Yun Yuqing shook her head. “That guy is too cunning. I wasn’t able to succeed.”

King Wu was furious. “How is that possible?! How could Zu An possibly escape your grasp, given his cultivation? Do you know how much I’ve invested in this mission?!"

Yun Yuqing was dazed when she saw her usually gentle and refined husband yelling at her. She had never seen her husband lose control like this before. In all their years of marriage he had never ever shown her such aggression.

King Wu was anxious and agitated. He paced back and forth across the room. “Do you know what I had to do to get King Liang and Liu Yao to enter the manor? I had to put so much effort into just stalling them! Now you’re telling me that you’ve come back empty-handed? That everything was for naught?!”

Yun Yuqing remained silent, her face going pale.

King Wu was about to launch into...