"Last night, His Majesty hosted a banquet in the palace, and Jiang Yan naturally couldn't avoid having a few drinks. Later, as the night grew late, I arranged for him to stay in the palace. He really was just cultivating until now."
Ningshuang stepped in to smooth things over for Jiang Yan.
After all, as the chief disciple of the sect, getting drunk and sleeping in, only to wake up and find the Six Sects Tournament already over—such a story didn't sound good no matter how it was told.
Chapter 70