Lin Bai left Prince Hong Estate just as dawn approached, yet the streets were still buzzing with voices.
The night market had not yet quieted down, and the morning market was already about to begin. That was a single day in the imperial capital of Chu.
"Alas!"
Lin Bai silently threaded through the sea of people, unable to stop himself from thinking of Princess Chenxian. How could he not understand why Princess Chenxian had called him to the rear courtyard?
It was just that Lin Bai felt there would be no good ending if this entanglement continued.
It would be better to withdraw in time, while neither Princess Chenxian nor he had fallen too deeply, lest they both end up battered and bruised.
"I've only just dealt with this matter, and now there's another headache."
Lin Bai could not help thinking of the matter concerning Prince Liang's Estate.
Princess Chenxian and he had a marriage engagement in name, but he and Chu Tinghan had truly become husband and wife.
Given Prince Liang's Estate's power, it naturally could not stand by and watch Chu Tinghan suffer such a great loss.
At dusk, Nie Shang saw off Xu Chunhai, the Holy Son of the Overturning Heavens Sect.
At dawn today, the Star Sect from the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain territory had departed, and at noon, the Worship Heaven Sect from the One Night Divine Sect territory had also bid farewell and left.
"So, you think that's what happened?" Nie Shang understood what Mo Nan meant. If the seven of them met again, there was a good chance it would be on the battlefield where they joined forces against the Northern Region.
Was Prince Liang's Estate planning to use the fact that Lin Bai and Chu Tinghan had consummated their marriage to force