Chapter 58: Collusion
Word Number:183
Author:青色晨光
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Release Time:2025-10-04
Yun Lian waited on Yu Qian carefully, knowing full well the bitterness and rage boiling in his heart. The discovery of that secret passage was like a sharp slap to his face, forcing him to recall the humiliation of his past—the darkest period of his life, a memory he had never been able to shake, even to this day. But this was an unchangeable fact. Yun Lian understood why Yu Qian had delayed making Yue Chen his empress after ascending the throne, and why he had immediately moved to destroy the Yue Marquis Mansion once he had seized real power. Yu Qian would never give his true heart to Yue Chen. Their relationship had begun with exploitation, and it would always be so. Even now, there were no open whispers of scandal in the court or the imperial capital—all because Yu Qian had dealt with the Yue Mansion so cruelly and ruthlessly that no one dared to speak out. Ever since Yu Qian had started associating with Yue Chen, he had been the target of gossip in the capital. People open