Blossoming Affection

"I know that you didn't orchestrate this poison attack on me," Zhan Sheng said. "Our bond runs deeper than baseless accusations, but we cannot afford to ignore the threat that looms over us. Someone sought to expose the existence of the purifying bone within your body."

"What?"

Zhan Sheng thought about his response for several minutes but this was the only thing to make sense. Zi Yin and Zhan Sheng were husband and wife, and even though Zi Yin was part of the Heavenly Orchard Sect, through marriage alliances could be forged. Zi Wang saw that it would be useless now to try to get his son back, especially with the rumors of a possible pregnancy going around. It's possible he gave up entirely and decided to see how the situation would play out, but continued with the Emperor's orders and attacked them ruthlessly.

But Emperor Gong Yijun wasn't so patient.