Charles rushed back to the mansion as fast as his feet would allow him. He had to make sure he arrived before the imperial edict about Felicia's punishment was delivered. It was his duty to protect the Chu Clan, even if it meant driving his own flesh and blood out. After this day, Felicia would be stripped of her surname and banished from the clan.

Upon his arrival, Sue had initially thought that Charles brought with him good news. Why else could he be in such a hurry? Soon enough, she discovered that she could not have been more wrong, as she stood face to face with Charles' ruthlessness. The door flung open as he stepped inside, and the first sentence out of his mouth was an order to kick Felicia out of the Chu Clan.

"Charles, what are you saying? Felicia is your daughter! Why are you driving her out?" she asked in distress. "How can you treat her like that?"

Charles' eyes were cold as he turned to her. "His Majesty already announced her sanction. She is to serve as a military prostitute. No daughter of the Chu Clan

aithful shadow.

"My Lady, Lady Harper is here," Mavis' maid announced.

Charles was also present when Harper arrived. She bowed respectfully and quietly stood aside, observing her father and grandmother closely. Charles was wearing a sullen expression, and grim shadows passed over Mavis' face as her fingers twirled the Buddhist beads in her hands.

"She deserves it. Mother, I must do this for our clan's future," Charles said sorrowfully. "I have no power over it, not with the gravity of charges against her. The emperor has already passed down the punishment. She is to work as a military prostitute. It will be a stain that even history cannot bury."

'Work as a military prostitute?' Harper exclaimed inwardly. She could not have imagined that this was Felicia's punishment. However, she felt no pity for Felicia. With what she had done, it was only fitting.

Mavis turned to her and said, "You heard it, Harper. Felicia will be exiled to a place three thousand miles away from here and work as a military prostitute."