A private room on the top floor of the Ascendant Abode restaurant.
Tang Zhen, Tang Yue, Su Qinghe, Liu Yuran, and Tang Hongxiu sat around a round table, but Tang Shan alone was absent.
"Little sister, if this concerns the rise or fall of our lineage, why didn't you invite Shan?" Tang Zhen slapped a callused hand onto the table, displeasure plain in his tiger-like eyes.
To him, Tang Shan was every bit his eldest brother's equal-a tiger father never sired a dog of a son. He had long regarded Tang Shan as the next head of the Tang family.
"Second brother, I didn't make this decision on my own. It was our eldest sister-in-law's wish. She was afraid Shan would have too much weighing on him." Tang Hongxiu knitted her delicate brows. Though displeased by Tang Zhen's questioning, she could only explain patiently out of respect for her elder brother.
"Our eldest sister-in-law's wish?" Tang Yue stopped waving his folding fan, an unusual expression crossing his refined face.
"Yes. Our eldest sister-in-law is close friends with a lady from the Starfall Empire. The day before yesterday..." Tang Hongxiu calmly explained the whole affair, taking particular care to emphasize that this "lord" might not be able to rescue their eldest brother.
Everyone in the Tang family understood that even if this "lord" truly could do nothing to secure their eldest brother's release, they still had to forge this connection. The Heavenly Strategy Imperial House fiercely protected its own. This was a trump card that could save their lives!
"All these years, our eldest sister-in-law has searched practically the whole world for capable people who could free our eldest brother. By now, she must be stretched so thin that pulling at her lapels exposes her elbows.
"When it comes to those