Will Serena Feng agree to this?
No one had asked Serena Feng—no one knew the answer.
With Adrian Dongling's permission, Caleb Wang and Vincent Su came to Serena Feng, trying to persuade her to go apologize to Adrian. But Serena acted as if she hadn't heard them, just kneeling there, motionless.
She neither agreed nor refused—just kept kneeling, as if she had lost all sensation.
The longer Adrian Dongling waited, the darker his expression grew. General Warren Yu didn't dare say a word—he could already sense the icy aura coming off Ninth Royal Uncle Nolan.
He knew very well that Ninth Royal Uncle was extremely dissatisfied with today's arrangements. Nolan never gets involved in politics—let alone the struggles between princes.
Today, Nolan only showed up with Adrian to give the Emperor face, to boost Adrian’s prestige. But this Seventh Prince didn’t understand at all—he thought that even though Nolan was a royal uncle, with no troops or power, he wasn’t worth courting.
On the surface, things were just as Adrian imagined. But General Warren Yu didn’t believe for a second that Nolan was as simple as he appeared.
After all, the current Emperor only ascended the throne by stepping over the corpses of his own brothers.
The late Emperor had ten sons; seven of them were contenders for the throne. In the end, every last one died at the hands of the current Emperor—even the newborn Tenth Prince wasn’t spared.
At that time, Nolan was barely a year old—but he survived.
To make it through such chaos, even if Nolan himself is simple, the forces behind him definitely aren’t. Everyone knows the Emperor was never a merciful man.
Unfortunately, Adrian Dongling couldn’t see this—and maybe, in the whole Eastlyn Empire, only the Emperor truly understands what kind of person Nolan really is.
Everyone thinks Nolan owes everything to the Emperor’s favor—that his brother’s love is the reason for his status. But no one understands how ruthless the imperial family is, and the Emperor is the coldest of all.
This Emperor can plot against his own sons—so why would he let Nolan go free? If there were any way around it, Nolan would have died long ago.
While General Warren Yu was lost in thought, Caleb Wang and Vincent Su returned to report.
"Reporting to Your Highness Prince Rowan: Serena Feng has fainted. Please show mercy and allow her to apologize another day."
"Fainted?" Adrian Dongling bit out the word, his face like ice.
One after another, they lied with their eyes wide open. Was that what you call fainting?
"Your Highness, Serena Feng truly has fainted. You can send someone to check—I'd never dare to lie." Caleb Wang replied boldly, not showing a hint of dishonesty.