News of the Third Prince and the First Imperial Prince's prison break soon reached Emperor Deyuan.
Emperor Deyuan flew into a rage. "Bring them all back, dead or alive!"
The Third Prince had prepared well in advance. With the help of the Wa Kingdom's mighty warriors, he hid deep in the mountains and vanished without a trace, as though he had evaporated from the mortal world.
The First Imperial Prince fled to Smeedah's Goryeo Island and embarked on a brand-new journey.
The men the emperor sent out failed to capture either of them.
After careful consideration, Emperor Deyuan concluded that either the Third Prince or the First Imperial Prince had to be the "male lead even boiling oil couldn't cook" his little darling had mentioned.
Whenever he remembered that this "male lead even boiling oil couldn't cook" would successfully rebel after uncovering the Previous Dynasty Treasure, Emperor Deyuan could neither eat nor sleep in peace.
Emperor Deyuan hurriedly convened an afternoon court session and summoned his little darling to discuss matters.
After Jian Ruonan's promotion, the court issued her a third-rank official's uniform.
Her new uniform looked splendid, with a tiger rank badge embroidered in the center. Wearing a black gauze hat, a leather belt around her waist, and an ivory identification tablet and seal cord attached to her official robe, Jian Ruonan cut quite a dashing figure.
Military officials were forbidden to bring blades to court, but Emperor Deyuan had granted her special permission to wear a sword.
Jian Ruonan had originally intended to wear the Imperial Sword, but it was so large that it dragged along the ground when hung at her waist.
The sapphire-inlaid dagger the Fourth Prince had sent her, roughly thirty centimeters long, was a much better fit.
Seeing his fifth sister in an official's