"What?"
"No!"
"I don't agree!"
Tongtian and Shi Xue both flushed crimson. The Prince of Dong'an's sudden demand for a son-in-law had caught them utterly off guard.
As for Hong Tao, he was even less willing!
The Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion had already sunk five thousand years' worth of free resources into this. If Tongtian really married into Prince of Dong'an's Manor and became its son-in-law, wouldn't that Primordial Chaos Realm formation be marrying into it too?
Then the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion would lose its resources for nothing and get absolutely jack shit in return!
Shi Xue's face burned with embarrassment as she glared indignantly at her father.
"Father, you're utterly shameless!"
"I'll worry about my own reputation. I don't need you recruiting a husband for me!"
Tongtian was even more at a loss. Who could he possibly appeal to over something like this?
"Your Highness, the Commandery Princess is of such exalted standing, while I'm only an ordinary nobody. Wouldn't word of this do even more harm to the Human Emperor Manor's reputation?"
"Please withdraw your decree and allow me to think of another solution!"
Hong Tao hurried forward too. If he didn't speak up for Tongtian now, the Array Dao Genius already within his grasp would probably end up becoming the Prince of Dong'an's son-in-law.
"Your Highness, Prince of Dong'a, all of this came from the mouth of He Yan, that renegade disciple of our Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion!"
"If we follow the vine to the melon, we'll surely find every last person spreading these rumors. Then we won't have to fear any news damaging the Human Emperor Manor's reputation getting out!"
"But Tongtian is now Elder Liu of our Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion. It would hardly be appropriate for him to marry into the Human Emperor Manor!"
The three argued