'A Legacy?'
Seated within the carriage—which had once again started moving toward the palace, now only a few meters away—Mathili couldn't help but reflect on her situation.
She possessed a unique physique that nullified internal energy or any type of Qi, except for the one she herself wielded.
This condition, far from being an advantage, rendered her essentially mortal, as she was unable to cultivate Qi at all.
However, she had turned this very disadvantage into leverage against Princess Aleriana. Her true intention was to gather enough information to determine whether the princess truly deserved the Valen family's support.
Mathili had feigned pregnancy. With her Qi-nullifying physique, no cultivator could detect a child within her—since their energy simply wouldn't function on her body.
This gave her the confidence to lie, despite knowing full well that falsely claiming to be the spouse of a royal could lead to execution.
