The streets buzzed with the news. But as commoners and nobles alike scrambled to get ready for the wedding, in the Dongfang clan, the Eastern Duke and retired elders gathered around Dongfang Bai, all looking pensive.
"Bai'er, are you sure you don't want us to cancel the engagement?" The Eastern Duke asked. In the days following Dongfang Bai's shocking reveal and Huan Yi's power play, the Dongfang girl had gained the complete submission of her house, with all core members actively working to better her life. The retired elders even came out of retirement, hoping to assist their prized seedling.
These people couldn't understand why, with Huan Yi at her back, Dongfang Bai would still go through with the marriage engagement with Zi Shou—and now looked more eager to cancel the wedding than Dongfang Bai herself.
