Chapter 147: Sect Visiting

The morning after the grand banquet, the sprawling corridors of the provincial palace hummed with restless energy. Servants, guards, and visiting dignitaries moved through the palace while exchanging hushed whispers behind pillars and silk screens, their conversations centered almost entirely on the events of the previous night.

Two matters dominated every discussion: the humiliating verbal exchange between Young Master Han and the mysterious Guest Lin, and the shock that followed when Lord Zhao Shenming officially announced that same guest as his Participating General for the Lord Tournament.

The Han Clan had spent years preparing for that position, only to have their expectations shattered in a single night. The political landscape of the Zhao Province had shifted overnight, and at the center of that change was the very man now resting quietly in the eastern royal quarters.