“This is interesting,” Qi Xuansu said. He was not close to Li Tianlan and was not afraid of offending him. “At his age, remarrying is hardly for pleasure. It must be about lineage and inheritance. If so, why would Second Deputy Li neglect you? I know a bit about him. He has overseen the Jiangnan Daoist Mansion for years without faltering, so foolish is not a word that I would use to describe him.”0

Back when the Zhenwu Temple was burned, Li Tianlan had been the mastermind behind it. The situation had nearly spiraled out of control, but because True Lord Siming intervened amid the Daoist Order’s internal strife, all the blame was ultimately shifted onto him. Even the burning of Zhenwu Temple was attributed to True Lord Siming, so the true mastermind was not held accountable.0

In this world, matters might seem settled yet remain unresolved, often ending without true closure.0

Qi Xuansu had...0