"Her?!"
"Princess Dieyi?!"
"How could it be her?!!"
Everyone froze as they followed Prime Minister King Guo Wei's pointing finger. Some even blurted out their disbelief. Even Zhi Ji, whose heart was as steady as a mountain, was momentarily stunned.
Anyone with a little knowledge of fate and fortune knew that most fate tribulations had to be weathered by the person they befell. Even if someone else wanted to take one in their stead, willingness alone was not enough. That person had to qualify, and the two had to share a sufficiently strong connection.
Generally speaking, those who could bear another person's fate tribulation were the people closest to them.
Put plainly, Princess Dieyi was the person closest to the Huan King, closer even than the Huan Kingdom's four consorts. That was the main reason everyone was so stunned.
Xiao Dieyi's origins were mysterious, and her arrival had been abrupt. All anyone knew was that she had suddenly appeared and then taken her place as the Huan King's younger sister. Beyond that, they knew nothing. Later, after spending more time with her, they learned that Xiao Dieyi could transform into a Rainbow Demon Butterfly from the Primordial Era, that her cultivation realm was exceedingly high, and that her methods were mysterious and profound.
Yet no matter how they speculated, no one could fathom how Princess Dieyi could be so close to the Huan King. How were the Huan Kingdom's four consorts supposed to bear that? Although Xiao Dieyi was his younger sister, she had only suddenly appeared after many years, and was probably an adopted sister at that. They did not usually seem especially close, yet she was closer to him than they were?
For a time, once their shock passed, everyone fell silent. The atmosphere was decidedly strange.