Murong Yu’s hand, hidden in her sleeve, clenched involuntarily.
She no longer hated him, she had promised her son she wouldn't dwell on the past.
Yet, the mere thought of Long Xiyue, the memory of those two figures, still caused her heart to ache so deeply.
“So, you killed Long Xiyue?”
“No!” Murong Yu interrupted Long Xinghe, clearly still agitated.
But as her gaze fell upon Feng Wuya, the agitation slowly subsided.
“However, I did injure Long Xiyue back then.”
“A’li said Long Xiyue was forced off the cliff after being bitten by a drug-infused person and poisoned.”
Long Xinghe took a step forward. Although she was Feng Wuya’s mother, if she was one of the masterminds behind the drug-infused soldier corps, she wouldn’t be on Chu Qianli’s side and wouldn’t let her off easily.
Feng Wuya looked uneasy and quickly explained, “Although the drug-infused soldier corps back then was related to her, she hasn’t been involved in worldly affairs for over ten years. The matters of the drug-infused soldier corps now have nothing to do with my mother.”
“That’s right, a portion of the drug-infused soldier corps back then was founded by me.”
Murong Yu knew her sins were grave, and this was not a confession.
After all, she had been repenting for many years.
“At the time, I unintentionally discovered Long Xiyue’s identity as a princess of the Longteng Kingdom. I’m afraid even my junior fellow disciple didn’t know this.”
“I was already jealous of Long Xiyue, and knowing this made me hate her even more, yet I also knew I could never compare to her.”
“To surpass her, I secretly practiced my master’s forbidden techniques. When discovered, I was expelled from the mountain by my master.”
“Before leaving, I also stole my master’s poison cultivation manual. My drug-infused soldier corps, in the beginning, was solely to deal with Long Xiyue.”
“Impossible,” Long Xinghe had researched the history of the drug-infused soldier corps extensively. “The drug-infused soldier corps existed long before, and not only in Beiming, but also in Longteng.”
“That was another drug-infused soldier corps, which is why I said the drug-infused soldier corps is not as simple as you see it.”
“Initially, I only trained a batch of drug-infused people to deal with Long Xiyue. Back then, they were called ‘beastmen’.”
Long Xinghe’s heart tightened. She hadn’t expected that there would be several branches of the drug-infused soldier corps from that time, not belonging to the same organization at all.
Murong Yu continued, “At that time, I was blinded by infatuation. Because I was too heartbroken, when I met the current Emperor, who was then Prince Jing, I, being drunk, did something I would forever regret.”
“Later, when Wuya was born, I sent Wuya into the palace. Afterward, I devoted myself entirely to training drug-infused people, intending to deal with Long Xiyue.”
“But I never expected that before I could make a move, a political upheaval occurred in the Longteng Kingdom. Even less did I expect that Long Xiyue, when she had nowhere to turn, would come to the Imperial City of Beiming.”
“I injured Long Xiyue, but my drug-infused people didn’t get a chance to act before she suddenly died.”
“If I hadn’t ambushed and injured her, with Long Xiyue’s martial arts, she wouldn’t have been so easily defeated.”
Murong Yu let out a long sigh and closed her eyes tightly. “Regardless, Long Xiyue’s death is inseparable from me. I… am indeed guilty.”
Her gaze fell upon Feng Wuya again.
Her eyes were very gentle.
At this moment, her heart had completely calmed down.
“After Long Xiyue died, I suddenly realized I had no pursuit in life. I didn’t know what meaning there was for me to continue living.”