The announcement shocked the whole Lower Heavens!
It only took a few hours, and everyone in the Lower Heavens had heard of the contents within the Royal Edict!
And while King Xin had given his Edict, King Wu at the Wu Roya Clan had also given out a Royal Edict.
And thus, with mere words, the two men had caused commotion throughout the Lower Heavens!
The war that was raging and taking thousands of lives every day was stopped just with the words of the two Kings.
The Grand Spirit Hunt was not just bigger; it had more participants and was now going to be more brutal than ever!
And the most noteworthy thing was to become the Son-in-law of the Xin Royal Clan!
Son-in-law of the King!
That's a status on par with the Crown Prince!
Almost everyone was surprised by the Royal Edict, and every tavern, street, and house was talking about it.
If there could be somewhere which was silent, it was Fang Chen's courtyard.
Upon hearing the Royal Edict, Ye Tian Yun had called off the practice and returned to the courtyard.
Sitting on his bed, he had a huge frown on his face.
The Royal Edict had directly affected his plans!
The war was very important for Ye Tian Yun!
It was the sole reason why Ye Tian Yun hadn't spoken much against the marriage with the Gao Clan, just because he wanted to get his hands on the Thunder Valley.
And now, just with a recorded message, the Thunder Valley had become useless for him.
If the war wasn't going to happen, then the enemy was not going to come from the north, and if he was not going to come, then there was no need to invest time and effort in the Thunder Valley!
With a mere Royal Edict, all Ye Tian Yun's preparations had turned into nothing.
In fact, his whole work on assuming Fang Chen's disguise was now useless.
The only reason why he was still in Fang Chen's disguise was that he wanted to participate in the Grand Spirit Hunt and also get his hands on the Thunder Valley using the Fang Clan's background.
Just yesterday, he had finally completed his first step - getting the Thunder Valley, and now, all of the work was for naught.
"What to do…."
Ye Tian Yun let out a long sigh.
In his previous life, such a thing had never happened.
Everything took place one by one, first the Grand Sprit Hunt, then the War, then the downfall of Fang Clan….
But now, two of the aforementioned events had already changed and combined together.
"Fuck…"
Ye Tian Yun rubbed his face and closed his eyes.
He now had to think of a way to get out of all this.
'Looks like Fang Chen needs to disappear….'
….
Royal Courtroom, Xin Kingdom.
After the Royal Edict, all ministers had rushed to seek an audience with the King, but the latter was in no mood to entertain anyone.
He had not even replied to Prime Minister Fang's requests, let along other ministers.
With the empty throne, the Ministers of the kingdom silently sat on their seats, waiting for the King to show up and let them speak to him.
As usual, the camps were divided into two - on one side was Prime Minister Fang, who had a deep frown on his face, and on the other was Cron Prince Xin's faction.
Crown Prince's expression was the opposite - he had a smug smile on his face as he feasted upon the uneasiness of his opponent's face.
'This time, it's my win, Fang Yuan.'
Crown Prince smiled inwardly.
Last evening, his father, the King, had called him to his courtyard and told him to finalize the agreement with the Wu Kingdom, and within one night, while his enemy was sleeping soundly, he had formed a plan to get huge merit.
'Last night was fully worth it.'
The smile widened even more as the satisfaction he felt was a huge boon to his confidence.
…
In the Gao Clan, Clan Head Gao Kang had a deep frown on his face.
Unlike other big clan heads, he didn't hold any political power.
He was a businessman, and he knew how to run it.
And the Royal Edict had directly affected him.
Not many knew, but Gao Clan also had other companies, like the weapon factory and armor-making drills.
With the sudden end to war, the Gao Clan's whole investment in the weapons market had suddenly disappeared.
The weapons were now not going to be used by the army - this meant all the money spent was now not coming back.
'Is this his revenge?'
Clan Head Gao Kang couldn't help but sigh.
Even though the general populace was not aware of his clan's weaponry business, how could the King not be aware of all this?
And considering how unexpected the Royal Edict was, he had a strong feeling that the King was targeting him.
Just yesterday, Prime Minister Fang had announced the alliance between Fang and Gao Clan, and out of nowhere, the very next day, King Xin revealed a huge announcement which made the Gao Clan suffer a tremendous loss.
Taking a deep breath, he let out a long sigh.
'I wonder how Fang Yuan is handling this situation? The risk he took… was too much.'
'There doesn't seem to be a chance of truce now. I will have to go all out.'
'Xin Xue Jian…. You have now forced my hand.'
Clan Head Gao closed his eyes and called out.
"Guards, bring Gao Long and Gao Xuan to me, right now!"
…
Ye Tian Yun opened his eyes.
Getting up from his bed, he cracked knuckles and went out of the room.
After thinking and reorganizing his thoughts for the last one hour, he had finally come up with a way to recover from the sudden blow from the Royal Edict.
'I better make my invested time useful. I won't let all this hard work go to waste.'
Ye Tian Yun took a deep breath and headed for the main courtyard.