During these last few weeks nothing changed for the ninth concubine and company, Except for Audrey who forced Alexander to go to the bathroom instead of wearing diapers, She no longer wanted to wash them, Thus under threats of being beaten, Alexander obeyed the maid.

They did not care that the queen and the first prince had disappeared, They never had any contact in the first place, so when they disappeared nothing changed for them, in these last few days the palace has been quite a mess, Several of other concubines have gone to "comfort" the king at night except for one, The ninth concubine.

For her, the only good thing that her husband gave her was her son, she did not owe him anything, and even if she was exiled from the palace, she would just go along with her son and Audrey to her parents' house. With that in mind, she treated the king as if he did not exist. and did not attend to "comfort" him. and did as she wanted, nobody came to bother her, if not quite the opposite. The other concubines were happy to have less competition in the quest to "comfort" the king because some of them still did not bear any children with the king!

Normally the queen monopolized the king and almost did not let him have any relations with other concubines. Only a few concubines bore children, but now that she was gone, now only the third concubine remained who held an advantage over the others, but she was a human and had her limits, so she had no choice but to let the others also had contact with the king as she did not know when the king could come out from his depression.

Returning to the present, outside the room of the ninth concubine, light footsteps were heard. then the voice of a maid sounded: "Excuse me, ninth lady, you have visitors, they are waiting in the guest room." normally they knocked on the door and entered the room but the ninth lady gave the order that aside from Audrey no one can enter her room. So she had relined to informing her from outside the door.

When Anna heard that, she could not help but be confused, she had no friends in the Alba Kingdom so no one would come to visit her, it would have to be someone from the Snow Kingdom, so she answered the maid to tell the guest that she would visit them in a few minutes, After a few moments she left the room with Alexander in her arms along Audrey, she could not leave her son alone in the palace, as she did not know what would happen.

When they reached the hall, both women saw a young man sitting on a couch drinking tea while turning his head to see them when he saw them he just smiled and said "haha, How long it's been, little sister, I guess he must be my nephew"

Anna was incredulous at what she was seeing, she has not seen her brother for more than six years but he looked exactly the same as he did back then, in fact, he looked a little younger!

Alexander looked at him with confusion like a normal baby would but inside he was somewhat shocked, he could see that the cultivation of this young man was on the sixth stage of the Realm of Qi Gathering, to think that his mother could have a relative like that?, the safest thing is that she does not know the cultivation of her brother. It was the good thing that he told Audrey to tell my mother to keep everything a secret even from her relatives. Behind his brother may be someone powerful but greedy so there is a possibility for his uncle's backer to betray him when he discovers about my secret and harm me and my family to increase his longevity.

After Anna saw her brother she jumped with joy without caring about Alexander who was still in her hands, this brother always spoiled her way too much, always giving her gifts and fulfilling every whim so she holds a very special place in her heart for her brother, "Brother how come you are here, you didn't even tell your little sister about your visit"

"haha , calm down little sister or else you would hurt my nephew, come, sit down let's talk about what happened in all these years, also you have not introduced me to my nephew" With that Joseph made a gesture with his hands to sit down, After they sat down Anna introduced her son and told him how she had spent all these past few years to her brother. When he heard about the king's treatment to his sister, he was furious, but because he had to see the bigger picture and dependence of the Snow Kingdom of the Alba Kingdom, he could not do anything but grumble, but this brother-in-law had disappointed him. Anna seeing that her brother was struggling to control himself from going to beat her husband could not help but worry, so she changed the subject: "Brother, what brings you here?"

Joseph calmed down and said: "Well I came on a mission from the Sect, I'm going to act as the representative of the James Clan in the recruitment that will be held tomorrow, you didn't know?"

"I knew about the recruitment, but I did not imagine my brother would come for such a small matter," said Anna.

(Joseph) "haha, to tell the truth, if it was a normal situation I would have not came personally but as it was in the kingdom of Alba I decided to come to see you, I did not go to your wedding so I did not know what your life was like, I could not let my sister live poorly," said Joseph.

Upon hearing that, Anna got a little sentimental so she could not help but remember the times they all spent together.

Then Joseph gave her a shocking news: "Five years ago Helewise gave birth to a girl, but the most shocking news is that this year she passed the Clan tests and not only joined James clan but also became a direct disciple of the Supreme Elder."

Of the six powers of the South Region, each had a supreme Elder, of whom two were women, one of them was of the James Clan while the other was of the Sea Palace, while the other four were men. These elders could choose disciples at will and they will be called Direct Disciples, Regardless of their cultivation, They would have a higher status than a core disciple!

Having such a status no neighboring Kingdom would dare to attack the Snow Kingdom, so it not only ensures the prosperity of the kingdom but could also change the existing relations such as the relation between the Kingdom of the Sun with the Snow Kingdom.