The Prince of Dong'an gave a cold laugh.
"I heard that He Yan 'praise' my daughter to the point of tearing her to shreds right before my eyes."
"This Commandery Princess is also the Human Emperor's own niece!"
"You think sacrificing one Outer Sect Elder will let your Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion wash its hands of the whole affair? You really do have merchants' minds. You've calculated everything quite thoroughly."
Those words naturally took on an entirely different meaning in Hong Tao's ears!
Previously, all dealings in arrays, mechanisms, and spirit talismans between the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion and the Human Emperor Manor had been arranged through the Prince of Dong'an.
By rights, the two sides were closely connected, even on friendly terms.
The Heavenly Secret Pavilion was in the wrong this time, though it had at least reined in its horse at the edge of the cliff. As a shrewd veteran who had reached the primordial chaos realm, how could Hong Tao fail to understand the Prince of Dong'an's meaning?
"No, no, no! How could the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion dare slight the Princess of the Human Emperor Manor or Your Highness!"
"To show our sincerity, from this day forward, the Human Emperor Manor may obtain any arrays, mechanisms, and spirit talismans it requires from all the resources the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion has for sale, free of charge for a full three thousand years!"
"Would that be satisfactory, Your Highness?"
Three thousand years of free resources! Even hearing the words made Hong Tao's heart ache!
That was a loss of real gold and silver, an enormous gift of apology handed over with both hands. Still, it remained within what the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion could bear!
All the resources for sale were things the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion had used and phased out itself.