"Father King has summoned me?"
"Now?"
"Yes, now. Ninth Princess, please come with me at once."
"Alright!"
Seeing how anxious the eunuch was, Zhao Ziyue did not think much of it. She assumed that the three-nation competition had failed to bring glory for so long, and that she had even used an excuse to interrupt it, angering Father King.
She then rebuked Zhao Chentian and the others, "Zhao Chentian, you should leave first. As for the competition, I will give you a satisfactory explanation later."
With that, she hurriedly followed the eunuch into the palace.
Once inside the palace.
In a side hall, Zhao Ziyue saw King of Xuanyue, Zhao Wuji, and her heart skipped a beat.
Her Father King, who had always been gentle and kind toward her, now wore a face as dark as storm clouds. An unprecedented fury and killing intent radiated from him.
She had never seen Zhao Wuji this enraged in all her life.
An involuntary trace of fear rose in her heart.
"Father King... Your daughter has failed in her duties. Please, Father King..."
Zhao Wuji did not let Zhao Ziyue finish. He waved a hand to cut her off and said harshly, "Zhao Ziyue, I ask you this: where is Evil Blade Supreme? Where exactly is he now?"
"Evil Blade Supreme?"
Zhao Ziyue froze. She had never imagined that Zhao Wuji's urgent summons had not been because of the three-nation prodigy competition, but to ask about Evil Blade Supreme's whereabouts.
But how could she possibly know where Evil Blade Supreme was?
She could only truthfully report, "Father King, on the night Ye Tianxie was killed, Senior Evil Blade came to your daughter's residence. He took Ye Tianxie's corpse away. After having your daughter pass along a message, he left. He must have gone