The civic and military officials assembled in the main hall ten minutes later. They were all taken aback when they saw how unsettled Zack was.A beautiful thin figure stood out among the crowd. She was dressed in a brilliant yellow gown with golden flowers and hair accessories made of feathers. She was certainly eye candy. The woman was Fanny Windsor. She was Quincy's favorite official, and she was the Guardian of the Hall. Even though it was only a third-rank official, it wielded considerable power. She could take the Empress' place and handle the government affairs while the Empress was unavailable.Fanny stood quietly in front of the throne seat. All the civil and military officials stood respectfully and did not dare to be presumptuous. On the other hand, Zack had a disdainful expression on his face.He needed to rush back to the Royal City for several reasons, one of which was to get rid of Fanny. She was the Empress's confidante and had a position of great power. Zack would no
Fanny was a smart woman. She quickly realized she was being set up. She furrowed her eyebrows and shouted at Zack. "Don't accuse me of things I never did. I am loyal to Her Majesty and will never betray her. Besides that, I have been staying in the palace all this time while the war started. If you want to accuse me, please find a better reason."Her argument was solid, and she delivered it with integrity. Many officials nodded in agreement with Fanny because she was right; she did not accompany the troops and thus could not have betrayed them.However, Zack had thought it through. He sneered and looked into Fanny's eyes, "Stop arguing. Before we left, Her Majesty and I had already planned our attack. You were there too. After we departed, you secretly sent someone to deliver our plan to the leader of the pirates. That's how she got ahead of us every time, and in the end, she managed to break through the formation and attack us."Zack wore a sorrowful and angry expression as he outl
After a while, one of the guards slammed Fanny on the back while she was distracted. Her body jolted a few meters backward as she screamed in pain. A couple of guards came at her and sealed her acupoint to prevent her from using her internal energy before she could react.Zack was overjoyed when he saw it. He waved his hand and said, "Take her down and hang her at the city tower to show the public that she had betrayed Her Majesty.""Yes, sir!" The guards responded in unison as they accepted the order and tied Fanny up."You—" Fanny was furious and shocked. She could see that all the guards around her were Zack's trusted aides. She felt desperate for her situation.Fanny stared at Zack, "You will not have a good ending." She was dragged out of the main hall before she could finish her sentence.When the officials watched Fanny taken away, the hall fell silent again. Even the sound of breathing was audible in that silence. The officials exchanged glances, feeling overwhelmed by wha
It was quite suspicious that the Carter family cared so much about South Cloud World eliminating the pirates.As Zack did not continue speaking, Oscar asked, "And then what? What did Ambrose do to make you so angry with him?"Zack sneered and acted like he was in a rage. "Ambrose did nothing, but the person who accompanied him did something outrageous. When I saw Ambrose, a woman was with him. The woman acted very mysteriously, and I suspected something was going on. Subsequently, I followed them to a wrecked temple and realized that the woman had disguised herself as the Empress."His face was red with rage, yet his eyes twinkled with deception and trickery. He had made up that tale on purpose to avoid the fallout when Quincy returned.'What?' As soon as they heard the news, the main hall erupted in an uproar. They were all trembling with rage. 'Can you imagine how revolting the Carter family is? To have a person disguised as the Empress?'Zack was satisfied with the reaction fro
Darryl was stunned. Followingly, Darryl tried to observe Jadie Spirit's situation without telling her. After that, he understood the situation. He smiled brightly and asked, "You also have the Extreme Yin physical state?Jadie Spirit nodded shyly.Darryl smiled and nodded when Jadie Spirit admitted it. "It's not that hard. The solution is to refine the Cultivar Pill to fix the situation. If you are interested in learning that, I can teach you."Darryl would never have consented to it if someone else had asked because he had lied to Empress Heidi about needing to collect the Ghost Spirit Herb from the Black Swamp. However, Jadie Spirit was one of Prince Aurin's people. She spent much of her time in the Jade Fairyland and rarely ventured out. There was little possibility she would see Empress Heidi, so Darryl did not have to be concerned."That's great! You are such a nice person." Jadie exclaimed happily when Darryl agreed to her request.Jadie inquired eagerly, "Are you free tonig
Darryl did not know if he should be laughing or crying when Princess Sheila asked about Finch again. 'Guess that spoiled princess is still unable to forget Finch.'He put on a serious face and said, "You had asked me when I was at Her Majesty's bedchamber, and I told you, I don't have a disciple by the name, Finch. I only have one disciple, and that is Prince Aurin."Darryl took a peek at the elixir cauldron and continued to speak, "Princess, I am in the middle of a discussion about producing an elixir with Jadie Spirit. I hope you will not disturb us. Please go back to sleep.""What if I don't want to do that?" As always, Princess Sheila was being unreasonable. "I will go anywhere I want. Stop messing with my business."After that, Princess Sheila thought deeply and mumbled to herself, "That's weird. Did that person lie to me? Is his name Finch?"'Such an annoying person!' Since Princess Sheila was mumbling to herself, Darryl decided to ignore her and went back to the elixir caul
"Put the fire out now!" Darryl had lost all patience. He strode forward and yelled at Princess Sheila. "Stop fooling around. Do you know it might cause a catastrophe?"He was on his way to extinguish the fire. However, Princess Sheila intervened and stopped him. She stepped in front of the cauldron and shoved Darryl aside. "You are such an annoying old man! My brother owns the elixir production room, so it also belongs to me. I can do whatever I want, and you have no voice in the matter."She pushed Darryl a few meters backward. He was utterly speechless. At the same time, something fell off by accident and produced a loud noise. The object was gold and had carved letterings on it. It was the Gold Emperor Token he had obtained previously from the Black Swamp.Princess Sheila and Jadie Spirit focused on the gold token."What is that?" Princess Sheila reacted and rushed forward to pick it up two seconds later.'Damn it!' Darryl was terrified. It was an essential item, and it would b
Until that point, Jadie Spirit had no idea that making an elixir in a room full of cold wind was exceedingly dangerous. The cold breeze influenced the flame and turned it from flaming red to ice blue just as the anticipation was building.'What's going on?' Jadie freaked out when the color of the fire changed. It was not until then that she understood she had made a mistake. She tried to extinguish the flames, but it was too late.After being hit by the cold wind, the flaming red cauldron exploded before Jadie could get near it. There was a dull rumble. Jadie was thrown a dozen steps backward by the tremendous airflow before collapsing. The ice blue flame turned turquoise before she could even stand up. As the fire from the exploding cauldron splattered all over the place, it eventually reached Jadie.Her body trembled as she felt the turquoise flame's blistering heat. Her cheeks flushed scarlet as she felt the scorching anguish spread across her body. 'I'm finished!' Jadie was fill