Darryl pondered that as he stopped smiling. He looked at the Empress and said, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. Yang Jian may be a gentleman on the surface, but he is a cunning and despicable villain. If you hand this royal jade seal to him, he will only agree to your conditions verbally, but he will never honor his words after he gains control over the South Cloud World."

As soon as Emperor Hou Yi died, Yang Jian had usurped the throne almost immediately and proclaimed himself the next Emperor. H