“Virtuous Niece, you’re overthinking it. Can the current Alliance do anything right now? The empress dowager is no longer around, Black-dress Lady is dead. It requires protection or outsiders will destroy it. We’re from the same lineage, this alliance is just right.” Ascension Sacred Lord smiled and shook his head.

“How shameless.” Jian Yunyun coldly remarked.

“That’s fine, I won’t force the issue. Hand the key over, out of consideration that we’re from the same branch, I will leave afterward.”...