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Yue Hongling was not about to be trapped by such words so easily. She simply smiled, and when she answered, her tone was light and unbothered. “I’m just a wandering swordswoman. I don’t want to be involved in power struggles. As long as the outside invaders are kept at bay, I don’t care whether it’s someone surnamed Xia or surnamed Li ruling the divine land. If I stay here, it will just be to have a drink at my senior brother’s wedding.”
Yue Fenghua sighed. “Hongling, when war comes and innocent people suffer, can you really just stand by and do nothing?”
“If soldiers start harming the common people, then I’ll step in,” Yue Hongling replied. She paused briefly, then added with a half-smile, “That includes the Li Clan, if they cross into Guandong.”
Yue Fenghua was momentarily speechless. He exchanged a look with Wei Changming, but neither of them seemed to know what to say.
Unless he ordered her as her master, there was no way to force her to take a side. But could he really do that?
Beforehand, he had thought of ways to use his authority as her master, even testing whether she still respected him after all these years. The answer was clear: she did. But once she stood up, everything changed.
She was no longer the young girl from years ago. She was now a...
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