Above the Galaxy

Chapter 1052 - 681: The Most Dangerous Blade Is the Blade of Emotion

"Are you okay?" Sheng Xinhua walked up, holding Phoenix’s hand and asked with concern.

She had seen Zhong Tianque’s accusation video and heard the rumors spreading online.

She wasn’t worldly, but that didn’t mean she was unaware of worldly matters.

Born into the Sheng Family, the Minister of Finance’s house, she understood how much turmoil Zhong Tianque’s actions would stir.

Redeem with death?

Perhaps by then, death would become a luxury.

Being worse than dead might be the only way to resolve the hatred that eats at one’s heart.

"I’m fine."

Phoenix shook her head slightly, with a complex expression: "I just didn’t expect... he could go this far."

"Yes." Sheng Xinhua felt equally mixed emotions: "I also didn’t expect that he could go this far."

Because she often went to Phoenix Palace to find Phoenix when she was young, she was fairly familiar with Zhong Tianque.

In fact, Zhong Daolong once considered making her the Crown Princess Consort. After Sheng Jing secretly asked her opinion, she refused, saying she liked drinking and merriment, was notorious, and unfit to be a mother to the world.

Sheng Jing conveyed these words to Zhong Daolong, who felt she was honest in character...

She did not like Zhong Tianque, nor did she want to be the Crown Princess Consort.

She felt the Crown Prince imitated his father wholeheartedly, yet was strict and rigid, lacking adaptability.

In life, he seemed like a dull man devoid of romance and wit, didn’t he?

Then came the upheaval in Phoenix Palace, the rise of the Tang Family, and Shen Family’s usurpation of power.

Zhong Tianque chose to stand with Shen Wuxiang...

They drifted apart, losing contact.

Unexpectedly, this time he had planned something major.

She could imagine how much determination was needed and how many consequences he would have to bear.

Indeed, Phoenix’s thoughts were the same as hers.

Phoenix looked at Sheng Xinhua, softly asked, "Sister Xin Huai, do you think... he is still alive?"

"I don’t know." Sheng Xinhua shook her head, she did not offer Phoenix any false hopes.

Phoenix was clever; she was transparent, they did not need self-deceptive words to console themselves.

Gripping Phoenix’s snow-white hand tightly, she comforted, "But I believe that since he made such a choice... he was already mentally prepared for the worst."

"This is Zhong Tianque... offering his best apology to you and the Zhong Family."

"Yes, actually for a long time, I hated him. I felt that as the eldest son of the Zhong Family, he couldn’t relieve the worries of the father emperor above, nor exert efforts for the clan below."

"He couldn’t even protect his own family, and due to his and the second brother’s selfish desires, the royal family collapsed, national power shifted... the family was torn apart."

"Later, he even cooperated with Shen Wuxiang to accuse me of treason and sedition... At that time, my heart was as dead ash. In my heart, I thought I’d never had this brother... from now on, only confrontations in battles, no familial bonds."

"Yet, suddenly he staged such an act... he used his death to nail Shen Wuxiang to the pillar of shame, trying to gain the people’s heart and seize opportunities for us..."

Seeing Phoenix’s emotions intense, face pale, Sheng Xinhua deeply sighed within.

She understood Phoenix and knew what she felt at this moment.

Though born into the royal family, she valued emotions the most.

This was also why, despite her noble status, she had only three or five friends around.

She went to the Old Land, striving to bring Tang Fei and Little Fatty over...

Of course, it’s not excluding Tang Fei’s silver tongue in persuading people.

Her mother’s early demise left a huge trauma and void in her heart.

Hence, she put great importance on her father and brothers... including her confidante.

Yet, her father schemingly used her as bait, brothers waging fratricidal fights.

Now, gazing around, having no relatives, she found herself utterly alone?

If Zhong Tianque had chosen the dark path all the way, she would have already accepted it with a heart as dead water.

Yet, he turned back from the brink, redeeming himself, in the most fierce and resolute manner.

To kill with the knife of emotion is the most terrifying!

