After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 708: Bai Ruoxi Comes to Surrender?

Chapter 708: Chapter 708: Bai Ruoxi Comes to Surrender?

The national action was swift, and within half a day, two hundred elite talents from all over the country had gathered before Shi Yaoguang.

Shi Yaoguang handed over the Marrow Cleansing Pills she had concocted to them. After they had undergone the marrow cleansing process, Shi Yaoguang then selected fifty with the strongest innate abilities for personal training.

The remaining one hundred and fifty were also eligible for training.

Given their cultivation talents, while becoming special talents was hardly possible, practicing ordinary techniques was still an option.

Shi Yaoguang personally guided the remaining fifty in channeling Spiritual Energy into their bodies, then let them cultivate in places rich with Spiritual Energy.

Meanwhile, she also took on the role of a "fraud-buster."

Wherever illegitimate sons or daughters surfaced in the country,

she would appear and personally determine whether the identities of these so-called illegitimate children were real or not.

This surely irritated the people behind these illegitimate children.

The individuals they had installed practically had control over those families.

But with Shi Yaoguang meddling like this, all their preparations were in vain.

How could they tolerate this?

They immediately sought to retaliate against Shi Yaoguang.

But Shi Yaoguang was not someone to be trifled with, and she retorted on the spot.

In short, the illegitimate children who faced off against Shi Yaoguang all ended up in a dire situation.

And that infuriated those lurking in the shadows.

Even if they had to pause their plans, they couldn’t let Shi Yaoguang continue at large.

The "heirs" they had spent years of resources and effort cultivating couldn’t all be taken down by Shi Yaoguang’s sweep.

If the loss continued, their plans would be unachievable.

Because Shi Yaoguang was a public figure,

the people behind the scenes simply started from her reputation.

Shi Yaoguang deliberately sabotaged their plans, and naturally, they wouldn’t let her get off easily.

They directly smeared Shi Yaoguang, saying that her actions were intentional sabotage.

You wonder why she would cause trouble for no reason?

Do you even need to ask?

It must be because she too had been harmed.

Everyone should be familiar with Bai Ruoxi and Bai Tangyuan from the previous family search program.

Bai Ruoxi’s words clearly had a suggestive undertone.

Anyone with eyes could tell who Bai Tangyuan resembled.

Putting two and two together, it would be absurd to say that Bai Tangyuan was not Quan Jinbei’s son.

Shi Yaoguang was Quan Jinbei’s wife.

Or should I say, the legitimate wife.

It’s only natural for a legitimate wife to be angry about her husband having an illegitimate child.

Anger was inevitable as well.

Retaliation...

That depended on capability.

Clearly, Shi Yaoguang was someone capable.

She encountered an illegitimate child herself and was dissatisfied with their existence, so she deliberately stirred up trouble.

Why would she purposefully sling mud on the illegitimate children showing up in other families?

She despised everything associated with their kind!

Just because of a Bai Tangyuan, she wanted to eradicate all illegitimate children in one fell swoop!

The above was a summary of the provocative articles written by marketing accounts hired by the people behind the illegitimate children.

Regarding this, many people remained skeptical.

"Hasn’t Empress Shi already said that Bai Tangyuan is not Third Master Quan’s illegitimate son?"

"The Quan Family isn’t the kind that can’t afford to raise a child, if Bai Tangyuan really was Third Master Quan’s illegitimate son, why would they hide him?"

"Are those of you saying ’why hide’ too naive? Is there any woman who can remain indifferent upon learning that her husband has an illegitimate child? If there is, then it might mean she doesn’t love him enough."

"Of course, there’s another possibility! That the woman is too disadvantaged and has no say in the man’s presence."

Only this could explain why the legitimate wife showed no reaction when faced with an illegitimate child.

Regarding this,

Shi Yaoguang did not make any explanations.

Trying to explain to those convinced there was a problem would be futile.

Rather than wasting time, it would be better to think about unearthing the person behind the illegitimate child.

Shi Yaoguang’s actions have not been insignificant, and the senior leadership has also taken notice.

In fact, Shi Yaoguang had shared some of the information he uncovered with them.

Behind the illegitimate child, clearly, there was a massive conspiracy hidden.

In this country, sixty percent of the families that held the power of discourse had features of illegitimate sons or daughters.

If these illegitimate children each acted independently, it would have been okay, but what if they were all in it together?

What if their emergence was not just for one family, but for the country?

Don’t underestimate this sixty percent.

An example was given.

Even with a hundred percent proportion, at least twenty percent belonged to the state, followed by private ownership.

And sixty percent of the remaining eighty percent belonged to one faction.

To say that they controlled the national economy was not an exaggeration.

Even a single city couldn’t allow such an existence, let alone have the entire national economy fall into the hands of one faction.

If not stopped, it would probably...

What chaos this would cause afterward, the leaders fully understood without Shi Yaoguang having to say more.

It was precisely because they understood that they were fully supporting Shi Yaoguang.

However, the other party was too well-hidden.

The recently emerged illegitimate children, the oldest of whom, had already surpassed fifty years old.

The youngest were still in swaddling clothes.

From this, it could be seen just how grand the schemer behind them was.

And this, surely, was the result of many years of planning.

After so many years without a single slip-up, it was clearly unrealistic for Shi Yaoguang to have found their location with just one investigation.

The other party, banking on their concealment, dared to openly challenge Shi Yaoguang.

As long as Shi Yaoguang fell from power, they could live well.

With this thought, they became even more impatient.

Regardless, they must complete the entire plan without fail.

The families that were foiled by Shi Yaoguang were let go, although there were some losses, most of their power was still intact.

Shi Yaoguang now faced, not only online public opinion but also various assassination attempts.

Assassinations sound somewhat mystical,

Like something assassins would only exist in rumors and hearsay.

Even if they did exist, that was something that would unsettle a nation.

However, the truth was...

Every seemingly ordinary person around Shi Yaoguang could potentially be an assassin.

In just three days, Shi Yaoguang had experienced gunshots, stabbings, poisonings, car accidents...

Methods were numerous, and each attempt was more dangerous than the last.

The military simulated the dangers Shi Yaoguang encountered; if it were one of their own, they would likely die in one of those attempts or during a crisis.

To come out unscathed as Shi Yaoguang did was extremely difficult.

The safer Shi Yaoguang was, the more dissatisfied the people behind the scenes became.

They had tried so hard, yet Shi Yaoguang showed no reaction at all.

It was simply disrespectful!

Alright, during such times, giving face is equivalent to courting death, so naturally, Shi Yaoguang could not possibly do that.

Having confirmed that all methods were insufficient to kill Shi Yaoguang, the mastermind behind it all finally grew restless.

An enemy they couldn’t kill was always a threat to them.

Since they couldn’t eliminate him, they had to think of ways to win him over.

And here it was.

Bai Ruoxi received orders from above.

She was requested to negotiate with Shi Yaoguang.

They hoped to convince Shi Yaoguang to pledge allegiance.

When Bai Ruoxi received this order, she was dumbfounded.

Could it be? Couldn’t it be a joke with her?

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