Chapter 203

As they were talking, Shanhu ushered in the last guest of the day: Tushan Jing. Presumably, the invitations from Chenrong Xinyue and Chishui Fenglong had been delivered long ago, but because they had spent the previous evening's banquet making snide remarks about Xiangliu, Xiaoyao had flatly ignored them. Instead, she had chosen to receive the secondary consort of the Shen clan and the Lirong clan, dealing a severe humiliation to that yet-to-be-wed primary consort. When Tushan Jing walked into the room, even Anian was somewhat startled. He had been seated far away at the banquet yesterday and she hadn't paid him much attention. Looking closely today, he had truly grown so thin he was barely recognizable. Although his face still retained its ethereal and graceful charm, his physical decline was visible to the naked eye. At this rate, it was inevitable that his life force would be entirely exhausted within a hundred years.