"Therefore, we must not waste his heartfelt intentions." Sheng Xinhua knew Phoenix’s momentary fragility, this was when she had to be strong: "The fiercer our offensive, the more chance they have to survive."

"After a great victory, reclaiming the court... it’s not impossible for you siblings to reunite."

"Yes, Shen Wuxiang is cunningly calculated, knowing best to utilize resources... Rumor has it that when Prince Caesar of the Aus Empire publicly stabbed him in the back, he just turned him into a mutilated captive..."

"Perhaps, to impede us, leaving the Shen Family a shred of life... he might temporarily spare them?"

"Cannot exclude such a possibility." Sheng Xinhua nodded in agreement: "Now what we need to do is not to waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."

"I know what to do now." Phoenix tightened her grip on Sheng Xinhua’s hand, said solemnly: "I want this storm... to thoroughly bury the Shen Family."

"It will certainly happen."

Phoenix stared through the glass window, looking at the comatose Tang Fei on the sickbed, silently prayed in her heart:

Wake up soon, only with you here does this world have meaning.

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Qianshan. Yu Family Mansion.

As part of the Emperor and Empress’s House, royal family, the Yu Family had lived very low-profile in recent years.

No choice, the Zhong Family collapsed, Shen Wuxiang took control of national power, aggressively.

They were originally natural allies of the Zhong Family, now having a new master... not immediately reckoned with, all because Shen Wuxiang’s status was not stable yet, and Yu Family being one of the Nine Great Families of the Empire, with deep roots, untouchable.

Once the Shen Family solidified their foothold, the Yu Family might not even have a chance to submit.

Who would employ an imperial uncle from the previous dynasty...?

In the conference hall, important members of the Yu Family gathered.

Grandmaster Yu Changan looked around, eyed everyone and asked: "Have you all watched Tianque’s video?"

"Watched." Yu Chenghai responded aloud.

Yu Chenghai was the former City Lord of Phoenix City, the highest administrative officer of the Divine Capital.

After the Zhong Family’s collapse, he resigned from this important position at his father’s direction.

The Shen Family would never allow a foreigner to control the vital area of the Capital City?

Rather than being ousted by others, better to handle a ’sick retreat’, retaining some dignity.

"Have you contacted Tianque?" Yu Changan now focused on his second son, Yu Chenglong.

Yu Chenglong served as a military chief in the Phoenix Dance Army, a deputy commander.

He did not resign, but the Phoenix Dance Army had gone through rounds of purges by Shen Wuxiang, rendering him powerless, unable to mobilize many people.

However, the dark-line spies of the Yu Family were under his control.

"Contacted, but did not succeed."

Yu Chenglong’s expression was grim, speaking aloud: "Our people in the palace tried everything but couldn’t find Tianque’s whereabouts... previous contacts are all severed."

Grandmaster Yu sighed, speaking mournfully: "The child... is probably in grave danger."

That was his daughter’s own son, carrying even half of their Yu Family blood in his veins...

No matter how many wrongs the child had done before, ultimately, he was their flesh and blood.

"Does Shen Wuxiang dare directly harm Tianque, who carries the title of Crown Prince?" Yu Chenghai’s eyes turned somber, voiced his doubt.

"It’s not about daring or not, now is there anything the Shen Family doesn’t dare to do? It’s about whether it’s worth doing."

"If previously, they needed Zhong Family’s dragon skin for a transitional period, naturally they wouldn’t easily kill... waiting until their status stabilized before ’hiding’ Tianque."

"But now Tianque actively stepped out causing trouble, exposing Shen Wuxiang’s atrocities, stirring up a storm... living chances are slim."

"What should we do now?" Yu Chenghai asked, looking at Grandmaster Yu.

"It’s time to make decisions." Grandmaster Yu lightly rubbed two toad-head walnuts in his hand, speaking decisively: "The Yu Family must stand out publicly, demanding Shen Wuxiang for the person."

"How can the flesh and blood of our Yu Family just disappear like this?"