Gu Jiao said, "The Emperor of Yan Country is a tyrant."
Mistress Nan gave a bitter smile, "Not everyone aspires to be a benevolent ruler like His Majesty of Zhan Country."
Gu Jiao frowned and asked, "Mistress Nan just mentioned that the Duke mourned for his daughter, but wasn't the child saved?"
Mistress Nan smiled and shook her head, "How could the king, who loathes Xuanyuan Li to the bone, truly let go of his grandson? After the Duke resigned from his official post, he handed over the management of the Duke Residence to the second household and took his daughter away from the Capital City to a hidden retreat in Utopia. However, within a few years, the child still passed away. Her death was very sudden, as if she just collapsed. Many people at the time guessed that she was assassinated by the king, but all those who said so were taken away by the king, and afterwards, no one dared to speak of it again."
Gu Jiao realized, "So that's the way it was."
