Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder - Chapter 404 - 404: Ch 404 - Changli

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As the eldest daughter of the old Dragon Emperor of the Great Dragon Dynasty, Qin Yune had spent years seething at the current state of the world.

Ten years ago, when the Western Region demon clans were in chaos, Yune, skilled in martial arts since childhood, was dispatched by the Emperor to quell the unrest. She crushed the various Western Region factions in under five years, earning the submission of rebel armies who crowned her the Qin Queen.

From that moment, the Qin Queen’s reputation echoed throughout the Western Region.

As the royal daughter with the purest Azure Dragon bloodline, Yune was born to lead armies. She trained in martial arts from childhood, her heroic brows and sharp eyes perfectly suited for military command. More importantly, her mother’s Azure Dragon clan naturally commanded deep support from Grand Tutor Lin’s mansion within the Great Dragon Dynasty.

Back then, the old Dragon Emperor had no sons and was dying from a grave illness. The next imperial succession passing to a royal daughter was set in stone.

Among all the princess sisters, Qin Queen held military hearts and commanded with an iron fist. She was clearly in the lead. Her only real competition came from two sisters: Yellow Dragon and Silver Dragon.

Compared to those two, Yune felt absolutely confident!

Of her sisters, Third Sister Yellow Dragon might have won the hearts of the Central Plains people and gained support from the Liu mansion, but she was essentially a bookworm. Introverted, scholarly, lacking any killer instinct. She would make a decent civil administrator, but as for imperial presence? She could not even compare to Yune, who had spent years fighting demons in the Western Region.

As for Second Sister Silver Dragon Shang Hua, while she had the cold authority to intimidate court officials, her aloof nature made her too lazy to engage with worldly competition. Obviously no match for someone as ambitious and outgoing as Yune.

Beyond that, there was the youngest, bottom-ranked White Dragon Jiang Nina…

Nina was even less of a threat. Not only was she young, but her mother was just a lowly human woman. Her bloodline was not as pure as the other princesses, and talent-wise, she had been a natural airhead since childhood. In the Dragon Palace, whenever she saw Yune, she basically served as a mascot to be patted on the head and have her cheeks pinched.

With this three-way split, who could have predicted… that the old Dragon Emperor would pass the throne to Nina on his deathbed!

Yune could never have dreamed of such a plot twist.

When the old Dragon Emperor died and Nina ascended the throne, Yune had been furious from day one.

She wanted to stage a military coup, but National Advisor and Teacher Changli was determined to nurture Nina. Changli controlled the imperial guard with the old Dragon Emperor’s personal dragon seal in her left hand, while her right hand held deep support from the Central Plains’ He mansion and court officials. Whether through reason or force, Yune was completely outmatched.

Yune lacked popular support. Even if she entered the Central Plains, she would not be able to maintain her position.

In that moment, Yune finally grasped the old Dragon Emperor and National Advisor’s far-sighted planning.

No matter how stupid Nina might be, her half-human bloodline alone was enough to rally the entire Central Plains human race behind her. Conversely, even with Yune’s control over Western Region military power, she had no choice but to submit to the Central Plains’ overwhelming momentum.

No choice…

Yune could only swallow her anger and return to the Western Region to wait for an opportunity.

She refused to believe that Nina, a naive young girl, could truly govern the entire Great Dragon Dynasty!

What a joke.

Current conditions were stable, the people could still support her based on bloodline.

But when real chaos descended, when cries of anguish filled the land and people could not make a living, would human and dragon bloodlines still matter? What mattered was whether the ruler had the ability to pacify the chaos!

And that? Yune excelled at exactly that!

When the time came, Yune, with her military power, would finally claim her rightful place!

Yune was eager to see how much longer Nina could keep her puppet empress position.

So these past two years in the Western Region had not been idle time for Yune.

She was building her strength, cultivating loyal subordinates and armies devoted to her, while expanding her influence from the Western Region toward the Central Plains…

And Yino was precisely a chess piece Yune had long valued on this board!

About five years ago, Yune received word in the Western Region that the He mansion had adopted an abandoned infant from the Western Region’s Phoenix clan.

Reportedly, this infant possessed half ancient phoenix bloodline and half human bloodline.

Yune’s instincts told her this infant’s background definitely held dark secrets!

If she could find leverage, Yune would have bargaining chips to negotiate with the He mansion.

So five years ago, Yune began investigating the origins of that young man from the He mansion.

But strangely, whether from the He mansion or throughout the Western Region, information about Yino seemed deliberately obscured by an invisible hand. No matter how Yune infiltrated, she could not uncover even a thread of intelligence about Yino’s deep background.

When Yune made official inquiries, the National Advisor refused to respond.

When she investigated secretly, Yino’s background was hidden flawlessly…

So Yune settled down and began two long-term fishing expeditions.

In court, Yune deliberately spread rumors about Yino’s suspicious bloodline.

In private, she constantly watched for opportunities to capture Yino.

About half a year ago, when Yune heard Yino had been sent to the Wuji Sect, she immediately felt alarmed. She figured the Grand Tutor’s mansion was worried about mounting rumors and feared keeping Yino at home would make court officials suspicious, so they simply sent him to the Wuji Sect.

With Yino’s useless physique, if he went to the Wuji Sect, he would surely disappear without a trace, making it impossible for Yune to find any leads.

No choice.

Yune could only continue waiting for opportunities.

Over these past six months, Yune’s emotions had been constantly fluctuating.

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