Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, dawn broke.
Ning Chengye went with Chen Yue and Gu Hua to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace alongside Du Busi and the others, leaving four elders behind to guard the sect and maintain order.
The Heaven Dou army withdrew, leaving behind only Princess Vina, the eldest princess of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The commotion died down. The grand drama had ended before it even began.
Inside the main hall, two elegant young women chatted happily. Their light, lilting laughter rang out from time to time in the spacious hall.
In a hidden room behind the main hall, Xu Lanqing sat bored in a chair, listening to their conversation outside. To be safe, he had entered the room with Ning Tian before Vina arrived.
The two talking outside were Ning Tian and Vina.
The hidden room wasn't large, only fifty square meters, and simply decorated.
The only remarkable thing about it was that from the outside, there was no sign of it at all. It looked like an ordinary mural-covered wall. Even the Ice Empress hadn't noticed anything until Ning Tian opened it.
Ning Tian said that her father had spent a fortune to build this secret room. It was made with Dark Heart Silver harvested from the deep sea, an extremely rare material whose purpose was to block perception.
Seeing it reminded the Ice Empress of the underground compartment where Nangong Wan had stayed at the Qingse Hotel. The two had very similar features.
"You're interested in Princess Vina?" the Ice Empress asked coolly.
"It never hurts to learn more about a future enemy. Besides, I'm not the sort of person who loses his head whenever he sees a woman."
Xu Lanqing stood before what looked like a wall but was actually a hidden door,