After the lanky Dragon Descendants left, Zi Tianya stood beneath the covered walkway again.
His gaze passed over the Courtyard and settled on the Flying Eaves submerged in darkness in the direction of the Princess's Residence.
Moonlight cast half his face in light and half in shadow, making the smile on that half of his face somewhat indistinct.
It was hard to tell whether it was genuine.
"The exalted princess of Zi Xiao, risking Prisoner Dragon Ridge for a human man..."
He murmured to himself.
His voice was so soft that he seemed to be speaking to the tea in his cup.
"This marriage is more interesting than I imagined."
"My dear niece, you really have given me a magnificent gift."
There were fewer than two days left until the Dragon Saliva Festival, when envoys from the Four Seas Dragon Clan would gather at the Purple Sky Dragon Palace.
If he could publicly seize upon something to use against them that day, even the tiniest thing.
Such as the princess secretly bringing a human into the Sealed Forbidden Ground, or the disturbances at Prisoner Dragon Ridge having something to do with this prince consort.
Then the dignity of his lofty cousin would be smashed to pieces before the Four Seas Dragon Clan.
He might even be jointly stripped of his Dragon King Position by the three Grand Elders.
When that happened, there would be a crack through which he could reach the Dragon King Position he yearned for.
After all, in the eyes of the Purple Sky Dragon Palace's upper ranks, the Dragon King's title passed only to men, not women.
And whether in seniority or in status and bloodline, he, Zi Tianya, was the only choice.
At this thought, Zi Tianya's smile grew even brighter, and his earlier panic