The truth about Hongzhuang's broken dantian

"After I left, I also inquired about the Lan family," Emperor Beichen slowly spoke.

Upon hearing this, a hint of seriousness appeared on Baili Hongzhuang's pure and beautiful face. "What did you find out?"

The jade pendant was her only proof of identity. Ever since she learned that she was not Baili Zhentian's biological daughter, she had always worn the jade pendant around her neck.

She also wanted to understand her own background.

Emperor Beichen pursed his lips slightly, his eyes revealing a touch of heaviness. "The Lan family has kept the information sealed tightly. I sent people to inquire, but the members of the Lan family have remained silent about it."

"However, it has been confirmed that there was a falling out between Lan Yunxiao and the family back then, and... it happened fifteen years ago!"

As these words were spoken, Baili Hongzhuang's expression changed. The timing matched, and coupled with the matter of the jade pendant, if nothing unexpected happened in between, this was likely her true background.

"Have you found out why Lan Yunxiao turned against the family back then?" Baili Hongzhuang asked in confusion. Since Lan Yunxiao was the most favored youngest son of the Lan family's patriarch and had a high possibility of becoming the next successor, he shouldn't have had a reason to go against the family, right?

Emperor Beichen looked at Baili Hongzhuang with a complex expression. "I have also heard some information about this. It seems that Lan Yunxiao turned against the family because of you."

Baili Hongzhuang was startled. "Because of me?"

Emperor Beichen nodded. "Yes."

"The information about this matter has been kept very secretive. Even though I've made numerous inquiries, I only managed to piece together fragments of information. But from what I gathered, I have a general understanding."

"Do you remember your Dantian being shattered?" Emperor Beichen asked.

A flicker of turbulence appeared in Baili Hongzhuang's deep eyes as her gaze slightly hardened. "Are you implying that Lan Yunxiao turned against the family because my Dantian was shattered? Could it be that my Dantian... was deliberately damaged?"

When this conjecture arose in Baili Hongzhuang's mind, her gaze instantly turned sharp.

All along, she had believed that her Dantian was shattered due to a congenital reason. After all, there were countless peculiar things in the world. Although it was rare for a newborn's Dantian to be shattered, it was not unheard of.

But if all of this was deliberate, then all the suffering she had endured in the past fifteen years was completely caused by the other party!

"That possibility is quite high," Emperor Beichen's expression grew slightly grim and inscrutable. "Because of that, Lan Yunxiao left the Lan family with his wife and daughter."

"In that case, the person who destroyed my Dantian was someone from the Lan family?" Baili Hongzhuang's intelligence was exceptional. Although Emperor Beichen didn't explicitly say it, she had already analyzed the general situation.

If this was indeed the truth, then she undoubtedly carried a deep-seated hatred!

"I haven't found out the specifics of what happened. This matter is evidently the Lan family's highest secret, but I will continue to investigate," Emperor Beichen said.

Baili Hongzhuang nodded lightly. Given Lan Yunxiao's position in the Lan family, the person who wanted to harm her must be someone of high status within the Lan family.

Moreover, for a prestigious cultivation family like the Lan family, a newborn child being harmed was no less than a major scandal. It was likely that all the members of the Lan family kept silent about it, afraid to speak rashly.