Failing Negotiatons

A couple hours ago, before Zhen Liu made contact with the obvious pseudonym...

After a rather stressful dinner at the Blessed Willow Manor, the Zhen branch clan made their way back to the Cozy Maple Hotel in order to recuperate, physically and mentally.

They were offered a wing of the Zhen Clan's ancestral home to spend the evening, thanks to their blood relations, but the branch clan elders politely refused the invitation.

The elders knew when they weren't really invited somewhere, and that was especially the case due to the Imperial prince and princess having decided to stay with the Zhen Clan while they were visiting the city.

Either way, the branch clan members were incredibly happy to be out of there and back in a hotel that was at least several thousand feet away from their main clan counterparts.