Within the Ascension Celestial Palace, a long silence fell once more.
The Chu Emperor, Prince Liang, Prince Chen, and the Third Prince... The four wore different expressions, their eyes gleaming slyly, as though four old foxes were playing the same game of chess, all pointing at a single piece on the board.
"Now this is getting interesting."
"Even Prince Liang is joining in."
"The Third Prince requested that either Princess Miao Feng or Princess Xiang Xian be betrothed to Lin Bai, but Prince Chen rejected it on the grounds that the two princesses lacked sufficient martial talent and were unworthy of Lin Bai."
"But now Prince Liang's two beloved daughters, the two Princesses, Chu Tinghan and Chu Tingxue, are peerless beauties in Chu State when it comes to looks, among the very few of their generation when it comes to talent, and beloved daughters of the most powerful prince and Army King in all of Chu State when it comes to family background."
"This time... Prince Chen probably won't be able to find a reason to refuse, will he?"
"..."
"But then again, whether Wolf Marquis marries Chu Tinghan or Chu Tingxue, it would be a match made in heaven."
"Exactly. One is the most promising rising star of Chu State's current generation, while the other is the beloved daughter of the most powerful prince in Chu State. However you look at it... they're perfectly matched."
"..."
Within the deathly silent Ascension Celestial Palace, although the ancestors and elders of the various Lineages and sects did not speak, their hearts were churning with countless thoughts.
They kept watching the "undercurrents surging" within the Ascension Celestial Palace, while each of them made their own calculations.
"The Third Prince wants to betroth Miao Feng and Xiang Xian to Lin Bai. It looks