Was Love at Work?

A few days later, Papal Hall.

Study.

Bibi Dong sat in her chair. Before her stood a woman with her head lowered.

Because the woman kept her head down, her face was not fully visible. Yet from what could be seen, she was clearly a delicate beauty, with a flame-shaped mark on her face.

The woman simply kept her head lowered. If Bibi Dong did not speak, neither did she.

"Aren't you supposed to be in the Heaven Dou Empire?" Bibi Dong asked.

The woman immediately replied, "There has been a new development concerning the person you ordered me to watch."

Bibi Dong's expression turned cold at those words.

This woman had been planted in the Heaven Dou Empire after Xue Qinghe seized power. On the surface, she was no different from anyone else, but Bibi Dong had given her an order not long ago.

Since the woman said there had been a development, the outcome was obvious. It was definitely something Bibi Dong did not want to hear.

"Speak." Bibi Dong's voice turned icy.

The woman felt an unbearable pressure descend upon her, yet she remained neither servile nor overbearing. "The Crown Prince has gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"And then?"

"Dongfang Yu went as well."

Bang! Bibi Dong slapped the desk, leaving cracks across its surface as though it were about to split apart.

The moment she heard the news, her fury was ignited.

Why could she not tear these two apart? They were still entangled with each other—why was that?

She had said no! Why did they defy her again and again?!

"Mm, I understand. Go back." Bibi Dong said with a dark expression.

"Yes." The woman withdrew.

Once Bibi Dong was the only one left in the study, her entire presence became increasingly