"Crown Prince Sun Ce?" Everyone, Xiao Ying included, was rather puzzled.
The envoys from Wu State had certainly come to secure the release of Sun Jian, King of Wu. But with the crown prince coming in person, were they not afraid the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty would detain him?
At that thought, Xiao Ying drew upon the demonic-path Bai Ze avatar merged into his body and briefly calculated on his fingers...
It actually has something to do with me? Could he be coming to surrender out of admiration and awe for my illustrious reputation? Could I really be that lucky?
With Xiao Ying's powers of deduction and divination, he could only vaguely determine that the arrival of Sun Ce, crown prince of Great Wu, was directly connected to him. The details remained unclear!
Seeing Xiao Ying's movements, Tianzhi Baize knew what he was doing. He calculated on his own fingers, then bowed in congratulation:
"Congratulations, sovereign! The Red Luan Star stirs, and peach-blossom romance approaches... Perhaps resolving the problem of the three states and restoring the Celestial Dynasty will not be as difficult as we imagined!"
"Ah?!"
Xiao Ying's mouth fell open. Coupled with his half-baked divination skills, those words seemed to make him understand.
Everyone else present, however, was stunned, finding it all rather baffling!
A short while later, several dozen envoys from Wu State headed toward the great hall of the Forbidden Palace under the guards' escort.
They had only just reached the entrance when an intoxicating fragrance, like orchids and musk, drifted into the hall.
Strangely, it could be smelled from so far away and left people feeling as though they might float into immortality, dazed and intoxicated. Yet the fragrance was not overpowering at all. Instead, it had a natural, ethereal quality, as though it