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Qin Beifeng couldn't fathom why the words "among the Great Chu royal family" would come from Cheng Guang's mouth.

What puzzled Qin Beifeng even more, was how Cheng Guang knew there were other figures lurking behind him.

Bewilderment, shock, astonishment.

All sorts of emotions surged in Qin Beifeng's heart at this moment.

Qin Beifeng slightly opened his mouth, looked at Cheng Guang, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

After a long silence,

He then slowly began to speak again, "I don't understand what the Princely Heir is talking about."

Qin Beifeng immediately wanted to bluff his way through.

In his view, Great Chu had been destroyed many years ago, and not much news had surfaced about the surviving members of Great Chu in all those years; probably Cheng Guang was just guessing.

Therefore, after a brief shock, Qin Beifeng suppressed all the complex emotions in his heart.

Seeing Qin Beifeng react in such a manner, Cheng Guang wasn't too surprised; if Qin Beifeng had immediately admitted that there were indeed other people behind him, and among those people were members of the Great Chu royal family, that would have been truly bizarre.

Cheng Guang smiled slightly, without delving deeper.

Instead, he asked out of curiosity,

"Mr. Qin, back when you were one of the Great Chu's hundred generals, I wonder if you ever saw the Great Chu Emperor or the Great Chu Empress."

When Qin Beifeng heard Cheng Guang ask this, his eyes lifted slightly to look at Cheng Guang, and even he couldn't make out Cheng Guang's intent at this point.

But because of what Cheng Guang had just said, Qin Beifeng still became somewhat wary of him.

"The Emperor and the Empress are not so easily seen; in the presence of the Emperor, we, the hundred generals, dare not look up directly, and have only seen the Emperor's face in portraits."

"As for the Empress, she made even fewer appearances, and there are pitifully few portraits of her. It is only said that the Empress was the most beautiful woman in Great Chu, and like most people in the world, they have only heard of her name but have never seen her in person."

Listening to these words, Cheng Guang felt something strange in his heart.

He had always found it peculiar.

His appearance combined the best traits of both the Great Chu Emperor and the Great Chu Empress's features, and anyone with discerning eyes could notice the resemblance to the former Great Chu Emperor and Empress upon closer inspection.

Yet, all these days, almost no one had recognized him, nor had anyone linked his appearance to that of the former Great Chu Emperor.

Later, Cheng Guang found that his resemblance to the Great Chu Emperor was not significant, but he bore a striking resemblance to the Great Chu Empress.

Even so, it was unreasonable that no one became suspicious about his appearance.

Even Qin Beifeng, a former Great Chu general, hadn't noticed anything unusual about his appearance and hadn't connected him to the Great Chu royal family at all.

It was quite preposterous.

Only now did Cheng Guang realize that the Great Chu Empress made very few public appearances back then, and there weren't many portraits of her.

Even though he resembled the Great Chu Empress, there weren't many who could recognize him; naturally, no one would link him to the Great Chu Emperor.

Cheng Guang sighed, feeling a bit relieved yet also a bit disappointed.

The relief came from the fact that the Great Chu Empress rarely showed her face, and few people knew of her appearance, so his looks did not bring disaster upon him.

The disappointment came because now, if he wanted to make use of Qin Beifeng to find the remnants of Great Chu, it would take extra effort.
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Qin Beifeng would not easily agree to lead him to those behind him.

It seemed he could only attempt to make a deal for now.

With this thought in mind, Cheng Guang turned to Qin Beifeng and said, "Mr. Qin, I can save you, but I have only one request – you must take me to meet the person behind you."

As these words came out, Qin Beifeng's expression changed slightly, his immediate reaction was to shake his head in refusal, but then he quickly remembered his earlier statement claiming ignorance of what Cheng Guang was talking about, so he abruptly stopped the motion, returning his expression to normal.

Qin Beifeng wore a bitter look.

"The Princely Heir is joking, I don't have anyone behind the scenes."

"The Princely Heir has no need to save me."

In response to Cheng Guang's reaction, Cheng Guang was not particularly surprised but merely laughed again, "Mr. Qin, you may not value your own life right now, but someone will certainly value it."

"What do you think, if I spread the word that you will be executed in a few days, would the person behind you come to save you when they hear the news?"

"By then, we might as well stage an act of luring the tiger out of the mountain..."

Before Cheng Guang could finish, the composure Qin Beifeng just had was instantly difficult to maintain, looking unbelievably at the smiling and distinguished Duke of the State's Heir before him.

Clearly, he had not anticipated that Cheng Guang could be so shameless.

Cheng Guang exuded such confidence, as if he was certain that there were other people behind Qin Beifeng.

Why could this Duke of the State's Heir know about this?

Qin Beifeng didn't understand, was baffled, and at the same time, a sense of powerlessness arose.

If Cheng Guang were to indeed spread the news of his execution, the person who heard the news would, despite others' objections, try to save him.

By then, if that person's identity were exposed, the World Royal Family would not ignore it.

If they could join forces to cut the roots of Great Chu in the past, they would not leave a glimmer of hope for Great Chu today.

Qin Beifeng's expression became extremely complex, conflicted; in his eyes that looked at Cheng Guang, there was also an endless chill and anger.

Cheng Guang threatened him in such a way, holding a clear advantage, not worried at all that Qin Beifeng might disregard the matter.