บท 69: Friend and Foe

Li Xueyue thought the dangers of having a new title wouldn't come knocking on her door so quickly, but to her surprise, they came less than a week after the tournament ended.

Ever since her new title was announced less than a week ago, invitations to soirees and banquet never stopped pouring in. Each day, a new stack of invitations was brought before Duchess Wang Qixing and Li Xueyue. The first time, they were astonished, but by now, they've already turned a blind-eye to it.

Duchess Wang Qixing believed Li Xueyue should only attend the important ones, which was two out of every hundred that arrived at their doorsteps.

This morning, she thought she was preparing for one of the usual parties, but later found out it was the opposite of that.