The Father Runs Into Trouble While His Kid Runs Into Me

Nan Junfei was lying on the ground gasping for air: "Your highness… you saw through me long ago……"

"It wasn't hard."

The emperor tossed his crossbow aside and placed his hand behind his back. The emperor's hands were still shaking in the darkness. Thorn-tears had truly sealed his qi. He tried to mould energy multiple times, but that only caused Thorn-tears to penetrate deeper within. His hands and feet were numb, leaving him powerless while he felt a sharp stinging pain in his dantian every now and then. It took him everything he had to fire the crossbow.

Though Shen Yiren tried to help everyone neutralise the poison, the only person she didn't dare to give hemlock poison to was the emperor. For her, the emperor wasn't just her respected and beloved uncle, but also the foundation of a vassal's loyalty. As such, poisoning the emperor without careful deliberation was not something she could do, even if it was a matter of expediency.

As a result, the emperor was in a horrible condition and was only bluffing as best as he could to hide the fact from Nan Junfei.

"I stopped trusting everyone the moment Cheng'er launched his revolt. Anyone could've been Cheng'er's men so I came up with a method to determine if the person in question could be trusted. Those who mentioned the three words 'imperial jade seal' were moles, no questions asked. Not only did you repeatedly mention it, you even showed your urgency on your face. That's when I started paying attention. I continued to repetitively mention Cheng'er's operation today. You and I were both poisoned and both in peril, but you were very calm. And you had so much to say when analysing his plan, which is completely contradictory to your usual self that speaks very little."

"I can't believe I revealed myself like that……"

"The League of Assassins must've grown a few more guts to dare and come invade my imperial palace. Yet they only sent small-timers like the Black Winds Thirteen Wings. There's no way Cheng'er could've relied on them alone to attack the imperial palace. I felt something was wrong long ago. I just happened to not be able to figure it out until I saw that Qilin Guard, Jiao Meng with formidable skills. His palm strikes were incredibly powerful and shocking. He stood out to me particularly when he defeated my skilled fighters around me alone like a man who established his magnanimity in a wave. That reminded me of a style. The style counters variations by not varying the users techniques, drawing out fights with stamina, and focusing on brute strength as its core element. That style is called Fu Xiang Divine Palms."

The corner of Nan Junfei's eye twitched a little after what he heard so the emperor knew his guess was right. The emperor then continued: "The cultivation and execution is extremely similar to what Jiao Meng used. So it was strange, because according to what I know, Fu Xiang Divine Palms is a style that originates from South Xinjiang. If it was being used in the Central Plains, then only one person would be using it. That would be Fu Xiang, an assassin who made a name for himself in the north."

The emperor then got angrier and he raised his voice: "Kuang Tian, Fu Xiang, Yu Ye, Zhong Ning! God damn Yu Ye, Zhong Ning, Nan Junfei. I underestimated you. Mystery was a group that rose to prominence in the last six to seven years while you had entered the palace long before Mystery appeared. I thought you were just more regulated and disciplined when I saw how you were usually very careful in the palace as though you were afraid of making mistakes. I never thought that it was all a cover for your real identity as an assassin!"

"In the past, my alias was Yu Ye of the Southern Sky. The two words, Yu Ye were taken from that alias of mine after I became an assassin." Nan Junfei lay on the ground like a mouldy-old prawn. He smiled helplessly and added: "But that's not the reason. I'm certain that you weren't suspicious of me before you entered the imperial study. At least, I'm not entirely sure."

"You're right. I had no way of confirming your stance after I entered so I stayed here to watch you. You barged in claiming enemies had come. You can trick people with your voice, but not your eyes. Your two sly-snake eyes were scanning the room the entire time like a dog searching for its prey! Is there any need to say what you were thinking at that point?"

"I see now…… You are most certainly wise, your highness. Not even such small actions could escape your eyes. To be honest, I was not deliberately trying to be careful. It was just that I had to be careful in fro