When Lord Zhao proactively asked that question, the Second Prison Warden was already prepared.
He seemed to pause slightly, then said in sudden realization, "That does seem to meet the requirements, doesn't it?"
The way he said it made it sound as though he had only remembered the matter after Lord Zhao reminded him.
Lord Zhao automatically ignored his act and said seriously, "How about, after the wedding banquet ends, our three families hold a closed-door discussion about the three-family war? My elder brother has a proposal concerning this matter. Since Zhou Tianzhou happens to be here as well, we can explain it face-to-face."
"Closed-door?" The Second Prison Warden truly had not expected her to have other ideas of her own. Since she had brought it up, and his preparations for Li Tianming's participation were complete, he casually replied, "No problem. Everything can be discussed."
Hearing that answer, Lord Zhao smiled faintly and returned to her seat.
The Second Prison Warden then sent someone to inform the Zhou family of her proposal. It was only a matter of leaving later, so Zhou Tianzhou naturally had no objections. At this point, he was here as a pillar holding up the Lineage, not as a junior.
Next, the wedding banquet ended. The various guests had eaten and drunk their fill, and with nothing else to do, they gradually departed. Yuan Hao's Northern Prince had long since achieved his purpose in attending this wedding banquet, so he left rather early.
The Zhou family and the Zhao family, however, remained behind.
Normally, people assumed they would leave first, so they could not help but feel puzzled... but all they could do was wonder.
In the end, the only ones who had not departed were those two families, along with Tai Yu's Seventeenth Prince and