Fifth Highness, Come Here

"Alright, Mia, you do it," said the Celestial Empress.

Everyone turned to look at Mia.

Panicking, Mia sent a voice transmission to Sean Shaw: "Fifth Highness! Fifth Highness! Get over here, quick! What do I do?"

The male and female guests weren't seated far apart.

The commotion on this side was quickly noticed over there, and people began to come over one after another.

His Majesty the Celestial Emperor left after the formalities were done.

None of the major Dragon Lords were present; among the men, it was mostly the younger generation. The highest-ranking was First Prince Brandon Xiao.

Brandon Xiao arrived together with Jason Xiao, Sean Shaw, Adrian Drake, and Leo Li, frowning as he asked, "What’s going on here?"

The Celestial Empress glanced at Tanya Lu.

Tanya Lu stepped forward, knelt before Brandon Xiao, and said, "Your humble girl greets the Princes! Please, Your Highness, uphold justice and clear my name!"

Brandon Xiao frowned, "What grievance do you have?"

Tanya Lu spoke forcefully, "Here's what happened. I accidentally discovered that Lucia Lu isn't actually my sister's daughter—her only bloodline thread connects to the Grand Dragon-Coiling Array where Bianca Whitefan is imprisoned! In other words, she's really Bianca Whitefan's daughter!"

Sean Shaw's eyes sharpened as he looked at Lucia Lu.

Lucia Lu felt his gaze but didn't look back, only stared coldly at Tanya Lu.

"She knew I'd discovered her secret, so she set me up! She made my sister and brother-in-law misunderstand, and had my Divine Vein abolished... wuwuwu!" Tanya Lu cried miserably, kowtowing, "Please, Celestial Empress and Your Highnesses, uphold justice for me!"

"You mean Divine Lady Lucia... is Bianca Whitefan's daughter?" Brandon Xiao asked in astonishment.

The Celestial Empress said, "I've already had Jenna Summers use the Ancestral Locator Spell, and Lucia Lu's bloodline thread is indeed singular. But Lucia said she doesn't trust Jenna—why not have someone else try?"

Brandon Xiao frowned and called out, "Second sister-in-law, could you do the spell for us?"

His second sister-in-law was none other than Second Prince Victor Xiao's main wife, Lia Summers.

Lia nodded slightly and cast the spell again.

The result remained unchanged.

There was still only a single maternal thread, and it pointed toward the Spirit Alliance.

Staring at that solitary thread, Lucia Lu's face grew paler and paler.

It seemed someone was trying to speak to her through a voice transmission, but she couldn't hear it.

In that moment, all she wanted was to ask her parents what was going on!!

She turned and walked straight out.

"Seize her!" the Celestial Empress ordered coldly.

Leo Li waved his hand, sending an Immortal Binding Rope flying toward her.

A flash of red light—Sean Shaw instant-shifted, swept his wide sleeve, and knocked the rope aside, sending it rebounding into Leo and staggering him.

"Leo, what are you doing?" Sean Shaw asked icily.

Leo Li was several cultivation cycles older than Sean Shaw, but couldn't withstand even a casual blow. Humiliated and angry, he retorted, "I should be asking you that! Do you know who Bianca Whitefan is? She's a heinous demon! If Lucia Lu is her daughter, then she's a little demon! Other Demon Beasts can be ignored for now, but this demon must be seized and interrogated, or who knows what the mother and daughter are plotting!"

"Leo Li! Who are you calling a little demon?" Adrian Drake snapped angrily. "No matter whose daughter she is, her true body is qilin, right? And she doesn't have a trace of demonic qi! In fact, she's full of righteous energy! Otherwise, your son would still be hiding his corruption!"

Leo Li's gaze darkened. "What, you plan to shield her?"

"Of course I'll shield her!" Adrian Drake stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Sean Shaw, blocking Lucia Lu.