The words "Empress Feng" revealed Nan Chaoyu's stance.
Everyone present was stirred, each reading different implications from these words.
Li Yuejin suddenly looked up, his eyes on Nan Chaoyu unable to hide his surprise!
But when he met Nan Chaoyu's cold expression, he couldn't say a word.
Nan Chaoyu withdrew her gaze, bowed to those present, and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry you had to witness today's incident. The engagement between this princess and the Xie family is hereby annulled. From now on, men and women shall go their separate ways."
"As for Xie Haotian, I'd like to trouble you all to be lenient. I'm going to send him to the Holy Light Empire."
"Your Highness is too polite. A Xie Haotian won't be able to cause any trouble. You may dispose of him as you see fit."
Those present all understood that if Xie Haotian hadn't had his cultivation base abolished, they might have been a bit more wary, fearing that he might have climbed onto the high branch of the Holy Light royal family and posed a threat to them.
But now that Xie Haotian couldn't cultivate, he was just a useless person. In the Profound Ice Continent where the strong reigned supreme, who would take a fancy to him!
Nan Chaoyu nodded at everyone and then turned to look for Mu Qihan.
But there was no sign of the person who had just been standing there. Even Xiaotian was gone. She was immediately stunned!
It was Li Yuejin who came over and whispered, "Just now, someone came to call away Young Master Mu. It was someone from the Wuxiang City."
Nan Chaoyu didn't say a word. She glanced back at Li Yuejin and then turned back.
Li Yuejin sighed inwardly, knowing that he had offended this one.
But he didn't expect Nan Chaoyu to turn back again. His eyes lit up. "My lady?"
But as soon as the other person opened her mouth, his heart sank to the bottom.
"City Lord Li, there's no need for goodbyes. From now on, I owe nothing to Dream Sea City. You'd better take care of yourself!"
After saying that, she left without looking back, taking Ye Ling with her.
Outside the main gate of the city lord's mansion, Nan Chaoyu looked back at the three characters on the plaque and then disappeared into the night without looking back.
At the Misty Rain Garden, in the Lanfeng Studio!
Nan Chaoyu sat behind the desk, playing with the black box in her hand. Ting Lan stood behind her, while several people from the Night and Wind Divisions stood in front of the table, waiting for orders.
No one said a word!
Even Ye Yun, who usually had a lively personality, was now holding a straight face.
Ting Lan stood behind Nan Chaoyu. For some reason, she felt a bit uneasy.
Since she had followed the princess, this was the first time she had been allowed to enter the study and wait for her orders.
This was something she had always wanted, but at this moment, there was not a trace of joy in her heart.
At this time, there was suddenly a noise outside. Ting Lan was a bit excited and suddenly looked up at the door.
She wanted to see who dared to appear at this time and disturb the princess.
But her movement was a bit too big, and the sound of the fabric rubbing was out of place in this silent atmosphere.
She noticed that the princess's hand paused for a moment, and her heart skipped a beat. She subconsciously looked at the people on the ground.
She wanted to see their reactions, but she was disappointed.
The people standing on the ground remained in the same position as before. Even their breathing didn't change.
At this time, the door was knocked.
Nan Chaoyu put down the box in her hand and casually said, "Come in!"
It was the butler of the mansion who came in. At this time, he had changed out of his brocade robe and put on the same outfit as Ye Ling and the others. He bowed to Nan Chaoyu.
He said in a deep voice, "My lord, all the things in the Misty Rain Garden have been packed up. We can set off at any time."
A smile appeared on Nan Chaoyu's face. She nodded. "Butler, you've done a good job. You go ahead and take the Frost Division to the ship. Replace Lei Mu. I guess he's been bored these days. Let him go find Guanyu!"
The butler nodded, and his face relaxed a bit. "My lord is right. Brother Lei has urged this subordinate many times to replace him!"
"Alright, go and prepare first!"
The butler bowed and retreated.
Only then did Nan Chaoyu turn her gaze to the people below. "Feng Xiao, Feng Ji."
"Your subordinate is here."
"You two return to your original divisions and set off immediately. Don't worry about me."
"Yes!"
Feng Xiao and Feng Ji bowed and left without any hesitation.
Nan Chaoyu's gaze fell on Ye Yun. She paused for a moment and then continued, "Ye Yun, you stay by my side."
"Yes!"
Ye Yun sounded a bit excited. Nan Chaoyu knew his personality and didn't mind.
After giving the instructions, Nan Chaoyu looked at Ye Ling, but she didn't say a word. She just turned the box in her hand.
Ye Yun and Ye Ling were very calm, but Ting Lan was a bit uneasy.
The princess had given tasks to everyone in this room. Did that mean she also had her own task?
Just as she was making wild guesses, Nan Chaoyu spoke.
"Ting Lan, you take the Flower of the Soul - Devouring Sea and my personal letter and return to the Holy Light royal family to meet the queen mother!"
Ting Lan didn't know what had happened at the banquet.
When she heard Nan Chaoyu tell her to go back, her heart skipped a beat.
She didn't care about anything and immediately knelt in front of Nan Chaoyu. "Princess, please don't send this servant back. If this servant has done something wrong, this servant will correct it!"
Nan Chaoyu frowned imperceptibly and glanced at the clepsydra.
She was a bit impatient.
She didn't know how long Mu Qihan had been gone. Could she still catch up with him?
The look in her eyes on Ting Lan lost some of its warmth. "Ting Lan, you've been by my side for more than two years. You should know what kind of person I am. I never take back my words."
Ting Lan knew that Nan Chaoyu was usually easy - going, but once she had really made a decision, no one could change it.
But thinking that she would really be sent back by Nan Chaoyu, she was really afraid that she wouldn't survive.
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth, looked up, and pleaded, "Princess, please. This servant was sent by the queen to be by your side. If this servant is driven away by you, the queen will take this servant's life."
Nan Chaoyu lowered her eyes and glanced at the jade box on the table. Suddenly, she remembered when Ting Lan had first come to her side.
At that time, she wasn't a princess yet. She didn't have the four divisions that came later. She only had Ye Yun, Ye Ling, and the two brothers of the Feng family by her side.
Ting Lan, relying on being from the queen's side, always bossed her around.
Later, they met the envoy who had once abducted her from Dream Sea City to the Holy Light. That envoy even had designs on her.
And Ting Lan, because that envoy was a powerful official in the Holy Light Empire, actually asked her to yield to that envoy.
It was from that moment that she understood that the people from the palace were destined to be on different paths from her.
Those with different ideals couldn't work together. She had kept Ting Lan by her side just to reassure the queen mother.
Thinking of this, Nan Chaoyu spoke. "Ting Lan, do you still remember General Wang whom we met when you first came to my side?"
This tone made Ting Lan shiver. Her eyes on Nan Chaoyu were like looking at a devil. "Prin, Prin, Princess!"
Nan Chaoyu hooked the corner of her mouth, a bit of a malicious smile on her face. "Actually, I'm a bit regretful now that I sacrificed General Wang to the sea. Otherwise, if I sent you to him, there would be someone to protect you, right?"
That night, Nan Chaoyu had knocked Ting Lan unconscious and sent her to General Wang.
The identity of the queen's personal maid was enough to make that lecherous man proud for a long time.
It wasn't until after another bout of drinking that General Wang boasted to his colleagues again that he had slept with the person of Empress Feng. His words clearly showed his lust for the empress.
Nan Chaoyu didn't wait for him to sober up and pushed him into the Soul - Devouring Sea.
That time, she became famous in the Holy Light, and no one dared to say a single word.
But only Nan Chaoyu knew that from then on, the real conflict between her and the queen mother had begun.