The main hall was utterly silent.
Yu Shangwu sat there, holding his teacup, yet still had not taken a sip.
Indeed, he kept glancing toward the Elder Princess, an odd expression on his face.
He truly could not understand it.
This woman was the deputy sect leader of their Hidden Edge Sect.
Outside the sect, she was the reigning emperor's younger sister, the Elder Princess of Great Hua. Her status could hardly have been more exalted.
Yet someone of such standing was now behind a young man, personally massaging his shoulders?
Who would believe it without seeing it with their own eyes?!
What shocked Yu Shangwu even more was how fiercely the Elder Princess protected Jiang Xiaobai. It was rather out of the ordinary.
She struck whenever she pleased, without the slightest hesitation!
Could the Elder Princess have fallen for him?
As Yu Shangwu wondered to himself, Jiang Xiaobai sucked in another sharp breath.
Hmm?
Yu Shangwu looked up and clearly saw the Elder Princess squeezing Jiang Xiaobai's shoulders hard.
The sight only left him more bewildered.
Indeed, if the Elder Princess had fallen for this young man, why was she using so much force to massage his shoulders?
Just what was the relationship between these two?!
While Yu Shangwu puzzled over it without finding an answer, Lu Yuanshan cleared his throat from the seat of honor. "Elder Yu, you must have come here on some business?"
"Ah, yes!"
Yu Shangwu came back to his senses, set down his teacup, and looked at Lu Yuanshan. "I heard you invited the Marquis of Northern Suppression here?"
"Jing Cheng is no longer the Marquis of Northern Suppression!"
Lu Yuanshan looked at Yu Shangwu and said, "He is now the Duke of the State!"
"What?"
Yu Shangwu looked astonished. "Jiang Jingcheng has been