When she sensed the bone-piercing chill of the Soul Reaping Chains and all of her cultivation being sealed, Zhao Xiaodie finally reacted. She struggled frantically and said, “No, there has to be some kind of misunderstanding here! How could father possibly do something like that? Ninth Grandpa, there must be a mistake somewhere!”

After all, her father was practically number two in the entire empire, as well as the one who had the highest chance of succeeding the imperial throne. The emperor was already close to heaven and man deterioration, so why would he take such a risk and do something like that?

Furthermore, even if he really would do such a thing, he would definitely only carry out such a plan when it was absolutely safe. How could this kind of situation possibly appear?

King Yan scowled and said, “This is how things are. Xiaodie, you just need to cooperate with the investigation.”

“No, I want to see my father!” Zhao Xiaodie exclaimed in shock.

King Yan didn’t reply. He waved his hand, gesturing for his subordinates to bring her away. He didn’t give her a chance to...