Birds of Winter Marsh (Bonus Chapter for the Alliance Leader Doing Bad Things Without Divine Retribution!)

In the banquet hall.

Yang Liu was naturally at a loss, but he sensed the atmosphere was off and kept quiet.

Zhao Wuyan was still weighing the situation at sea in her heart and said nothing lightly.

Meanwhile, Zishu, who had no interest in the affairs of All-Under-Heaven, noticed that the people across from her were acting a little strange.

At this seafood feast, the male and female guests sat on opposite sides. On her side, Jiang Wuyou sat at the head of the table, with Zhao Wuyan beside her and Zishu after that.

Jiang Wang, who had hosted the banquet, sat across from Jiang Wuyou. Xu Xiangan sat across from Zhao Wuyan, Li Longchuan across from Zishu, and Yang Liu sat all alone at the very end, with no one opposite him. What could he expect, when he'd shamelessly invited himself?

When that wealthy young man with his easygoing air entered, Zishu noticed the three men across from her—Jiang Wang, Xu Xiangan, and Li Longchuan—change in an instant.

They sat up straighter, their expressions more composed. All three sat ramrod straight, each acting as if nothing concerned him more than the others did, yet their eyes all held the same look... excitement?

What were they excited about? Zishu couldn't understand at all.

Still... the Huaying Palace Mistress was so cool!

Jiang Wuyou sat cross-legged at the head of the table on the left, one hand resting on her knee. Her phoenix eyes turned slightly, her chin lifting as she looked askance at Yan Fu, who had just strode into the hall.

She radiated an imposing, superior air. "You faithless scoundrel, you dare show your face before me?"

Yan Fu was clever enough to understand at once that his rotten friends had set him up.

He was cursing them in