Something was off.
After Ye Zhen learned that Changle had been summoned into the palace by Imperial Decree, he waited for her in Barbarian Spirit Hall. Yet as he waited, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt.
Founding Ancestor Ji Bang had only just returned after resurrection from the Imperial Clan's Small World. Faced with a Great Zhou riddled with holes and scars, he must have had a tangled skein of affairs demanding his attention.
With Ji Bang's return, there should have been countless matters to handle and arrangements to make. No matter how one looked at it, summoning Changle should not have been on his agenda—let alone summoning her first thing.
In terms of status, Changle's first identity was as a daughter of the late Emperor Ji Long, and currently Great Zhou's only imperial princess holding an important post and possessing considerable cultivation.
But before Founding Ancestor Ji Bang, that identity had no presence whatsoever.
Great Zhou had multiplied for so many years; who knew how many imperial descendants there were?
Changle's second identity was as Hall Master of Barbarian Spirit Hall under the Ancestral God Hall.
But the problem was that when Founding Ancestor Ji Bang returned after resurrection, Ye Zhen had personally seen the holy priests of the Ancestral God Hall whom he had summoned—there were several thousand of them.
Among those several thousand holy priests, who knew how many were former hall masters of the various halls of the Ancestral God Hall? There was absolutely no need to specially summon Changle at the first opportunity.
As for Changle's third identity, it was connected to Ye Zhen. Princess Changle of the Great Zhou Imperial Clan had married down to Ye Zhen, Duke of the State; this had long been known throughout the realm.