There was no sound of Jiao Yinyin leaving in the main hall for a long time.
Jiaoming slowly opened his eyes and saw her standing there like a wooden stake.
She is feeling very confused right now.
She couldn't understand why her usually obedient son had suddenly become so rebellious.
She couldn't understand what was so good about Jiao Nian'en that made her son willing to give up his position as leader for her.
She suddenly wanted to confide in someone.
As a member of the cat-human race, Jiao Yinyin is obviously the most suitable.
"Come here." Jiao Ming waved to Meng Qingyin and pointed to a jade stool. "Sit down and talk to me for a while."
Meng Qingyin still had questions in her mind, but upon hearing this, she sat down with a calm expression.
"Why can't he be more obedient? I am his mother, would I harm him?" Jiao Ming was very puzzled.
But she didn't expect Jiao Yinyin to give her answers; she just needed to listen attentively.
But Meng Qingyin countered, "Why should he listen to you? He is an independent individual; why should he live according to your will?"
Jiao Ming was furious: "He is my son, and becoming the leader of the Jiao Clan is his inescapable mission and responsibility! Some people are risking their lives for this position, but he just looks down on it! I don't know what he's thinking!"
Meng Qingyin said calmly, "Have you ever really cared about his thoughts? Just now I said he is an independent individual who doesn't have to live according to your will. You subconsciously thought of the leader's position. Doesn't that mean that you subconsciously know that Jiaoze doesn't want to be the leader?"
Jiao Ming was stunned, and subconsciously retorted: "Many people are eyeing the leader's position, and they can't wait to rightfully take that position..."
Meng Qingyin shook her head, interrupting him: "So what? Those were other people's thoughts, and they were your thoughts, but were they Jiao Ze's thoughts? Did you listen to his thoughts?"
Jiaoming remained silent.
Meng Qingyin sighed, thinking that she would do a good deed this time and help the mother and son resolve their misunderstanding.
"You say that Jiao Ruxue approached Jiao Ze with ulterior motives and that she had no feelings for Jiao Ze at all, but I don't think so."
Mentioning Jiao Ruxue, Jiao Ming frowned immediately. "You want to plead for her?"
“What right do I have to plead for her?” Meng Qingyin shook her head. “I just want to tell you what I saw.”
As she spoke, she took out the mermaid pearl from her system inventory.
Jiaoming recognized the mermaid pearl at a glance, and she was somewhat surprised, "Why is the mermaid pearl with you?"
“It was Jiao Ruxue who gave it to me,” Meng Qingyin said. “She didn’t want to hurt Jiao Ze. You should know better than me what she and her uncle Jiao Si are plotting.”
A cold glint flashed in Jiao Ming's eyes. "They are naturally plotting to take my life and Jiao Ze's life so that they can take our place."
“No, you’re wrong. Perhaps Jiao Si wanted to kill you and your child, but Jiao Ruxue only wanted to kill you,” Meng Qingyin pointed out. “After all, in her eyes, you are her enemy. That’s why she gave me the Jiao Ze’s pearl.”
Jiao Ming sneered, "Jiao Si instilled some wrong ideas in her from a young age. I'm not surprised that she wants to kill me."
Meng Qingyin understood: "So, what is the truth behind her parents' rebellion back then?"
Jiaoming glanced at her and said, "You're still so curious, which won't do you any good."
Meng Qingyin smiled and said, "So you can do a good deed for the day and satisfy my curiosity."
She realized that Jiaoming was not a person who killed indiscriminately.
Jiaoming stared at her for a long while before saying in a conciliatory tone, "Actually, there's not much to say. Her parents' rebellion was entirely instigated by Jiaosi. After the plot was exposed, they committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and Jiaosi, the instigator, was imprisoned by me. In fact, I didn't want to kill them, but they still died in the end."
Meng Qingyin sighed, "You didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of you. Since that's the case, why not tell Jiao Ruxue the truth about what happened back then, so she can see Jiao Si's true colors?"
Jiaoming shook her head, unconcerned, and said, "Whether she hates me or not is irrelevant to me. In fact, I even used her hatred to achieve my own goals..." As she spoke, she suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh, "Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. As you can see, my goal was not achieved."
The thought of Jiao Ze made her head start to ache again.
“Since that’s the case, we might as well let nature take its course and learn to let go.” Meng Qingyin handed the mermaid pearl to her. “The mermaid clan is full of talented people, so they probably won’t lack a good leader.”
Jiaoming carefully accepted the pearl, his eyelids lowered, lost in thought.
Meng Qingyin pressed her advantage: "Actually, I have another question."
Jiaoming: "Since you've been with me for so long, go ahead and ask."
Meng Qingyin: "Jiao Si has been secretly coveting the leader's position and has taken action against it. Why did you leave such a hidden danger? Or rather, you clearly knew about the secret medicine, so why did you let it go?"
Jiao Er thought that it was secret enough that Jiao Si had provided the secret medicine without anyone else seeing it, but all of this could not be hidden from Jiao Ming's eyes.
Jiaoming, however, did not expose them.
Her purpose...
"I'm sure you've already guessed the reason. You're very clever." Jiao Ming looked at her with admiration. "That's right, just as you guessed. I'm using Jiao Si to test medicine. I want to know if the Jiao Clan can one day completely get rid of the 'ancestral blessing.' And Jiao Si is the best test subject."
Once upon a time, Jiao Er, as a high-ranking sorcerer, held a very high position and was revered by all people.
But one day, his research into the secret medicine was exposed, and the people who had once admired and loved him changed their attitude—they would not allow anyone to disrespect their ancestor.
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