Qi Tian dispatched Deng Chuanliang not too late, but he still underestimated the cunningness, or rather the fear of death, of the crown prince. Before Deng Chuanliang even arrived at the capital, the crown prince had left the palace and vanished without even returning to the Crown Prince Manor.
It took a great deal of effort for Deng Chuanliang to finally confirm that the crown prince was hiding in the National Master Manor, under its protection.
The National Master Manor was the most substantial of the three Great Master Mansions. Each year, half of the cultivation resources allocated by the royal court to the three mansions went to the National Master Manor alone. The remaining half was divided up so that the Guardian National Master Manor received thirty percent and the Imperial Master mansion merely twenty.
