Chapter 3: 3.第3章 、教主令牌

During the days when Ji Kece was in a deep stupor, Yin Xi, the Emperor of the Yidu Dynasty, completed the grand sacrificial rites for the Emperor of the Yidu Dynasty, while simultaneously and secretly burying Fei Qingyan's remains within the imperial mausoleum.

Ji Kece opened her eyes slightly, only to find she had been sleeping face down. An accidental movement caused a surge of pain in her back, filling her eyes with tears. Mansui walked to Ji Kece's bedside with swollen, red eyes and said tearfully, "Young Mistress, you have finally woken up."

"Mansui, it is not such a big deal. Tell me, how many days have I been unconscious?" Ji Kece looked at the body behind her, which was wrapped up like a zongzi, with a somewhat distorted expression, and let out a long sigh.

Mansui cried even louder, sobbing, "Young Mistress, you have been unconscious for three days."

Unconscious for three days... Ji Kece seemed to remember that the day after her father was beaten was Yin Xi's coronation ceremony. She wondered if his ascension had gone smoothly?!

"Young Mistress, His Highness ascended the throne smoothly. Stop thinking about him and think about yourself!" Mansui wiped away her tears and held a command token out in front of Ji Kece.

Seeing that token, Ji Kece almost forgot that she herself had founded the Qiansha Sect; that token was the token of the Sect Leader of the Qiansha Sect.

Ji Kece looked at Mansui in surprise. Could it be that when she arrived in this world, after Ci'er had attempted to take her own life, she had not handed this token to Yin Xi? Could it be...

Ignoring whether her body could actually sit up, Ji Kece took the token and sat on the edge of the bed with gritted teeth, fine beads of sweat forming on her forehead. "What is going on? Why is this token here?"

The two personal guards outside the door walked straight to Ji Kece's bedside, knelt on one knee with their heads bowed, and said in unison, "Just as the Young Mistress fell into misfortune, the Qiansha Sect was left leaderless. Knowing that the Young Mistress was close to Chu Heng, the Hall Master of the Tiandi Xing Hall—who is the current Emperor—the members of the Qiansha Sect requested that he take charge of the sect."

Kule clasped his hands in a salute, kept his head bowed, and said with a powerful voice, "We request that the Young Mistress reclaim the Qiansha Sect. Your subordinates will remain loyal until death."

If that was the case, then Yin Xi had seized power. And if so, hadn't Princess Xintong died in vain? Yin Xi, oh Yin Xi, just how many heinous things have you done, only to pin them all on the Qiansha Sect? Your methods are truly ingenious!

Ji Kece clutched her back injury, holding the token in one hand as she said to Mansui, "Mansui, do you think I should reclaim sovereignty over the Qiansha Sect?"

Mansui nodded hurriedly, but her previously joyful expression faded again. "Naturally, we hope the Young Mistress can reclaim it, but you are currently injured."

The Qiansha Sect had not been managed for several years, and now the sovereignty was in Yin Xi's hands. Yin Xi would not let go so easily; after all, the Qiansha Sect was even larger in scale than the Tiandi Xing organization he had founded himself. Ji Kece asked her three subordinates with some confusion, "Do you know why Yin Xi wanted to kill Princess Xintong?"

Mansui might not know, but those two subordinates surely did. They all kept their heads bowed, not daring to speak. Ji Kece struck the wooden bedframe in pain. "Speak, quickly!"

Kule clasped his hands, stole a glance at Ji Kece, then lowered his head and said, "Kule has spoken. Young Mistress, please do not be angry."

Ji Kece nodded slightly, indicating she wouldn't get angry for the moment, choosing to let Kule's words hang in the air first.

"Young Mistress, actually, His Highness—no, he should be called His Majesty now—when His Majesty took over the Qiansha Sect, he once misappropriated the sect's hidden forces to seize control of the Sheng Kingdom. Princess Xintong was one step ahead; she found the Qiansha Sect's hidden location in advance and personally destroyed one-third of the records in the sect's treasury. His Majesty was forced to move the sect's hidden location. Later, an assassin raised by His Majesty's subordinates used the Qiansha Sect's poison to kill Princess Xintong. After that, the Young Mistress already knows everything." After Kule finished speaking, he stole a few more glances at Ji Kece, but since he couldn't read her expression, he stopped.

Ji Kece's expression had turned very dark. Her hand gripping the token tightened, her fury mounting. "Is Yin Xi truly that despicable?!"