“I happened to get it from Heichi Gu,” Zu An said, counting his blessings.

Fortunately, back then, he had seen that not even the White Lotus Flame could burn the key, and thus put it away. He hadn’t expected it to just happen to be of use here. It really was too much of a coincidence, as if a pair of invisible hands had prompted Zu An into doing all that.

“The Heichi Clan really were double-crossing bastards!” the Fiend Emperor exclaimed with an ugly expression. The Imperial Palace’s treasury had been entrusted to the Heichi clan to oversee. If something from the treasury had appeared in Heichi Gu’s possession, what else could it be but embezzlement?

The Golden Crow Crown Prince was alarmed. The Heichi clan was his maternal uncle’s family, which should have been his most secure ally and shield. From his perspective even though the Heichi clan was a bit greedy, compared...