Chapter 3100 — The One She Cared for Most
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"But, Mom could have just said, 'Threaten me again and I won't go—kill me and I still won't go!'" Gu Mengyao's temperament was utterly unlike Ye Rou'er's; this young lady was not so easy to push around!
"If your mother had a temperament like yours, then even if we never met, you two would probably be on the phone with each other all the time!" Gu Pengzhan said with a bitter smile.
"Right—Mom is in the Dark Night Palace now, so surely she failed to receive the inheritance, and that is why the Grand Elder came to me. Since Mom is in the Dark Night Palace, I can absolutely demand that she be allowed to come back and keep you company, Dad, and I will go to the Dark Night Palace instead—that way you won't be lonely." Gu Mengyao did not care whether her mother Ye Rou'er was an elder, or whether the Grand Elder still wanted to keep her in the Dark Night Palace; now that the thought had crossed her mind, she was determined to see it through.
In truth, the reason the Grand Elder had not used Gu Mengyao's mother as leverage before was simply that she did not want to let Ye Rou'er leave! Ye Rou'er was, after all, a skilled fighter of the early Heaven-rank, and for the Dark Night Palace, whose strength leaned toward the weaker side, that was a considerable asset!
Although Ye Rou'er had previously fallen out with her over her desire to kill Gu Pengzhan and Gu Mengyao, and had grown somewhat disheartened, so long as Gu Mengyao did not die and did go to the Dark Night Palace, the Grand Elder believed Ye Rou'er would be perfectly willing to go on serving the Dark Night Palace!
As for Wei Zhao, the Grand Elder did not dare kill him, for she had discovered that Gu Mengyao's temperament was completely different from Ye Rou'er's—at the slightest displeasure, she would threaten that she would rather die than go to the Dark Night Palace, which left the Grand Elder quite helpless.
Moreover, the Grand Elder valued Gu Mengyao far more than she valued Ye Rou'er. Whether Ye Rou'er could receive the inheritance depended entirely on luck, but Gu Mengyao—the purity of the Dark Phoenix bloodline within her body was enough to make one gasp. So long as Gu Mengyao went to the Dark Night Palace, she could receive the inheritance with absolute certainty—beyond any doubt!
So the Grand Elder had already decided that, to keep Gu Mengyao happy, upon returning to the Dark Night Palace she could restore Ye Rou'er's status as palace mistress, and then make Gu Mengyao the vice palace mistress. Of course, if Gu Mengyao truly did receive the inheritance smoothly, then making her the Grand Elder herself would be fine too!
That was the kind of person the Grand Elder was—for the sake of the sect, she would do anything at all, with no regard left for face or dignity.
As for Elder Li, he too could be given a share of power. So long as Gu Mengyao went willingly to receive the inheritance, anything was acceptable—even handing over all the power in the hands of the black-robed elder would be fine. The one precondition was that Gu Mengyao had to go receive the inheritance of her own free will.
Hearing Gu Mengyao's words, Gu Pengzhan was suddenly overcome with emotion. Could it be? Could Ye Rou'er really come back? For all these years, Gu Pengzhan had not passed a single moment without hoping that one day Ye Rou'er might return to his side—he dreamed of it constantly!
So at this very moment, Gu Pengzhan simply could not suppress his feelings; he sprang up from the sofa once more. "Yaoyao… your mother can come back?"
"Mm, I think if I use this as leverage, the Grand Elder should agree!" Though Gu Mengyao was not especially certain, at the very least it could serve as a bargaining chip; whether the Grand Elder released her or not would depend on her attitude and her mood.