Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

[Host, this small bone knife was a gift from your older cousin.]

Judging from the material, it's made from the hardest animal bone, no less valuable than iron. Your older cousin is very thoughtful; he gave one to each of them.

Xiao Dian said.

Ying Yufu grasped the small bone knife, her eyes softening.

My older cousin has always been a reserved and taciturn person; he speaks little but does a lot.

The thought of how, in her premonition, she and her aunt fought a bloody battle to retrieve her grandfather's body, only to die from exhaustion, sent a chill down her spine.

Fortunately, fate has changed.

Inside the post station, the envoys from Dongchen Kingdom all looked grim.

"I originally wanted to use the Northern Xuan Sect to force them to give up Qingmu City, but now it seems that's out of the question."

The Left Chancellor sighed.

The girl in green turned pale. Only now did she truly realize the enormity of her casual action.

Her face was aggrieved, and her eyes were red. "It's not my fault. These people from Beixuan are making a mountain out of a molehill."

Nobody paid any attention to her.

Even her brother, Su Jinyu, ignored her.

My brother used to treat her so well; he would often bring her nice things.

But this time, her brother didn't offer her a single word of comfort.

Su Jinxiang's face grew even more aggrieved.

At the head of the table was Pei Shiliang, the first envoy from Dongchen to Beixuan and the Grand General of Dongchen.

Pei Shiliang is the elder brother of the Imperial Noble Consort of Dongchen Kingdom. He holds military power in Dongchen and is truly second only to the emperor, wielding immense power.

"Bei Xuanxiao is clearly using this as an excuse to scheme against us." He spoke slowly, his eyes revealing mockery and disdain.

"General, but the Crown Prince of Beixuan has fallen ill from fright, and his condition is unclear, which is very disadvantageous for us."

The Left Prime Minister spoke with a worried expression.

Pei Shiliang frowned. "Let's hear what the Emperor of Beixuan's purpose is at the banquet tonight, and we'll deal with whatever he says as he goes."

Just then, a scout walked in.

The scout, travel-worn and with a grave expression, handed Su Jinyu a sealed letter.

Su Jinyu recognized the spy; he was one of the men Su Jinyu had sent out.

Seeing the scout's expression, Su Jinyu knew it was probably not a good thing. He opened the envelope and took out the letter.

His face turned completely pale the moment he glanced at the contents of the letter.

His hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Upon seeing this, both the Left Chancellor and the Grand General's expressions changed. "What happened? What did the letter say?"

Su Jinyu didn't even dare to look up at the two of them, but tremblingly handed the letter to the general.

"Please take a look, Uncle."

The general took the letter from Su Jinyu's hand, scanned it quickly, and his face instantly turned terrifyingly ugly.

"waste!"

The general roared and threw the letter away.

The Left Prime Minister hurriedly caught the letter, glanced at it, and his expression changed.

He glanced at the general with a complicated expression.

He hadn't expected that Dongchen had left so many people in Beixuan.

"Our hard work of the past twenty years has been completely destroyed because of some kind of weapons treasury."

The general's eyes were filled with pressure as he stared at Su Jinyu and said sternly, "Who gave you this information that made you so gullible, putting our people in such a desperate situation?"

Su Jinyu's knees buckled, and he knelt down, saying, "He is a spy hidden in the Third Prince's residence. Our man is named Weng Gonglin."

"Weng Gonglin, is it him?" The general's expression softened slightly. "Logically speaking, the information about Weng Gonglin shouldn't be wrong."

Su Jinxiang said, "Uncle, what if this Weng Gonglin has betrayed Dongchen?"

"Shut up!" The general's face darkened. "Weng Gonglin is the descendant of one of my trusted confidants."

"Xiang'er, don't speak." Su Jinyu finally glanced at his younger sister.

Su Jinxiang looked aggrieved.

"Over the years, the people I left in Beixuan have suffered repeated setbacks."

"After all these years, we haven't even caught a glimpse of that thing." A hint of melancholy appeared in the general's eyes.

Su Jinyu looked up and asked, "Uncle, what exactly are you looking for?"

All he knew was that over the years, his uncle, his mother, his maternal grandmother and great-uncle, and even His Majesty, had all been desperately searching for the same thing.

