"How did such a thing happen?" Li Xiaoran was worried.
"Guess what the outcome was?" Duan Sha kept them in suspense at this critical moment.
Li Xiaoran thought for a moment and said, "Meng Yan and Ma Chongshan must still be together! With my understanding of Meng Yan, I guess these two people must have disobeyed the decree!"
Duan Sha said with a smile, "As expected of Meng Yan's good friend. You know her temper so well! That's right. Ma Chongshan disobeyed the decree and went straight to Meng Yan to elope! Meng Yan said that they weren't in the wrong. They were engaged first, so the two of them barged into the royal family with the imperial edict and went straight to meet the emperor! The emperor was furious and the royal family reshuffled the cabinet. Some officials in the palace were stripped of their positions."
"Where's the princess?" Li Xiaoran asked the main point.