"Father. I don't want to see the three lords."
The man frowned deeply as he stared at his daughter. This is what he had wanted to avoid previously. He knew his daughter was too stubborn.
Two years ago, on her fourteenth birthday, he had arranged a grand banquet for Shiqi and invited the three lords, personally ensuring they would be seated close to her, hoping that by the time it was time for the mating, they would have been well acquainted by now. But that had not happened because they'd not been able to attend the banquet.
After that, it had been impossible to get to them to come... And now, on her sixteenth birthday, she was being stubborn about not wanting to meet them at all.
He sighed quietly, rubbing his temple. If his daughter kept refusing, all his carefully laid plans to rise to power would be a waste.
Years of patience and silent maneuvering would come to nothing.
