Propose Breaking Off the Engagement Today

"It's good that she's okay." Emperor Gu said. "Grace has no spiritual power, so it's better not to let her go into the woods anymore."

"Hehe, yeah!" Edward Lawrence replied.

...

When it was just father and daughter, Edward Lawrence hurriedly asked, "So? Did General Evan Xiao agree?"

"Mm, he said the Imperial Advisor isn't in Dawnville right now. Wait a few days until he returns, and it should be fine." Grace replied.

"That's good!" Edward Lawrence let out a sigh of relief. "I told you, if you pleaded with him, he'd definitely agree."

"Dad, what's going on with the Emperor?" Grace asked.

"I was waiting for you there, and the Emperor suddenly showed up and asked me where you went," Edward Lawrence said, frowning. "I was about to say you went with Jason Zhuo, but then your big brother showed up too. So I had to say we got separated by accident, and then... he dispatched the Palace Guards to look for you everywhere."

Grace frowned silently.

"Grace, the Emperor's intentions toward you couldn't be clearer," Edward Lawrence whispered. "What do you think about it?"

Grace bit her lip and said, "I'd rather die than enter the palace!"

"Oh..." Edward Lawrence looked at her thoughtfully, lost in his own musings.

...

They would stay another night at the Royal Hunting Grounds today and set out early tomorrow morning to return.

On the way back to camp, Louis Lin snuck over to find her.

Once they reached a secluded spot, Louis Lin said miserably, "Miss Lawrence, please help me again!"

"What is it now?" Grace asked.

"You know, General Evan Xiao gave Quentin Chin and me a three-day deadline." Louis Lin held up three fingers. "Today is the third day, and even if Princess Xinyao wants to break off the engagement, she probably won't bring it up here at the Royal Hunting Grounds."

"Hmm... so you want me to plead with General Evan Xiao for you?"

"If General Evan Xiao sees your face, maybe he'll give us a few more days," Louis Lin said, looking miserable. "But... that would make us look incompetent in front of him! After that, he probably won't trust me with anything important. He might even kick me out!"

"It's that serious?" Grace frowned.

Louis Lin nodded, "General Evan Xiao always means what he says."

"So, how do you want me to help you?"

"Miss Lawrence, do you have any way to make Princess Xinyao break off the engagement today?" Louis Lin looked at her like she was his last hope.

Grace frowned, "That's not going to be easy..."

Louis Lin instantly wilted, looking as deflated as a squashed eggplant.

Seeing his miserable expression, Grace couldn't help but feel sorry for him. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I saw the Imperial Advisor's disciple, Lucas Lu, arrived."

"Yeah! I'm pretty close with him!" Louis Lin said. "But so what if Lucas Lu is here?"

"You're close with him?"

"As close as two peas in a pod!"

"Then that's easy," Grace said, taking out two pills from her spatial ring and handing them to him.

One of them was the stinky pill.

The other was a red pill.

"Take a tiny bit of the stinky pill, dissolve it together with the red pill in water, and pour it behind the princess's main tent. Then..."

Grace explained everything in detail, and Luke Xin nodded along the whole time...

That afternoon, Princess Xinyao was hit with a nasty bout of vomiting—she just couldn't stop.

The imperial physician who accompanied them checked her, but couldn't find any illness.

The reason Emperor Gu could hold onto the throne was largely thanks to the Empress Dowager and the power behind her.

And the Empress Dowager doted on Princess Xinyao—she was the absolute apple of her eye.

Emperor Gu was quite worried.