I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 1232

Chapter 1232: Chapter 467: Empress: Assassinating the Emperor Is My Specialty! Treating the Princess’s Wounds!

"Regicide?!"

The Empress was stunned the moment she heard it.

The impact of those two characters was simply too great for her; for a while, she couldn’t even recover her wits.

Though she had never held much respect in her heart for Wu Lie as Emperor, and especially after being with Chen Mo, she had even harbored the dark thought: "If only he could pass away a bit sooner..."

She had never had, nor would she dare to have, the notion of "regicide."

After all, as the Empress, mother of the realm, her power itself came from Wu Lie. If she truly did such a thing, she would be challenging the entire nation’s ethical order; that was the sort of crime that would implicate ten clans and leave a curse of infamy for a thousand years!

"What, scared stupid?" Yu Youhan arched a brow.

The Empress snapped back to herself, glanced around somewhat flustered, and lowered her voice: "You actually dare to discuss such treasonous matters here in the heart of the Imperial Palace? If someone were to overhear, we’d be in serious trouble!"

"Relax. No matter how long Wu Lie’s arm is, it can’t reach Frozen Sky Palace." Yu Youhan spoke blandly. "You don’t need to be so tense. Today’s conversation passes from your mouth into my ears; not a third person will ever know."

The Empress knew the strength of the person before her, and her heart grew a bit calmer. She then frowned and said, "Back to the point—why do you want to do this? Aren’t you afraid of suffering backlash from the national destiny?"

All these years, Yu Youhan had kept her power hidden, leaving her heaven-piercing cultivation unused and relying only on factional struggles to reap benefits, precisely to avoid harming her Dao Foundation by taking a position "not rightfully earned."

Why had she suddenly changed her mind and decided to use such a crude method?

Yu Youhan’s expression looked a bit unnatural. "That’s not something you need to worry about. I have my own way to deal with it."

The Empress’s heart stirred, as though she had thought of something, but she did not lay it bare. Instead, she asked in puzzlement, "Even so, Wu Lie is seriously ill and doesn’t have many days left. All we need do is wait for him to pass on; why bother making an unnecessary move?"

"It’s precisely because he’s about to die that he’s all the more dangerous."

Yu Youhan recounted in full detail what had happened earlier.

"A sky-wide net, killing intent at every step. Though we still don’t know exactly how Wu Lie did it, what is certain is that the Secret Realm was a deadtrap prepared specially for Chen Mo."

"Even with three First Grade Grandmasters as guardians, plus Chu Yanli whose strength rivals an Ultimate Venerable, they still could not contend with it. If I hadn’t intervened in time, Chen Mo would likely already have had his Root Bone stripped away, his body destroyed and Dao extinguished!"

"From the very start, when he drove Chu Heng to collude with the Barbarian Tribe, to the explosion on the day of the grand sacrifice, and now to using heaven and earth as a grand formation to resurrect an Ancient Emperor... The closer he comes to death, the more frenzied Wu Lie’s actions become."

"We may have escaped this time, but can you guarantee that next time Chen Mo will be so lucky?"

"So we must strike first. Only by completely erasing him can I be at ease."

Yu Youhan rarely spoke so many words in one breath, especially in front of this sworn enemy of hers, which showed just how seriously she took this matter.

Perhaps the information was simply too much and hard to digest; the Empress lowered her delicate head and remained silent for a long time.

The air sank into a dead stillness.

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