"Damn it, I was played after all!"
"What 'stay for drinks'? He was clearly using that time to petition the Imperial Court for an imperial decree. Damn it... what kind of Crown Prince is this? He's damned crafty!"
Li Yun was somewhat furious.
But with things having come to this, there was nothing he could do. He could only step forward to receive the decree.
He accepted the imperial decree along with the Imperial Court's rewards.
Only after thanking Li Xin was he able to leave with the Cloud Cliff Saintess and return to her residence.
The moment they entered.
The Cloud Cliff Saintess pressed him, "What exactly happened? Why was there an imperial decree saying you're from the imperial clan and ordering you to acknowledge your ancestry and return to the clan on an appointed day?"
Li Yun spread his hands. "What else could it be? I got schemed against. Damn it, I really underestimated that Cracked Heaven Crown Prince. That guy has eight hundred tricks up his sleeve."
"But he's only so-so."
"He clearly needs something from me, yet he deliberately used me as a pawn to disgust the White Emperor Family... His vision may not be as far-reaching as everyone imagines."
Li Yun sneered inwardly.
Why did Cracked Heaven Crown Prince Li Xin dare to pull such a self-righteous open scheme?
At the end of the day, it was because Cracked Heaven Crown Prince Li Xin had never truly regarded him highly. He believed everything was in his grasp and simply did not care whether this would offend him.
Since that was the case, then they would see.
As he had said before, there was plenty of time ahead. Very soon, he would make that so-called Cracked Heaven Crown Prince understand that before absolute talent, the foundations