Inside the Ning'an Wang Clan.
In a lady's chamber, both antique and elegant yet filled with opulence, Wang Zilan leaned against the windowsill. She gazed at the singing birds and fragrant flowers nearby, her brow tightly furrowed. Her usual cold pride was nowhere to be seen.
In stark contrast to Lu Maozhi's smug satisfaction, Wang Zilan was drowning in sorrow.
Wang Zilan never imagined that the marriage alliance being negotiated between her clan and Luoyun Manor would be finalized so quickly, and completely without her consent.
She had thought that by bringing up Chen Sheng's potential to aid the Ning'an Wang Clan on Wushan Mountain, the clan would reconsider her marriage to Lu Maozhi. She never expected that the battle on Wushan Mountain was only a small part of their considerations.
The true reason was the many years of entangled interests between the two great families.
