World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 1007 - 462: Truth Overturned!

Chapter 1007: 462: Truth Overturned!

Zhining lay down on the bed and said, "I know the saying—you fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot. Do whatever you want, I’ll even hum in cooperation. But tomorrow, I’m still going to take the baby and leave this place."

Then, Zhining closed her eyes, signaling to Suo Lun that he could do whatever he wanted, but there was no way she’d change her mind.

Suo Lun lay next to her and gently embraced her, speaking softly, "If it was merely a dispute between a man and a woman, indeed there is no problem that a fairy fight can’t solve. But if it involves other matters, then just a fairy fight won’t solve the problem. Tell me, why do you want to move away?"

"Speak." Suo Lun said softly.

"This, this is Zhi Yan’s home," Zhining said with a trembling voice.

Indeed, this was where her inner conflict lay.

The death of Zhi Li reignited her sorrow and the hatred buried deep in her heart.

Even though she can no longer seek revenge, she truly cannot forgive King Zibian and his daughter.

In her heart, Zhi Li’s death was self-inflicted and deserved, but her own parents’ deaths were completely innocent.

She can no longer seek revenge upon Zibian or Zhi Yan, but living together under the same roof harmoniously is utterly impossible.

Now, she is the only one left of the Zhi Lan lineage.

The hatred of the previous generation will not be passed on to the baby; she will not let the baby know about any of this, ending it with her generation.

But at the very least, in her heart, she refuses to let this hatred dissipate into nothing.

"Zhining, what if I said that your parents deserved their fate," Suo Lun said lightly, "and moreover, it was not King Zibian who killed your parents, but your own grandfather, the late king, Your Majesty. What would you do then?"

"Impossible..." Zhining’s eyes instantly reddened as she cried out, "Absolutely impossible. You have no idea how gentle my mother was or how just and kind-hearted my father was. He was a saintly ruler known throughout the world, the rightful heir chosen by my grandfather. It was Zibian who shamelessly killed my father and seized the throne."

At this moment, Zhining’s beautiful eyes were filled with flames.

If Suo Lun didn’t provide a reasonable explanation, she would never let this rest!

No one can slander her parents. Although she has no memories of them, in her eyes, her parents are the most perfect people in the world, her absolute pillars of support.

Observing Zhining’s somewhat frightening gaze, Suo Lun took a deep breath, his eyes and tone becoming calm.

"No, Zhining, your mother was nominally the adopted daughter of the Emperor of Yanjing, but in reality, she was the legitimate daughter of Yin Zhou and a female spy of the Dragon Temple," Suo Lun said word by word, "She personally planned the assassination of the late king, all to facilitate your father Zhi Lan’s early ascension to the throne. Furthermore, Zhi Li was not your father’s biological son, but a child born to your mother and someone from Yin Zhou. Of course, his lineage and identity don’t matter now; his actions before his death proved that he was a good son of the Zhi Clan. But everything I’ve said is the truth!"

Immediately, Zhining was completely stunned, unable to believe her own ears.

Suo Lun said, "Wait here for me a moment, I’ll go get two pieces of evidence."

He left the room and went to the underground secret library to pick up two pieces of confidential material.

The first was the truth about the assassination of the late king and the imperial edict ordering the execution of Zhi Lan and his wife.

The second was regarding the identity of Zhi Li, provided by Ji Xiuning a few days ago.

Of course, the secret of Zhi Li’s identity was not actively discovered by Ji Xiuning; rather, the people of Yin Zhou found Zhi Li and revealed the truth of his birth to him, in an attempt to stop him from recklessly accusing Yin Zhou.

However, the truth only made Zhi Li hate Yin Zhou even more, leading him to lash out more fiercely, implicating both Yin Zhou and the Zhi Du Sanctuary, before taking his own life.

His action was an intense way to declare to the world that he, Zhi Li, belonged to the Zhi Clan and not to Yin Zhou.

All this information was top secret.

After Suo Lun took over the palace, Gao Yin transferred all data to both Suo Lun and Zhi Yan.

Every piece of information had absolute proof, undeniably conclusive.

As Princess Zhining read, she sobbed until she was gasping for air, eventually crying herself into a figure completely drenched in tears.

