Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 570: Conspiracy with the Enemy?

Chapter 570: Chapter 570: Conspiracy with the Enemy?

"Uh... you didn’t tell her?" Yuwen Luanfei was quite surprised.

Wenren Pingting shook her head gently, "Miss Bai might not believe my word alone. It is best that she comes back and understands for herself."

"That makes sense," Yuwen Luanfei nodded.

"What exactly happened?" Bai Junjun’s brows furrowed. "Is there something fishy about my father’s death?"

Yuwen Luanfei also frowned, "It’s difficult to say. I’ll have Eunuch Zou tell you, he was the only one in the know back then."

Yuwen Luanfei gestured to the personal guard outside the study, instructing him to bring Eunuch Zou over.

Before long, an elderly man silently walked in.

He was dressed in a light purple robe and wore a square hat on his head. His face was white and beardless, and he wore a benign smile, "This servant pays respect to your highness, Princess Consort, Miss Bai."

Naturally, Bai Junjun recognized this favored figure from The Late Emperor’s side, but she had not expected him to be alive.

"Girl pays respect to Eunuch Zou. I could never have thought that after three years of turmoil, we would have the opportunity to meet. Now I have returned to my ancestral home for refuge, but suddenly find my father might have been wronged. I hope Eunuch Zou can provide an answer that will let the Bai Yang Clan rest easy."

Eunuch Zou bowed with both hands, "This servant will tell it slowly."

Eunuch Zou appeared to have already known that this day would come, and began to recount the past earnestly.

The matter started three years ago with Prince Heqing’s daughter’s wedding.

The Late Emperor had endured many hardships to ascend the throne. After becoming emperor, he did not want to dilute the affection between siblings, thus he invited Princess Heqing and Prince Xuanhe’s mother (the Fifth Prince’s mother) to the palace so they could live out their years in comfort, sharing in the glory and wealth with the Third and Fifth Princes.

However, Prince Heqing misunderstood the Emperor’s kindness and had always looked for ways to bring his family back to his fiefdom. The Late Emperor tried to persuade him to let go of this notion time and again.

It was three years ago when Prince Heqing’s daughter, County Princess Zhenzhen, was about to get married. This time, Prince Heqing strongly insisted on bringing his family back, and the Emperor had no choice but to agree.

Prince Heqing claimed he would personally welcome the Princess Consort back to his fiefdom, officially reporting only a thousand elite cavalry. But the Emperor received news that Prince Heqing had crossed the river with a hundred thousand troops.

The Emperor was both shocked and furious. A hundred thousand troops seemed poised to surround the Imperial Capital, yet he had not detected any sign of it. What was this if not a betrayal?

Perhaps the entire Imperial Court was deceiving him!

The Emperor investigated quietly overnight and ultimately discovered frequent correspondence between Prince Heqing and the Bai Residence.

The Emperor summoned the Family Head of the Bai Yang Clan to the palace that very night; the Family Head claimed innocence and offered his life to prove it.

Before the Emperor could respond, the Family Head of the Bai Yang Clan slammed his head against a column, and even Eunuch Zou couldn’t hold him back.

Subsequently, those hundred thousand troops by the river suddenly attacked the Imperial City. The Emperor was already frail and, stirred by this news, suffered an acute heart attack and passed away.

During those days, troops emerged from nowhere, wreaking havoc in the Imperial City, savagely pillaging and looting.

Just as they were about to breach the Imperial Palace, Prince Hanying arrived with his troops in the nick of time.

With his support, the Imperial City’s Forbidden Army managed to trap and exterminate the rebel forces from inside and out.

Still, the news of the kingdom’s upheaval spread like a breach in a dam, causing princes and imperial uncles around the country to seize the opportunity to wage war, leaving Yuwen Luanfei with no choice but to join the fray.

Then came three years of utter chaos.

After Eunuch Zou finished his account, the room fell into a silent hush.

In truth, Bai Junjun had already garnered parts of this story about the Imperial Court’s collapse from Shopkeeper Yan, but she had not expected that in this commotion, the original owner’s father also played a significant role.