With the Cold Palace courtyard still some time away from being rebuilt, Ye Uchiha had yet to move out of the Crown Prince's Residence.
"Honestly, Father just poached you from my residence without even considering his own son's feelings."
Inside the Star-Gazing Tower, Crown Prince Han Bai pulled Ye Uchiha over to sit beside the couch, drinking sullenly and grumbling. The maids Xiao Die and Xiao Ying stood behind Ye Uchiha, their heads bowed and eyes lowered in silence.
Ye Uchiha smiled, entirely unbothered. "I am merely changing residences. If you do not mind, Your Highness, you are welcome to visit me at my new home."
"The Cold Palace... it's far too gloomy. I went there once as a child. It's hardly fit for anyone to live in. I have no idea why Father would send you to that godforsaken place." Han Bai clicked his tongue, sounding rather wistful.
Ye Uchiha merely smiled without replying and continued listening to Han Bai's complaints.
As though something had suddenly occurred to him, Han Bai casually brought it up. "Come to think of it, I only recently noticed that Han Yu has been acting a little strangely toward me. He's perfectly respectful every day, but whenever he speaks, I always feel there's some other meaning behind his words."
Boom!
A deafening explosion suddenly erupted outside. The ringing of blades and cries of battle rose from beyond the building, growing increasingly intense, as though intruders had broken in.
"What happened?" Hearing the fighting outside, Han Bai sprang to his feet, pushed open the doors, and walked out.
After swallowing the Mystic Spirit Pill, Han Bai had successfully advanced to the level of a third-rate martial artist. Having personally thrashed more than a dozen guards in his residence who had taken Martial Dao Pills, his