Ji Tingwan had no idea how things had developed to this point.
She and Tianning arrived at Shen Nianyi's bedroom. A maid brought out pastries, and Shen Nianyi warmly invited Tianning to eat.
Yes……
Her attention was focused solely on Tianning the entire time, as if Tianning were her own beloved junior. She recommended delicious pastries to her, worried that Tianning might choke, and even offered her the newly made osmanthus sweet water.
Compared to Tianning, the others didn't even glance at the house after entering.
The Taotie and the others didn't care at all; they didn't eat anything from this human realm. The Heavenly Dao, knowing everything, watched quietly, not disturbing them...
But Ji Tingwan couldn't understand why Shen Nianyi was like this.
Could it be that she and Miss Tianning have actually met before and are old friends? Or perhaps, when Shen Nian saw Miss Tianning with her, she had some wicked idea and wanted to win Miss Tianning over to do something to her?
The reason why this thought arose subconsciously is because since Ji Tingwan was born, all the evaluations of Shen Nianyi have been negative.
The wet nurse said Shen Nianyi was a wicked woman; her mother said Shen Nianyi almost killed her back then; her father said Shen Nianyi once drugged him to hasten her ascension to the position of Crown Princess; everyone in the capital said Shen Nianyi was no good...
Ji Tingwan didn't think that Shen Nianyi had simply come to treat them to snacks; perhaps there was something wrong with the food?
Ji Tingwan didn't dare to touch it easily.
While her brain was racing, Tianning was eating heartily next to her.
Ji Tingwan: "..."
"Eat slowly~" Shen Nian wiped her face and said that she would ask Shanhu to buy some more for her to take with her tomorrow. She even took the initiative to start a conversation.
Ji Tingwan wasn't the only one shocked; if she had turned around at that moment, she would have seen Shanhu, who was equally surprised.
Coral had been by Shen Nianyi's side for five years, but she had never seen her treat anyone like this.
Perhaps... it's because I saw Ji Tingwan?
He was deeply troubled by the fact that he had no children.
Even though she was over forty years old and held a very high position as the female Khan in the ancient kingdom of Tashi, she did not choose to marry or have children after experiencing what happened back then.
Coral thought, if Ji Qianqiu hadn't appeared back then, the child Shen Nianyi had after marrying the Crown Prince would probably be the same age as the girl in front of her...
She didn't realize she was thinking the wrong thing, nor did she expect that after a moment of contemplation she would suddenly say, "Girl, you give me a very familiar feeling, just like... my mother."
Everyone: "..."
How old is she? How old are you?
Only Tiandao calmly drank the sweet osmanthus water, unlike these people who were making a fuss.
“If you miss your mother, you can lean on my shoulder,” Tianning replied warmly, not wanting to let Chen Nian fall silent.
Their conversation was so absurd that it was impossible for anyone to get a word in edgewise.
Just as Ji Tingwan was about to suggest leaving first, Tian Ning was talking about their trip to the human realm to find Xu Jiaojiao. She asked Shen Nianyi, "We found out that she was taken away by the Seven Killings Sect and was once imprisoned in Jingguan Temple before being transferred. Do you know anything about the Seven Killings Sect?"
Ji Tingwan never expected Tian Ning to ask so directly!
If we expose this secret, and it turns out that Shen Nianyi is colluding with the Seven Killings Sect, then they're doomed!
Tonight's experience was so dramatic, she didn't even know what to say!
Shen Nianyi did not turn hostile, but patiently explained the matter of the Seven Killings Sect.
It was an ancient cult, longer than a century old. Shen Nianyi had seen records of the Seven Killings Cult in even earlier ancient books. They would bewitch people and create ghosts and monsters. Wherever they went, they would plunge the people into misery.
However, upon reviewing ancient texts, Shen Nianyi discovered that they had never caused trouble near the capital until the last twenty years. The power of the Seven Killings Sect began to expand, and a person within their sect, who was revered as an immortal, led the Seven Killings Sect to commit evil deeds everywhere. In fact, in recent years, they have become so bold as to extend their reach to some cultivators who are said to have descended from the cultivation world!
Mentioning the Seven Killings Sect, Shen Nian's expression turned serious as he warned, "Although you come from the cultivation world, you must be careful! Now, everyone in this imperial city has willingly fallen and allied with the Seven Killings Sect..."
She said 'all'?
Ji Tingwan frowned, ultimately succumbing to her youth and temper, and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it you who's colluding with the Seven Killings Sect?"
"Jingguan Temple is a branch of the Seven Killings Sect, and you have lived here for a year. It is because of you that the capital city has lost its former prosperity and has undergone strange changes..."
"Little princess,"
Shen Nian raised his eyes and looked at her indifferently: "A country doesn't perish instantly; it rots from the inside out. You look at the towering tree's tall exterior, but have you really understood its interior?"
"Perhaps its interior is already crawling with termites, which have eaten it away, leaving it riddled with holes."
She said, "You overestimate me. Little Princess, I've been back for a year and have had to deal with so many people in the capital who want me dead. How could I possibly be so powerful as to have the Seven Killings Sect here?"
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