Look at What Your Good Daughter Has Done!

At this moment, in the main hall of the Nalan Clan in the imperial capital, Nalan Jie had just received a letter sent from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Seated at the head of the hall, he opened the envelope and began reading. The further he read, the darker his expression became and the tighter his brows furrowed. By the end, he was beside himself with rage and slammed the letter onto the table with a bang.

"That damned brat! Is she determined to anger me to death?"

Nalan Jie's beard trembled with fury. He rose to his feet and paced back and forth through the hall, his expression so grim it was frightening.

Before long, footsteps sounded outside the hall. Nalan Su entered, and the moment he saw his father in such a furious state, he froze.

"Father, why are you so angry? What happened?"

"You still have the nerve to ask? Look at what that precious daughter of yours has done!"

Nalan Jie snatched up the letter from the table and flung it before Nalan Su, his voice brimming with anger.

"Your precious daughter Yanran took it upon herself to go to the Xiao Clan and break off the engagement while her teacher was in seclusion. In the end, the Xiao Clan turned out to have a Dou Emperor. Not only did she fail to break off the engagement, she thoroughly offended them!"

"Yun Yun personally took her to the Xiao Clan to apologize, but they would not even acknowledge her and directly told her to get out!"

After hearing this, Nalan Su was utterly stunned. He hurriedly picked up the letter and read it carefully. The more he read, the worse his face became, and the greater his shock grew.

A Dou Emperor?

The Xiao Clan had produced a Dou Emperor?

And he was a youth of the Xiao Clan?

How was that possible?

"Father, is what this letter says true?" Nalan Su could not help asking, his voice full of disbelief.

"Could information from the Misty Cloud Sect be false?" Nalan Jie sat back down in his chair bitterly.

"Could Yun Yun personally writing this letter be a lie? This time, your daughter has brought a great disaster upon our Nalan Clan!"

"You should understand better than I do what a Dou Emperor represents. There are only a handful of Dou Emperors in the entire Jia Ma Empire. Though our Nalan Clan is a prominent family, offending a Dou Emperor is no trivial matter!"

"And he is only a teenager. His future achievements are simply immeasurable. A person like that can only be befriended, never offended. Yet your daughter went to break off the engagement and made sure to offend him to the bitter end!"

After hearing his father's words, Nalan Su fell silent. His expression turned ugly, and his heart was filled with anger, anxiety, and fear.

He was angry that his daughter had been so thoughtless. She had made such a decision as breaking off an engagement without even discussing it with the family.

Now that she had offended a Dou Emperor, what were they supposed to do? If he bore a grudge against the Nalan Clan, how could they continue to survive in the Jia Ma Empire?

And most frightening of all, if the other party truly pursued the matter, could the Nalan Clan withstand the fury of a Dou Emperor?

"Yanran... was far too impulsive," Nalan Su said through gritted teeth.

"She knew the situation of the Xiao Clan, yet she still acted so rashly. Now she has offended them terribly, and we have to clean up after her."

"Father, what should we do now?"

Nalan Jie fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Prepare a generous gift. The two of us will personally make a trip to the Xiao Clan."

"Go to the Xiao Clan?" Nalan Su was taken aback.

"The relationship between our Nalan Clan and the Xiao Clan has already grown rather distant over the years. Now they have produced a Dou Emperor, and we have offended them as well. If we do not personally go to apologize, the relationship between our two clans may be completely severed from now on."

"Besides, I want to see for myself what kind of person that youth of the Xiao Clan is. I have lived most of my life, yet I have never heard of a teenage Dou Emperor."

Upon hearing his father's words, Nalan Su nodded. He too felt that making the trip personally was the most appropriate course of action.

The matter had already happened. Avoiding it was not a solution. If they took the initiative to apologize, there was still room to ease the situation. If they waited for the other party to come to them, it would be too late.

"I'll go make preparations at once and select some fine gifts to bring," Nalan Su said.

"Mm, go. Make sure to choose things of real value. Do not let them think our Nalan Clan lacks sincerity."

Nalan Su answered and quickly withdrew, beginning to make arrangements.

Meanwhile, Nalan Jie sat in the hall and stared at the letter in silence for a long time, pondering what he should say and how he should conduct himself once they reached the Xiao Clan.

No matter what, Yanran had to agree to this marriage arrangement with the Xiao Clan.

Although the Xiao Clan now had a Dou Emperor, and Yanran was utterly unworthy in comparison, it was precisely for that reason that this engagement could not be dissolved.

A teenage Dou Emperor had immeasurable prospects. Even if she was unwilling to marry that good-for-nothing Xiao Yan, if Yanran could marry Xiao Yun instead, it would be an immense blessing for the Nalan Clan.

Even if Yanran was not worthy of him now, as long as the marriage agreement with the Xiao Clan remained, there would still be room to maneuver. Who knew what the future might bring?

As Nalan Jie thought this through, his intentions became increasingly clear. Apologizing to the Xiao Clan was one purpose of this visit, but the more important goal was to use the apology as an opportunity to secure the engagement once more.

With that in mind, he took out the letter again and read it over. The more he read, the more extraordinary he felt this youth of the Xiao Clan was.

Reaching the Dou Emperor realm in his teens was an exceedingly rare talent even across the entire Dou Qi Continent. There had to be some great expert guiding him behind the scenes, or perhaps he had encountered some extraordinary fortune.

No matter what, the Nalan Clan could not afford to miss out on a person like this.

Thinking of this, Nalan Jie took a deep breath and stood up, having made up his mind.

This trip to the Xiao Clan had to settle the matter involving that girl Yanran, no matter what.

Not long afterward, Nalan Su returned with several servants behind him carrying a number of chests filled with all kinds of rare medicinal ingredients and precious gifts.

"Father, everything is ready. When do we leave?"

"We leave now. The sooner we go, the sooner we return."

Nalan Jie rose and straightened his robes, then left with Nalan Su and several attendants. The group hurried toward Wu Tan City.

Along the way, Nalan Jie kept considering how to open the conversation upon reaching the Xiao Clan, how to explain Yanran's actions, and how to stabilize the engagement once more.

Though he knew this would likely not be easy, they had to try no matter what.

After all, a teenage Dou Emperor was worth the Nalan Clan setting aside all its pride to win over.

"I still say this: if Yanran refuses to marry Xiao Yan, that is fine. But the marriage agreement between us and the Xiao Clan cannot be canceled! We cannot afford to offend a Dou Emperor!"