The next day, after having successfully forced Gu Lingzhi to make love with him for two nights, Rong Yuan had finally decided to let her go.

After having breakfast, Rong Yuan did not mention anything about the tea offering ceremony. Both of them took a shower before heading to the Imperial Study Room.

The number of people in the Imperial Study Room had significantly reduced compared to the time before Rong Yuan had his wedding. Those envoys that did not have any intentions to form alliances with the Xia Kingdom went back to their own countries. The remaining people who had stayed were the ones who were on the same side as the Xia Kingdom.

Rong Yuan took a glance at the people who were already working with the North Qiu Kingdom secretly but chose to stay in the alliance, before entering the Imperial Study Room with Gu Lingzhi.

Rong Han had been waiting there for a long time. He gave Rong Yuan and Gu Lingzhi a genuine smile, “Both of you are finally here. Your mother was still telling me this morning that if the both of you hadn’t shown up today, she would’ve sent a pot of soup over so that you can replenish...