That thing seemed to be very important to them.

The general glanced at him and no longer concealed anything, saying, "What we have been looking for is Dongchen's national treasure, the Nine Stars Alignment."

Su Jinyu and Su Jinxiang's eyes widened instantly.

"What? The Nine Stars Alignment, the most precious treasure of the Eastern Chen Kingdom... is lost?"

Su Jinyu's voice trembled.

The general rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "What else do you think? Your uncle, Prince Chen, has been acting as regent for many years, practically an emperor. Why hasn't he declared himself emperor all these years?"

Do you really think that His Majesty doesn't want to abdicate in his favor?

Su Jinyu was utterly shocked.

"The alignment of the nine stars is not in the Eastern Hemisphere, could it be in the Northern Hemisphere? How is that possible? How could it be in the Northern Hemisphere?"

Uncle, what exactly happened?

Su Jinyu looked agitated; he still found it hard to accept.

The general said, "The nine stars aligned, and they were lost along with that woman's child."

Find that woman's child, and you'll find the alignment of the nine planets!

Su Jinyu roughly understood who his uncle was referring to when he said the woman's child.

The Empress's daughter, the deposed Crown Prince's younger sister, and his blood aunt.

Even in terms of status, she is more noble than their mother, the true eldest princess of the Dongchen Kingdom.

"Does Uncle mean that the deposed crown prince's younger sister is not dead, and is in Beixuan?"

"That's right. Our people only found out that the child was in Beixuan and wasn't dead. But when we searched further, we couldn't find any more clues."

The general spoke frankly.

The Left Prime Minister didn't even look up, as if he were invisible.

The shock in his eyes was no less than that in Su Jinyu's.

He knew that the alignment of the nine stars was missing.

But he didn't know where it was lost or what became of the princess from back then.

Hearing Pei Shiliang say this now, he was extremely shocked.

He said in a trembling voice, "So, General, our real purpose in this mission to Beixuan is actually to find the alignment of the Nine Stars?"

What he didn't say was... find that princess, eliminate her descendants, and exterminate her entire family.

The general looked at him and said, "That's right, His Majesty is becoming increasingly frail and old. The imperial physicians say that His Majesty's days are numbered."

"For Prince Chen to ascend the throne, the alignment of the nine stars must be restored."

Without the alignment of the nine stars for a single day, Prince Chen cannot ascend to the throne.

The Left Prime Minister's expression was grave as he murmured, "Dongchen cannot be without a leader for even a day."

The general glanced at him and then ignored him.

He took out a painting from the box he brought with him, opened it, and inside was a portrait of a handsome young man.

Su Jinyu was taken aback when the scroll was opened.

"Uncle, how come you have a portrait of the Crown Prince of Beixuan?"

The general was about to speak when he suddenly froze upon hearing this, and then his pupils contracted.

He stared sharply at Su Jinyu. "What did you just say? Who did you say this is?"

Su Jinyu stared at the portrait, then shook his head: "I must have been mistaken. Although the person in the painting looks very much like the Crown Prince of Beixuan, upon closer inspection, they are not the same person."

"Crown Prince of Beixuan? You mean Crown Prince of Beixuan looks like someone from a painting?" The general's expression was sharp.

Su Jinyu didn't understand why he reacted this way, but nodded and said, "Yes, the Crown Prince of Beixuan looks very much like the person in this painting. If you don't look closely, you might think they are the same person, but if you look closely, they are not."

The eyebrows and eyes are about 60-70% similar, but it's more about the overall aura.

Upon hearing this, the Left Chancellor was struck dumb.

So, that princess really did live, left behind descendants, and... is related to the Crown Prince of Beixuan?

The general's eyes narrowed slowly. "This painting depicts the deposed crown prince in his youth."

Su Jinyu: "!"

Su Jinyu's eyes widened slowly.

"How is this possible!"

His face suddenly turned pale.

He thought of that annoying Crown Prince of Beixuan, and a look of resentment spread uncontrollably across his eyes.

What exactly is the relationship between the Crown Prince of Beixuan and the deposed Crown Prince of Dongchen?

Or rather, what is the relationship between the Crown Prince of Beixuan and his lost aunt?