Chapter 441: The Time to Leave Has Come

Everything that happened inside the imperial palace spread throughout the entire Norland Kingdom.

The third prince of Norland appeared and defeated the current Crown Prince, Lan Lan Lite, in the Trial Valley.

Imperial Consort Xiao defeated Lan Si, the first Sword Saint of the empire in five hundred years.

After these few events spread, everyone in Norland discussed them.

Some people publicly called out in support of Jiang Li.

Others publicly called out that Norland under Imperial Consort Xiao's rule was better than before.

Across all regions of Norland, two voices arose, and the officials did not know how to deal with the two groups.

Because from Imperial Consort Xiao's current attitude, no one knows her true thoughts.

Perhaps she will directly follow the ancient rules of the Norland King in secret and hand the throne to Jiang Li according to the rules.

Perhaps she will directly kill Jiang Li and others to install a new Wang Dengji; that would be more reasonable.

Even more people believe that Imperial Consort Xiao, being a woman, is so indecisive and will surely ruin great matters.

As the two forces grew stronger and stronger, even occasional small-scale brawls broke out, and the entire Norland Kingdom fell into chaos.

Inside the imperial palace.

Imperial Consort Xiao looked at Transcendent Xiao Li on the bed, her gaze distant, complex, and indistinct.

Then her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Is she a person from the Demon Human World?"

"Then Jiang Li should also be from the Demon World; he cannot be the true third prince of Norland."

Recalling many years ago.

When the true Norland prince and Long Long Lisha and others escaped the palace, she actually had the power to completely kill Lan Si and the others.

But she did not; she directly cast a great curse technique, cursing the third prince of Norland to not live past eighteen.

"Counting it up, if no one broke my curse, the third prince of Norland should be dead, yet Jiang Li is living very well, and has even become the kind of person I often dream of... This... is this really heaven playing tricks on people?"

She did not believe that Norland had anyone capable of silently breaking her curse technique.

The second Norland King could not do it either.

Then what is it if not heaven's will?

Moreover, heaven even made the two of them experience such things; before knowing his identity, everything perfectly overlapped with the dreams.

Thinking of this, Imperial Consort Xiao's face was still somewhat flushed, and her breathing was still somewhat heavy and coarse...

"Truly a karmic entanglement!"

Suddenly she remembered the advice a witch from her clan had given her many years ago: "Do not go to Norland, or you will have a love tribulation hanging on your body!"

At that time, she had scoffed at it.

"Ding-ding-ding—"

"Come in!"

Lan Lan Lite walked in from the doorway, knelt, and bowed, saying, "Your child greets Mother Empress."

Imperial Consort Xiao pulled over a chair, sat down, and said, "Rise!"

Lan Lan Lite stood up.

"What do you want with me?"

Lan Lan Lite wore a look of difficulty on her face and gritted her teeth, saying, "Your child begs Mother Empress to pass the Norland throne to Jiang Li."

"Oh—why?" Imperial Consort Xiao asked, interested.

"Your child lost to him before the eyes of all, and he has gained the support of vast numbers of people throughout Norland. Mother Empress can suppress everything with overwhelming strength, but cannot suppress the hearts of people, so your child believes the Norland throne should be returned to Jiang Li."

"Furthermore, your child has discovered that your child is truly unsuited to be an emperor; even if your child became an emperor, your child would be indecisive, acting with hesitation before and after, and would not be a wise ruler but would instead cause suffering to all living beings under heaven!"

"In the end, your child is just a woman disguised as an Imperial Prince!"

As the words fell, Lan Lan Lite removed the necklace from her body; "Poof"—after a wisp of smoke, Lan Lan Lite directly transformed into the female form, Julia.

Julia had already closed her eyes.

She knew her mother was ruthless and cruel; with such words, she would surely face punishment, and even imprisonment was possible.

"What you say also has some reason!"

Who would have thought that after Julia closed her eyes and waited for a long while, Imperial Consort Xiao would say such a thing.

"Mother Empress..."

Lan Lan Lite simply could not believe her ears.

What does Imperial Consort Xiao mean? Did she agree?

Since when has Imperial Consort Xiao been so easy to talk to?

Realizing her own loss of composure, Imperial Consort Xiao changed the subject and said, "Liya, I have something to tell you today!"

"Something?"

Julia's face was full of question marks; what matter is more important than who is the King of Norland right now?

"Actually, you are not my biological child!" said Imperial Consort Xiao.

Julia trembled all over.

"My appearance is that of your mother, but in truth I am not your mother!"

"Your mother is Imperial Consort Xiao—and I am not!"

Imperial Consort Xiao's entire speech left Julia completely bewildered.