Yan Tianlu handed Hu Xiaotian a letter he had prepared long before. "If you get the chance, help me deliver this to Yan Dongsheng. As long as he releases Ling Sanniang, I, Yan Tianlu, will never oppose him again for as long as I live."
Hu Xiaotian put the letter away. He was fully confident he could persuade Yan Dongsheng.
Yan Tianlu looked toward Yan Boguang and his sister in the distance and said quietly, "Tonight, I'll have someone send the two of them away."
Hu Xiaotian said, "Barring any surprises, things here should be resolved smoothly."
"A happy ending for everyone would be best," Yan Tianlu said. "Perhaps I really am getting old. My desire to win isn't nearly as strong as it once was." He truly felt that age was catching up with him. As the years passed, his old ambition to reclaim the throne had gradually faded.
That evening, the King of Bohai hosted a banquet at the palace. Xue Lingjun and Li Chenzhou were both among the invited guests. Looking at the invitation in her hand, Xue Lingjun could not help laughing. Her beautiful eyes swept toward Hu Xiaotian opposite her. "Yan Dongsheng could have hosted a banquet at any other time, yet he chose this particular moment. I wonder what he's plotting?"
Hu Xiaotian said, "He probably wants to politely send you harbingers of plague on your way!"
Xue Lingjun spat dismissively. "You're the harbinger of plague! Every time I see you, something unlucky happens to me."
Hu Xiaotian chuckled, walked over to her, and took the invitation from her hand. "Are you going, Sister Jun?"
"Of course," Xue Lingjun said. "I'm leaving anyway. There's no harm in seeing Li Chenzhou and saying hello."
"I'll go with you!" Hu Xiaotian said.
Xue Lingjun smiled alluringly.