Chapter 285 The Truth Comes to Light

Push open a secret door.

Chu Zhaohua walked in first.

Wu Qingyi held Chu Youning's hand, and the mother and daughter followed step by step.

It was a small secret room with a simple interior.

On the entire wall opposite the secret door, there is a complete topographic map of the Yu State, on which all the counties and cities of the Yu State are marked.

Chu Youning discovered at a glance that the locations marked in red on the map were the places where the evil incense they had destroyed along the way was produced.

There are many portraits hanging on the left and right walls, and under each portrait, there is various identity information of this person.

"Everyone, hurry up, scan it down."

The people in the portraits were from several neighboring countries of Yu State. Chu Youning felt it was necessary to record them all, as he never knew they might be useful in the future.

[Good host.]

The system scanned it obediently.

"Zhaohua... Where did you get so many portraits of people from the four countries?"

When Wu Qingyi said these words, her voice couldn't help but tremble.

Advisors from other countries, military ministers, princes, generals, and ministers...

It is not easy to get such portraits.

Chu Zhaohua did not respond to her.

She stared at the territory map of Yu State for a long time, and seemed to be lost in her memories.

"When several countries failed to attack Yu State, they stopped fighting and rested for many years. Eight years ago, Wu'an Hou of Sheng State found me. He wanted to use my hatred for the royal family to make me cooperate with him..."

"The people of Sheng Country are so cunning that cooperating with them is nothing more than stealing the skin of a tiger. However... he took out the secret of the Jialan royal family - the blood-colored phantom, which is what you call the evil fragrance."

"The fact that he can produce this thing means that there are still members of the Jialan royal family alive. If Yu destroys Jialan, those who survive will surely take revenge on them like crazy."

"If I had rejected him at that time, with the existence of the rat who also mastered the secrets of Jia Lan, I would have been in trouble every day in the future, and he would definitely look for the next person who is willing to cooperate with him, so... I agreed."

"And the condition for my cooperation with him is that he helps me send a few ordinary people to various countries with reasonable identities. Those people... all move around in various countries with various identities. These portraits... are all obtained by them at a considerable cost..."

When he said this, Chu Zhaohua's eyes were filled with regret: "It's a pity that I still haven't confirmed the identity of that hiding rat, but I... don't have time."

Hearing this, Chu Youning and Wu Qingyi were both stunned.

"What do you mean... no time?"

Wu Qingyi opened his mouth tremblingly.

Chu Zhaohua turned his head and said calmly, as if he didn't care: "Of course... I don't have the energy or time to play chess with the world anymore."

[Host, her body has been overly damaged in Jialan. Although she has taken good care of herself over the years, her condition is still deteriorating.]

[If I stop working so hard and live peacefully, I might have another two years to live.]

Chu Youning paused.

Just as she was about to say something, Chu Zhaohua looked up at her and said, "My little niece, since the death of our father, you are probably the only person in the entire Chu family that I don't dislike."

"You are smarter than I thought. You were able to see through my painting. You also completed the task assigned to you very well. Now... my inner worries have been basically dealt with. I have enough energy to face the outside world."

"The idea of ​​Sheng State to disintegrate Dayu from within has now completely collapsed. I'm afraid they will not let it go. Next, you can return to the capital.

If nothing unexpected happens, Sheng State will try another method next. Go back and let Chu Wenzong prepare well. I believe I have lived up to my ancestors."

"As for my debt to you, I gave you the Snow Wolf, and you killed my son. Now... you can also take the things in this secret room.

I have also left some here to compensate the girl from the Jiang family. Regardless of whether you have forgotten this grudge or not, in the future...it is up to you whether you hate me or blame me."

After he finished speaking, Chu Zhaohua knelt down in front of the painting of mountains and rivers and performed a great salute.

Afterwards, she turned away indifferently, removing a hairpin from her head with every step she took.

When she left the courtyard, her black hair fell freely, and the red palace dress that symbolized the status of the Grand Princess also fell into the courtyard.

Wu Qingyi looked at Chu Zhaohua, who was left with only a white undershirt, and his bare feet disappeared from her sight. Tears rolled down her eyes. She stretched out her hand tremblingly in the direction Chu Zhaohua had left. Her mouth opened and closed several times, but not a word came out.

Chu Youning watched her leave, feeling inexplicably strange.

Chu Zhaohua...

Whether before or after she entered the book, she had never met such a complicated person.

To put it nicely, she hated the royal family so much that it involved her and her sister.

Call her a bad person, but as a princess, she... not only has she not let anyone down, but the royal family owes her something.

Chu Youning was troubled for a long time and couldn't help but complain to his son while wearing a mask of pain.

"Tong, how can there be such a person in this world? I can neither hate him nor like him."

[This... maybe this is her charm?]

The system thought about it and finally gave her a simple answer.