First Meeting with the Crown Prince

Respectfully to Attendant Li:

It has been several days since we last met. As it happens, my humble residence has just acquired several rare treasures from Nanzhao.

Tonight, at the third quarter of the Xu hour, Listening Springs Pavilion at Su Estate awaits your presence.

Present this gold thread as proof. Once the gate is closed, no visitors will be received.

Su Yu bows

Staring at the indigo plain-silk invitation with gilt lettering in his hand, Li Yan furrowed his brows.

He had asked someone to help him, but he had not sought out the Golden Swallow Gate.

The reason was simple. The Golden Swallow Gate's methods were too wild. They made their living by matchmaking and brokering exchanges of interest, and inevitably provoked no small amount of trouble. Previously, when Ministry of Works official Lu Xun leaked secrets, the steward of Prince Zhao Qingxu's estate—who had long since defected to him—had set a trap. The Golden Swallow Gate had been the one to arrange the meeting.

Although they had also been kept in the dark, the trouble afterward had been considerable.

That was why, when Su Yu later came to ask him to plead with Luo MingZi and show mercy, he had agreed.

He had gained no benefits, yet trouble had come knocking first.

After that incident, Li Yan had no great desire to deal with the Golden Swallow Gate.

This time, he had no idea where the other party had gotten the news...

But after pondering for a while, Li Yan still decided to attend the appointment.

In his frantic search for a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure this time, he was bound to owe someone a favor. He urgently needed to use it, and if he missed this opportunity, he would be delayed by at least half