Calm Night

Jiang Ying Yue wished she could tell the Empress Dowager just how bad the idea of ruling any sort of Realm or sitting on any kind of throne sounded to her.

However, she realized that refusing Empress Dowager's theory meant that she (Ying Yue) had to either come up with another cover story or explain everything, and both these ideas didn't sound good to her. In the end, she just decided to go with the flow.

"Nevermind. I don't have any such plans, so you don't have to worry." She still ended up saying in her defense.

Thankfully, Empress Dowager didn't continue pressing on the matter and decided to pay attention to the important matter. "So, why did you go inside the Abyss of Truth and Answers? What were you looking for?"