Chapter 78: Scorned Ambitions

The charged atmosphere that permeated the opulent dining hall was palpable, a suffocating miasma of simmering resentments and fractured allegiances. As the echoes of Jiang Yukang's scathing rebuke faded into the tense silence, it became abundantly clear that the delicate dance of power and influence within the Feng family had taken a seismic shift, the once-solid foundations upon which their dynasty had been built now teetering precariously on the precipice of chaos.

It was Feng Meiling, her features twisted into a mask of barely contained fury, who first broke the strained silence. Her eyes, once regarded as beacons of captivating beauty, now burned with a simmering rage that threatened to consume her from within.