Chapter 147: A Ferocious Flood and Wild Beast

"Oh, so that's the whole story of how you and Yu Baichuan fell out?" Su Chengzi, on the other side of the video call, looked thoughtful before speaking with indignation, "I knew it! No wonder you got so close to Yu Baichuan multiple times during the live broadcast, but he kept dodging you. I thought the two of you were on some undercover mission, but it turns out he was deliberately avoiding you!"

Li Wanbai covered her face. "Stop it, Duoduo, I feel so defeated right now! What on earth is going through his mind? I even showed him my medical record book—"

Artoria possessed formidable martial prowess, yet she could not even catch a glimpse of Clermont's shadow.

The Empress felt a twinge of envy. Even if the Eldest Princess had chosen the wrong path and suffered deeply, she could simply wave her hand and reshuffle the deck to start all over again whenever she pleased. Yet she herself, the most exalted Empress in the entire realm... lacked the carefree ease of the Eldest Princess.

Upon hearing Tao Ming utter that name, Mu Yi pondered it for a moment before asking. Ever since he arrived at the Tianyu Spiritual Academy, although he spent most of his time in seclusion, he had still heard people mention Murong Xiao. She was the most proud and illustrious student in the history of the Tianyu Spiritual Academy, having reached the Emperor Realm at a tender age.

"Yunxiang, wait a moment." Just as Liu Yunxiang was about to join Gu Mo and reunite with the family, Consort Yun called out to stop her.

Logically speaking, according to the Great Xia Dynasty's tradition of favoring the legitimate sons over the concubine-born, the First Prince could never compare to the Second Prince. Yet beneath the surface, there were some subtle and obscure complexities at play.

"Such a notion is akin to a fairy tale. If such a method truly existed in this world, it would be far too shocking to the mortal world." Jun Xian thought about it for a moment, simply dismissing Jun Wuyao's words as a joke and not taking it to heart.

Jing Ze sat down with a helpless sigh, originally hoping to take advantage of the Emperor's good mood and butter him up with a few flattering remarks to secure the promise of crop seeds. Who could have imagined he would just be brushed aside like that.

"The Heir shouldn't be impatient. Since we are going to do it, it naturally must be done so secretly that no one will ever discover it," Ma Shishan said with a smug laugh, a flash of ruthless malice crossing his eyes.

Now that the opportunity to finally obtain it had arrived, coupled with the fact that the ancestor of the Zhang family had already sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao, there was no need to worry about him going back on his word. Thus, the only remaining thing to consider was...

Yun Fuxiang stared in a daze for a moment before something crossed her mind. She reached out to take Lüluo's hand and patted it gently.

Sensing that her carriage had changed direction, Luo Qingrong wore an imperceptible smile. After supporting the Xiao family for several years, today was finally the day to slaughter the fattened pig.

"They've arrived, everyone is here. It seems our influence is still quite significant; practically no one is absent," the young man said with a somewhat smug smile.

"Yun Feiyu's family caused the fire and explosion by running all the machines in the basement at overload capacity," Xia Mengyou said first.

To be honest, based on Lu Yu's observation, the most likely group to follow them today would be those barbarians, followed closely by one of the twin brothers secretly trailing behind. Although there was also a chance of catching nothing at all, Lu Yu was far more worried that too many people would show up and instead create another deadlock of mutual restraint.

Xia Yan hurried away. Qiu Yan glanced at Lin Su, who was resting with her eyes closed, walked over to the incense burner from earlier, and added a little more spice so that the faint fragrance filled the air once more.

Seeing him beg for mercy, Tian Tian finally stopped. In truth, she was overjoyed inside and couldn't help but chuckle secretly. Clearly, she was the one taking advantage and executing a little boy-raising plan, yet somehow she still looked like she got the short end of the stick. How could she not be secretly thrilled? Why hadn't she realized before that this was such a profitable romance?

Looking at her own brother's ingratiating and obsequious expression, Congcong lowered his head to gaze at his own middle finger!

Tao Xinlan was truly overjoyed—how long had it been since she and Tao Junlan had a proper, heartfelt chat? And how long had it been since the two sisters had walked hand in hand together?

The Empress Dowager had to admit that she was also harboring a bit of curiosity. She was curious about the puppet candidate Tao Junlan had mentioned. After such meticulous and thorough deliberation, the person Tao Junlan chose would undoubtedly be the one she deemed most suitable.