The letter Gu Lanyue had sent was anything but courteous.
Laced with barely-veiled contempt, it demanded a hefty sum in reparations, for the so-called "damage" to the Gu family's reputation.
And this meeting today wasn't about reconciliation.
It was about humiliation.
A stage set to disgrace the Fang family, and to dictate just how far they would be allowed to crawl.
Fang Yuan chuckled under his breath as the ground approached.
"If I have to make the entire empire understand that I'm a threat," he muttered to himself, "then so be it."
"No one will get away with belittling the family I protect. And no one… will be spared if they dare threaten them in front of me."
He descended slowly over the stone path of River Light Bridge, letting his presence ripple just enough to be felt but not enough to be called arrogant.