Once the immense energy contained within the King of Ten Thousand Phoenixes and the True Dragon Seal was accepted, being chased and tricked by the Palace Lord of the Boundless Palace didn't seem so unfair anymore.
After all, in the end, she had gained a great advantage!
Liu Xunran seemed to sense her thoughts. He sighed and still offered a reminder.
"The King of Ten Thousand Phoenixes and the True Dragon Seal are now in your hands. This is both good and bad.
Although the items belong to you, and I have no right to interfere with whether you use them or not.
But as someone who understands these two items relatively well, I still advise you to keep them safe and to avoid using them if possible."
Fearing that Lu Qingwan was too young and reckless, he solemnly reminded her.
"Once these two items appear, they will bring a catastrophe that everyone in all the realms you know will hardly escape."
Lu Qingwan doubted this, as history's most frequent mention of Empress Qing Huang was that she was the only one to unify the entire continent.
Unprecedented, and without successor.
How could the power she left behind be simple?
"Tsk, so troublesome!"
Lu Qingwan casually put away the three items.
Seeing her displeasure, Liu Xunran initiated a new topic, "Now that we can confirm she is not your mother at all, how do you plan to deal with her?"
His own daughter being possessed by someone else made Liu Xunran grind his teeth in hatred.
But he remembered Lu Qingwan was young and needed an outlet for her pent-up emotions, so he reluctantly decided to let Lu Qingwan handle the imposter.
Lu Qingwan's return to the Reincarnation Hall this time was specifically for this imposter.
It was just that she hadn't expected Liu Hanyan to be an imposter at first; she merely wanted Liu Xunran to make a clear choice between the two.
Now that her birth mother had turned out to be an imposter, although the situation had become more troublesome overall, it was actually easier to deal with at the Reincarnation Hall.
Answering Liu Xunran's question, she said without hesitation, "When she wakes up, she won't remember that we interrogated her. You can find a way to fool her and let her go back.
Consider it my daughterly request to you for her unfair treatment.
She knows what she has done and my way of handling things.
With this flimsy mother-daughter relationship, she won't suspect anything."
Lu Qingwan had already anticipated the imposter's reaction, but Liu Xunran was shocked.
"Just letting her go?"
Lu Qingwan said that Liu Hanyan understood her methods, but he understood Lu Qingwan's methods even better.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her vengeful. When had she become so magnanimous?
"Letting her go is naturally impossible. A mirror needs to be cleaned to be clear, and a scoundrel needs to be beaten.
But isn't she still using your daughter's body?
Although I think your daughter, if she returned, would probably find this body dirty, what if she truly returns in spirit? We must give her a place to reside, right?"
Liu Xunran was stunned.
He had always thought Lu Qingwan despised, even resented, Liu Hanyan.
But it turned out she was willing to endure the imposter causing so much trouble and continue to be around just so that the real Liu Hanyan could return?
Just as he was feeling touched, he heard Lu Qingwan calmly analyze, "The mysterious princess of the Boundless Palace had Qi Shuying possess your mother because she coveted her identity.
After all the effort to have her return to find the Blood Crow Token and disrupt the political order of various countries, her goal must be more than just the Blood Crow Token.
If we keep her, she will eventually reveal some flaws."
Liu Xunran's old heart instantly felt ice-cold.
He had indeed not misjudged her; this little grandniece truly had no heart.
Lu Qingwan continued to make her final judgment mercilessly, "If we kill her, her unfinished business will remain. The princess of the Boundless Palace will send another unfamiliar face.
All the actions we took against her before will have to be redone, and it's not even certain we'll achieve the same results. It's too troublesome."
Liu Xunran: ...
Although his heart was cold, he had to admit that Lu Qingwan made sense.
Moreover, the thought that Lu Qingwan was keeping Qi Shuying partly because of Liu Hanyan filled the Hall Master with immense satisfaction.
"I will handle Qi Shuying. What are your plans next?"
He wanted to ask Lu Qingwan to stay at the Reincarnation Hall for a while, but he also knew Lu Qingwan was busy during this period, so he asked tentatively.
Lu Qingwan didn't notice Liu Xunran's cautious probe and merely responded to his question.
"I originally thought I would have to fight a major battle here with her at least. Since we don't need to fight now, it's a good time to handle some matters here."
After speaking, she had a sudden idea, "By the way, the Reincarnation Hall has been in Cangwu City for so long, you must be very familiar with the royal family of Ancient Nanzhao, right?"
Liu Xunran was bewildered, "More or less?
As you know their way of handling things, the Reincarnation Hall has always disdained those who use medical skills for evil, so we rarely interact with them."
Lu Qingwan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
But soon, Liu Xunran's words took a sharp turn.
"However, the royal family of Ancient Nanzhao became a bit arrogant during their peak and wanted the Reincarnation Hall to serve them. Thus, there was a brief confrontation, and we learned some things.
Do you need it?
If so, I'll have someone bring you the information on the royal family of Ancient Nanzhao."
This was exactly what she needed!
Lu Qingwan didn't hesitate to nod, "Then I'll trouble you."
Liu Xunran gestured to Cheng Yi, who responded and withdrew to find what Lu Qingwan needed.
Lu Qingwan, with twinkling eyes, asked nosily, "You mentioned earlier that the Reincarnation Hall had a brief confrontation with the royal family of Ancient Nanzhao. May I ask what the outcome was?"
Liu Xunran raised his eyebrows casually, "The Reincarnation Hall is still here, and 'Ancient' has been added as a prefix to Nanzhao Country. Isn't that outcome obvious enough?"
Lu Qingwan: ...
"So the royal family of Ancient Nanzhao, out of their own arrogance, wanted to capture you to work for them, and you directly annihilated their kingdom?"
Although "Heaven's Chill and the King's Ruin" sounds very domineering, it feels a bit unrealistic?
Is this the real-life version of "Heaven's Chill and the King's Ruin" today?
Liu Xunran did not deny the seemingly exaggerated speculation. After twenty years, he said earnestly and helplessly, "It was not that the Reincarnation Hall bullied others with its power, but that they went too far.
As a royal family of a kingdom, they should be responsible for the life and well-being of their people.
But in order to expand their territory, they placed a curse on more than half of their citizens and then ordered them to search for the Reincarnation Hall everywhere."
Lu Qingwan clicked her tongue in amazement, "A war involving the entire populace? So, did they find you later?"
"Naturally, they did not."
Liu Xunran's tone was inexplicably proud and disdainful.
"The Reincarnation Hall hid within the defensive formations and could not be found. However, after failing to recruit us, they began to act evilly in the name of the Reincarnation Hall.
During that period, the reputation of the Reincarnation Hall was ruined among the common people. Just the name 'Reincarnation Hall' could stop children from crying at night, and the people were full of complaints.
The existence of the Reincarnation Hall was for its members to live freely. How could they tolerate such injustice?"