"The reason you and Zhi Li were able to survive and escape the royal city, making it to the Yanjing Holy Temple, was because Gao Ting, the chief eunuch, deliberately let you go. After executing your parents by the former king’s order, Gao Ting also took poison and killed himself. After the former king executed his own son, he was also worn out in body and soul, abdicating the throne. Furthermore, when Zhi Li and you fled the royal city, King Zibian also pretended to know nothing about it and let you go," Suo Lun gently consoled her.

"King Zibian and I share a similar nature, equally absurd, equally impulsive, both unsuited to be king," Suo Lun sighed. "That’s why the former king chose your father Zhi Lan as the Crown Prince, but he was too deeply corrupted by Yin Zhou. If he ascended to the throne, the kingdom would no longer be a kingdom; the entire Rage Wave Kingdom would become a vassal land of Yin Zhou, forever unable to turn the tables."

"You’ve seen the recent events, in just these three short years Zhi Li has been in power, the terrifying extent of the Hidden Yuan Association’s infiltration and corruption of the kingdom," Suo Lun said. "Had the former king not decisively cut our losses, there would be no Rage Wave Kingdom today."

Princess Zhining sobbed until she was gasping for air, stuttering, "If, if the baby grows up and becomes someone like Zhi Lan. Would you, would you kill him?"

"No, I can’t do it, I could never do it," Suo Lun said. "I would imprison him for life, but I would absolutely never bring myself to kill him. Therefore, I’m not fit to be king. King Zibian didn’t completely exterminate you, he also isn’t fit to be king, which is why he was completely sidelined."

Suddenly, Princess Zhining threw herself into Suo Lun’s embrace, crying bitterly.

Her world had collapsed!

In her eyes, her father Zhi Lan was the greatest man in the world, the most wise and kind sovereign. Her mother was the gentlest, most magnificent woman in the world.

Of course, she was very young at the time, ignorant of everything, these were all constructs of her imagination.

Moreover, in countless people’s mouths, her parents were the most perfect, many extolling the greatness and wisdom of her father Zhi Lan.

Why did Princess Zhining become a cruel woman after returning to Zhi Du? A woman who would stop at nothing?

It was because she harbored a belief in her heart, a belief to avenge her parents, to support her brother Zhi Li in taking the throne, to follow in her father’s footsteps as a wise ruler of the world.

However, Zhi Li’s depravity had caused her belief to collapse by half.

Now, having learned the truth, her belief had been thoroughly shattered.

Her father Zhi Lan was just a hypocrite who betrayed his country, a man obsessed with empty honors, foolish beyond measure.

Her mother was even more of a shameless woman, an unchaste female spy of the Dragon Temple.

"I originally didn’t want you to know these truths, and King Zibian also had no intention of telling you," Suo Lun sighed. "But seeing that you still harbored hatred, and that you would carry it for a lifetime, I felt it was necessary for you to know. And once you know, what collapses is only the burden of a lifetime, not your world. Now your world is your baby, me, and all your family members."

This was the reason why Suo Lun shared the truth with Princess Zhining.

If it had been three years earlier, upon learning this truth, Princess Zhining would have been utterly devastated, completely destroyed because defeating King Zibian, helping Zhi Li ascend to the throne, seeking revenge for her parents were her only belief, the belief that sustained her will to live.

Once that belief was destroyed, she wouldn’t have been able to carry on living.

But now it wouldn’t be so. Princess Zhining’s world now revolved around her baby, and should she wish, there was Suo Lun, Fang Qingzhuo, and two little girls, all of whom had become her family.

Thus, the hatred in her heart was no longer a belief, but a heavy burden.

"You can’t choose your parents, but you should feel fortunate that you can cast aside all previous burdens and move forward anew," Suo Lun said softly. "It’s a pity that Zhi Li didn’t have the chance to say his final goodbyes to you, otherwise he would have said the same thing as me."

Princess Zhining sobbed until she was gasping for air, holding onto Suo Lun tightly with her hands.

Suddenly, she flung her arms fiercely around Suo Lun’s neck, crying in a trembling voice: "Suo Lun, I love you, I love you, don’t leave me, never ever leave me."

"Never, I will never leave," Suo Lun said softly.

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