Shangguan Xi understood. Because his younger sister, Shangguan Qing, was missing and had fallen into unknown hands, if the Chiyou Ring were to fall into the hands of that same person, and that person happened by coincidence to make his sister use the Chiyou Ring, it would spell utter catastrophe for the Li Kingdom.
Emperor Kangwu had spoken to him about this not merely to dissuade him from being misled by the old saying, "He who obtains the Holy Maiden obtains the realm."
Rather, he was telling him that compared to searching for Shangguan Qing, searching for the white jade ring was far more urgent.
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