The Celestial Empress stared at her coldly, just about to speak when Divine Lord Tanya Quinn interjected: "Empress, would you like me to use the Bloodline Locator Spell to help you find the Third Prince's whereabouts?"
The Celestial Empress kept her face stern. "No need to trouble yourself, Divine Lord! Guards, summon the Heir-Consort of the Second Divine Heir at once!"
Moments later, Jenna Summers hurried in.
She's the Heir-Consort of the Second Divine Heir? Lily Bai watched her quietly. So Jenna Summers really got promoted from Side-Consort to Main Consort?
But what happened to the original Main Consort, Lia Summers...?
Jenna Summers saw Lily Bai, her gaze lingering on her for a moment before she stepped forward and bowed to the Celestial Empress. "Mother Empress."
"Use the Bloodline Locator Spell to find the Third Prince. Now." the Celestial Empress ordered.
Jenna Summers cast the spell with the Celestial Empress’s help, her Divine Sense following the bloodline thread forward. Finally, she frowned and said, "Mother Empress... The Third Prince is inside the Wildlands Tribulation Storm Array!"
The Celestial Empress slammed her palm down on the table. "It really is Sean Shaw! Damn him!"
"Empress, if Fifth Highness really captured the Third Prince, shouldn’t there be more clues left behind?" Lord Wynn Drake glanced at the box holding the severed hand.
The Celestial Empress, hearing this, turned the hand over. From the slightly curled fingers, a Jade Permit dropped out.
Just as she picked up the Jade Permit, Sean Shaw's voice suddenly echoed through the grand hall: "Touch Bianca Whitefan again and Prince Asher Xiao dies."
Lily Bai couldn't help but swoon for a moment.
What kind of divine voice was that? How could it sound so good, so enchanting, so... sexy?
Just as she was lost in it, the Celestial Empress's shriek jolted her awake: "Did you hear that? Sean Shaw, that rebellious brat! He actually kidnapped his own brother just to protect that fiend!"
Divine Lord Tanya Quinn raised her eyebrows slightly and sighed, "Ah! Empress, yelling at us won't help! None of us can break the Wildlands Tribulation Storm Array! My advice—send someone to negotiate with him, quickly!"
She stood up and said, "We won't disturb you further. Farewell."
As she finished, she glanced at Lily Bai.
Lily Bai hurried to follow after her.
Suddenly, the Celestial Empress struck, sending an Immortal Binding Rope flying toward Lily Bai.
Mia Quinn yanked Lily Bai behind her, and the Immortal Binding Rope missed.
"Empress, what are you doing?" Clarissa Summers also shielded Lily Bai, asking angrily.
"The rest of you may leave. Lily Bai must stay." The Celestial Empress signaled the Divine Guards in the hall.
The Divine Guards sealed the doors leading out.
Divine Lord Tanya Quinn turned to the Empress, asking seriously, "Empress, why is that?"
"Since when do you get to question my decisions?" the Celestial Empress replied harshly.
Divine Lord Tanya Quinn smiled. "Empress, everyone here is reasonable. If you can clearly state her crime and convince us, I'll walk away and never interfere again. But if you can't... surely you see I'm here to protect Lily Bai."
The Celestial Empress’s face grew even darker. She said nothing.
"Actually, you don't need to say it. We all know the real reason," Noel Summers said. "It's just that she looks so much like Lucia Lu! Maybe you want to use her as a hostage to trade for Fifth Highness? But she's not Lucia Lu—she might not be enough! Anyway, it's deeply unfair to Lily Bai."
Jenna Summers sneered, "And who do you think you are? You have no right to speak here! You're just a low-status concubine husband!"