And indeed, things unfolded just as Cheng Ying had said.
The return of Ding Ling and Guo Fu's disruption of Yang Guo's wedding banquet had spread almost throughout the world's top echelons in less than a day through player transmission.
Upon hearing the news, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were taken aback and, disregarding negotiations with various Western Kingdoms, directly chose to return to the Imperial City.
The heads of the Western Kingdoms, having learned the details, were also scared with cold sweat running down their foreheads, each of them angrily reprimanding their strategists, accusing them of enchanting the king's mind and calling for their execution!
Completely blaming their strategic misstep and greed-fueled ambitions on the strategists.
They were just finding scapegoats.
The Ascenders were fully aware of this and left the same day.
