I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

"Yes, senior is right." Although still somewhat dejected, the mermaid princess quickly composed herself: "Now is indeed not the time to think about these things."

"The most important thing right now is to find Tuso."

Yun Qingyi nodded. "Since the Mermaid Emperor is here, I think he should also be in this palace."

"No..." The mermaid princess immediately denied it, "He's not here."

"Hmm?" Yun Qingyi was somewhat surprised. "Are you sure?"

The mermaid princess hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "I'm seventy percent sure."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi said, "I'll listen to you."

"Then please follow me, seniors." With that, the mermaid princess left the main hall and headed to the palace where Uncle Shang had initially led Yun Qingyi and the others.

Looking at the mermaid princess walking ahead, Yun Qingyi's eyes flickered, and she subconsciously looked at Yun Qingrou and Ji Zhaoze, only to find that they also had the same expression.

Without time to think, Yun Qingyi and the others returned to the familiar palace. Whether it was a thousand years ago or now, apart from the different decorations, it was as familiar as ever.

They watched as the mermaid princess entered the second room, pausing for only a few seconds before following her.

The room was clearly decorated with care; although not luxurious, it was quite cozy.

"You've arrived." Tuso looked at the newcomer and smiled slightly, then looked at Yun Qingyi and the others, "You're here too?" Although it was a question, there was no surprise in his eyes.

As expected, it was here. Yun Qingyi and the others thought to themselves, but why did the mermaid princess guess that Tu Suo was here so quickly? Did she know something or think of something?

"Tuso, I want an explanation," the mermaid princess said, looking at him expressionlessly.

Tuso smiled slightly: "My clever little princess, didn't you already guess?"

Seeing his calm demeanor, the mermaid princess gritted her teeth and suppressed her anger. "I guessed it, but I didn't guess it all. I want you to tell me the rest."

"Yes, that's right, I orchestrated all of this," Tuso said calmly.

Although Liangmeng had already guessed it when the Mermaid Emperor died, hearing him say it in person still made her body tremble slightly.

After a while, she calmed herself down and said, "Well, then what?"

“When you were a child in a forbidden area, they said they were going to imprison you, but they did it on purpose so you could hear it.”

Upon hearing this, the mermaid princess slightly widened her eyes.

"As for the rest, anything you suspect, I did it."

“I was the first to know that you entered the forbidden area through the teleportation array that day. I knew exactly when you entered the Ancient Sea territory and when you came out.”

"I guess you've seen Liang Jiao, haven't you? Actually, I also played a part in the fact that his soul was able to enter the Ancient Sea Territory so smoothly back then."

"Oh, by the way, everything your father did was under my control. After all, if he hadn't killed you, how could you have been so heartless as to kill him? You agree, right, Liangmeng?"

"Later, he should have died at your hands, right? His talent and ability should also be inside your body now."

After hearing this series of words, not only was the mermaid princess speechless for a moment with her eyes wide open, but Yun Qingyi and the others also felt a buzzing in their heads.

How can a person be so calculating?

Yun Qingyi realized once again the truth of the mermaid princess's previous assessment of Tu Suo's intelligence.

This is more than just cleverness; the ability to manipulate people without their knowledge is something that cannot be summarized in just two words.

And they even casually included them in their scheme.

Impressed.

The mermaid princess snapped out of her daze and looked at Tuso in disbelief: "What... what did you say? So you're saying that you started plotting from the moment you saw me?"

Tuso nodded slightly: "Yes, just as you thought."

"Why? Why did you do this?" The mermaid princess went through all the possible motives, but none of them fit his reason for doing so.

Tuso was not afraid of death; he knew this from the beginning, and no one knew it better than him.

She once thought he wanted power, but now that he's laid bare the whole truth, she realizes that's not what he truly wanted after all...

Just as the mermaid princess was lost in thought, Tuso raised his hand, his slender fingers gently stroking her delicate face.

His eyes held boundless love: "Because I fell in love with you at first sight."

"Ah Meng."