A month passed in a blink. Qiao Chu and the others gradually blended into the various palaces and their powers gained recognition from their respective palaces where they slowly walked towards the center of power.
Although Fei Yan had been secretly investigated into due to the incident before, but through her one month's worth of "dainty" and exemplarily "obedient" performance, the people from the Dragon Slayers Palace also came to believe Fei Yan's "innocence".
And coincidentally at that time, it was the Pure Grace Palace Lord's birthday and although the Twelve Palaces were not exactly harmonious, they were still expected to put on a facade of cordiality for appearance's sake. All the palaces had to prepare a birthday gift and send a representative to bring it to the Pure Grace Palace to express their well wishes for the Pure Grace Palace Lord.
This should have been a simple matter of no trouble but voices of discord grew within the Dragon Slayers Palace.