White Jade City.
Taihe Hall.
"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Jin Meng Empire have agreed to the marriage alliance with Princess Lan Yue, but they demand to escort her back to the Jin Meng Empire within two days."
Grandmaster Yan Hongwen was reporting the situation to the Old Emperor, Yang Yu.
The Old Emperor had specifically entrusted the matter of the marriage alliance to Grandmaster Yan Hongwen. His orders were not to finalize the alliance quickly, but to stall the Jin Meng Empire.
When Grandmaster Yan Hongwen heard this, he thought he had misheard. Only after confirming it again did he realize that this was indeed Old Emperor Yang Yu's decree.
Although he found the Old Emperor's actions strange, he followed Yang Yu's orders without question. He knew just how cunning the Old Emperor was.
