Duanmu Lian paced back and forth. "How is this possible? We haven't provoked the Great Yan Royal Family in the slightest!"
"Imperial Experts only ever protect important members of the Royal Family. Why would they attack us?"
Duanmu Lian sank into deep thought.
Just then.
A message delivered by a Light Talisman arrived at the front desk of the Drunken Flower Tower.
"What?"
Duanmu Lian crushed the Light Talisman. A surprised look crossed his face as he processed the crucial information within.
'The Crown Prince is bringing men to my Drunken Flower Tower?'
He hurriedly sent a telepathic message to his subordinates, urging them:
"You must entertain him properly. Do not slight him in any way whatsoever!"
...
「In the Imperial Capital.」
Rumors about the Great Nether Empress were flying wildly.
Some speculated that the Empress had become furious after learning that the Great Yan had rejected her proposal for a marriage alliance.
Others theorized.
