Chapter 107 Visiting In Laws (2)

Yan Xu frowned, “You don’t look hungry? Looks like you don’t need to eat.”

Only then did Ye Mu obediently eat. “I can only eat if I’m hungry? What logic is that…” she grumbled under her breath.

Just as Ye Mu gave up on communicating with this blockhead, Yan Xu put down his chopsticks a second time and asked in a low voice, “Do you know the Yue country’s tradition of ascending the throne?”

Ye Mu was completely confused and simply answered, “I don’t know.”

Yan Xu’s expression was somewhat serious. “In the Yue country, only by receiving the recognition of the founder of the country will the new emperor have the qualifications to succeed the throne.”

Ye Mu raised her eyebrows in confusion, “The royal ancestor? How many years has it been since the country was established? How could they get recognized by him? Are they going to summon this old man’s soul?”

Yan Xu glared at her.

“When the Yue country was established, the founding emperor left behind a sacred bone before his death. In order to ensure the purity of the bloodline, the ancestral ceremony must first be held once the new Emperor ascends the throne.”

He continued, “The most important part of the ceremony is to bind the ancestors to this new emperor, so as to not allow the imperial clan to be tainted by those of improper blood.”

But before he could finish, Ye Mu had waved her hands in dismissal. “It’s fine. This time, there’s no need for that. Your Qi family’s era has already ended!”

Although Ye Li did not use Yan Xu, he was already able to obtain the forbidden map of the imperial army. Furthermore, he has a mountain of treasures at his fingertips…

“Um…what I said was only the cold truth…you want to take a step abck from ascending the throne—isn’t a drop of blood for this bone ritual just a little scary?” and then her eyes suddenly shone in understanding, “….unless don’t have the royal bloodline.”

After she finished speaking, she smiled satisfied with her logic. But upon seeing Yan Xu’s already grave expression turn even darker than before, Ye Mu’s expression changed!

She laughed dryly, “It can’t be what I said was right…right?”

Did your mom really cheat on your father emperor?!

Yan Xu did not say anything. Back then, his father emperor suspected that his mother had a secret son with another man, which was why he had tried to kill him in rage. Later on, his mother’s family helped his mother turn the tables on him, but the truth was, he really did not possess a drop of the royal drop!

Before his mother died, she knew that the matter would be exposed sooner or later, so she had secretly told him the truth.

Her mother said, that before she got married to the emperor, she was already in love with another man—her gigolo. And it wasn’t an unrequited love; they had truly fallen in love with each other. Even when they died together, they were not afraid. The only worry was… their son.

If she died, how lonely would her son be in this world, left all alone?

When he knew this truth, Yan Xu suddenly didn’t feel ashamed for his bloodline. Only, he pitied his mother’s unfortunate life. He also didn’t expect that to this fateful day, his bloodline would actually serve as his greatest natural danger!

If his blood is rejected in the bone ritual, even if he washed the imperial court in his blood, it would still be hard for him to become the emperor.

The corners of Ye Mu’s mouth twitched. They were only supposed to have a meal, why of the sudden did a plot twist develop?!

“You’re just afraid to shed some blood. That’s all, haha!” Ye Mu patted her chest comfortingly and said, “Such a tradition doesn’t really exist. Don’t overthink things, it doesn’t matter whose blood it is. Really!”

Yan Xu merely sneered, “Are you joking?”

“As recorded in the History of the Southern Dynasties, the former emperor, Liang Wu had a son named Xiao Zong. His mother, Wu Shuyuan, was actually an imperial concubine of the Qi palace. Because she was pretty and talented, the Emperor Liang Wu had taken a fancy to her and took her as his own. She gave birth to Xiao Zong in the seventh month after entering the palace.

Everyone in the palace suspected that Xiao Zong was not a child borne from the emperor. Therefore, when he grew up, he had gone to dig up the tombs of the former Emperor. He dug up the corpse and dripped his own blood to drip onto the skeleton. In the end, his blood really seeped into the bones…now, tell me, is this not true?”