a junior, he didn’t show any signs of anger.

Instead, he laughed and said, "I admit that our General’s Mansion once betrayed the Nuwa Palace, but as the saying goes, ’To know one’s mistake and to correct it is the greatest virtue,’ isn’t it?"

As soon as Bu Jinghuo said this, everyone was taken aback. The poisoning incident had affected every alliance except for the Nuwa Palace and the General’s Mansion. It seemed as if it was deliberately designed to draw everyone here.

If that was the case, then their goal had been achieved. Except for the Grand Elder of the Cuiyan Sect, all known Great Perfection cultivators in the True Emptiness Realm were now present. It would be easy to eliminate them all at once.

Everyone present was at least a peak Transformation of Spirit cultivator, and none of them were fools. They had all seen through this situation. However, they still came.

Apart from Ye Fei and his group, who had absolute confidence in their strength, the others came out of trust in the current palace master of the Nuwa Palace, Empress Zhao Zichen.

With Zhao Zichen’s strength, it seemed not very difficult for her to dominate the entire True Emptiness Realm.

After all, she was far beyond the average Great Perfection cultivator, and the others were not united. But she didn’t do that; she only held on to the territory of the Nuwa Palace.

Moreover, even her enemies had to admit that Zhao Zichen was a truly righteous empress.

Whenever she wanted to deal with someone, she always did it openly and never resorted to any underhanded tricks. So, even though everyone knew that this trip might be a trap, they still came.

But now, everyone couldn’t help but waver. From Bu Jinghuo’s words, it was clear that he seemed to have rejoined the Nuwa Palace.

Connecting this with the current situation, could it be that Zhao Zichen didn’t want to unify the True Emptiness Realm before because of some restrictions, and now those restrictions have been lifted?

No matter how they thought about it, since they had come, the pride of being top-tier cultivators in the True Emptiness Realm wouldn’t allow them to back down. So, no one was thinking about leaving immediately.

Compared to the others, Tang Qinghe didn’t think that much. Although she was saved by Ye Fei last time after being poisoned, she still felt very uncomfortable.

Now, facing her enemies, how could she endure it? She shouted, "Stop talking nonsense, Bu Jinghuo. You dared to poison me, and today I want to settle the score with you!"

Bu Jinghuo was just an ordinary Great Perfection cultivator, and it was unclear where his confidence came from, but he didn’t deny the poisoning at all. He just sneered and said, "Settle the score, then. Am I afraid of a little girl like you? However, are you sure you want to make a move here in the Nuwa Palace?"

Tang Qinghe humphed and was about to take action when she was stopped by her mistress. After all, this was the stronghold of the Nuwa Palace. If they started fighting here, it would be too disrespectful to the empress.

Although Tang Qinghe had a loli mindset and didn’t consider the consequences much, she listened to her mistress very much, so she had to stop. She glared at Bu Jinghuo and said, "You better stay in Nuwa City for the rest of your life. Otherwise, the moment you leave will be your death. And you too, Chuchenzi!"

"Sure, let’s see about that!" Bu Jinghuo and Chuchenzi didn’t care about Tang Qinghe’s threat.

Ye Fei watched coldly from the side and noticed that when Tang Qinghe was about to take action, Bu Jinghuo, although he spoke confidently, was somewhat nervous. It wasn’t until Tang Qinghe was stopped that a gleam of triumph reappeared in his eyes.

In this way, Ye Fei was even more certain that there was some conspiracy this time, but he couldn’t figure out exactly what was going on for the moment, so he decided to wait and see.

Bu Jinghuo’s words not only reminded Tang Qinghe but also reminded everyone present that this was the Nuwa Palace, not a place for them to settle their grudges.

So, out of respect for the number one powerhouse, everyone calmed down, found a place to sit, and the waiters, who had been on tenterhooks for a while, quickly served tea and snacks to everyone.

"The Nuwa Palace has a lot of pride. So many people have come, and they haven’t even sent out a heavyweight to receive us." Ye Fei, holding his two daughters with one arm each, took a grape peeled by his grandmother and said indistinctly while eating, "No one seems to have any objections."

"Yeah, everyone here is a leader of major forces. Why hasn’t anyone spoken up?" Wang Yueryao also said.

However, apart from the two of them, no one else had any objections, not even Grandma Song Xueqi, as if it was only natural for the Nuwa Palace to be so arrogant.

This was also because Ye Fei and Wang Yueryao had been here for too short a time and didn’t quite understand the status of the Nuwa Palace in the True Emptiness Realm.

Although the True Emptiness Realm was divided into ten major forces and the Nuwa Palace seemed to be just one of them, not appearing much stronger than the others, everyone living in the True Emptiness Realm knew that if Zhao Zichen wanted to dominate, no one could stop her.

So, the respect and even gratitude everyone felt towards her were heartfelt.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the Nuwa Palace to send out some influential figures. freёnovelkiss.com

The first person was a handsome young man. His cultivation was only at the peak of Transformation of Spirit, but no one dared to underestimate him, because behind him, on his left and right, were two Great Perfection cultivators.

It should be noted that in the entire Nuwa Palace, apart from Empress Zhao Zichen, there were only these two Great Perfection cultivators.

The identity of the young man, who could be guarded by both of them, was clear: he was Zhao Zichen’s nephew, the protagonist of this consort selection ceremony, and the crown prince who was about to take over the throne, Zhao Anguo.

"Senior predecessors, fellow cultivators, I apologize for my tardiness. I had to deal with some matters earlier. I hope you can all forgive my poor hospitality," Zhao Anguo hurriedly apologized as soon as he arrived.

He seemed to be a very polite person, but Ye Fei could see a hint of deep-seated disdain in his eyes, not just for everyone present, but even for those Great Perfection cultivators.