The news of the Crown Prince being attacked by assassins and falling down the cliffs quickly spread to the ears of some people.
"What? The Crown Prince was attacked?" When Consort Xian heard the news, her face was devoid of any joy but filled with worry. She summoned her son, Ying Wang, into the palace and sighed, "What should we do now? Your father, the Emperor, loves the Crown Prince so much. If something happens to him, you, as the eldest son, will definitely become a thorn in his side, a constant worry."
"If the Crown Prince were to perish, wouldn't it be advantageous for me as the Emperor's eldest son?"
"Yes, everyone knows that it would be advantageous for you. But surely many people will also think that you sent the assassins," Consort Xian glanced at her foolish son, "If the Crown Prince dies, we will be the next unlucky ones."
"Mother makes a valid point," Ying Wang pondered for a moment, "Could it be that Royal Princess Leyang bears a grudge against the Crown Prince for refusing to marry her daughter as the Crown Princess, and she also resents you for making her lose face, so she wants to seek revenge?"
"She's not insane. Who would dare to assassinate the Crown Prince in broad daylight? It's a life-threatening matter," Consort Xian shook her head, "Although Leyang is as dull-witted as a pig, her mind is still clear. She couldn't have done such a thing."
"Maybe she has gone mad," Ying Wang glanced at the setting sun in the west, "Mother, you don't need to worry too much. I will go to the Chenyang Palace and request permission to lead troops in the search for the Crown Prince."
"Hurry and go. Regardless of whether your father believes you or not, you must still show a brotherly and friendly attitude," Consort Xian nodded repeatedly, "Go quickly, don't let the other princes take the lead."
Consort Xian's guess was half-correct. Emperor Changlong had indeed fallen into a state of anger and worry, but he didn't really suspect the involvement of his other four sons in this matter. When his eldest son, Ying Wang, and his second son, Ning Wang, came to consult him about leading troops to search for the Crown Prince, he did not refuse. He allowed them to take their own guards and search the mountains.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. The Crown Prince will definitely return safely," Hua Yingting was worried about his daughter and concerned about the Crown Prince's safety. He was afraid that Emperor Changlong would become ill with worry, so he would have to divide his attention to comfort him.
"Old friend, Yuansu is the heir that Zhen personally raised. He is not only the Crown Prince, but also the child Zhen raised with my love and care. If something happens to him..." Emperor Changlong thought of the little girl from the Hua family who was with the Crown Prince. The girl was so weak, how could her body endure such a major incident?
"My wife has already led troops to search for him," Hua Yingting looked at the gradually dimming sky outside the window, hoping that the night would come a little slower. If it became night, it would be even more difficult to find people.
According to Yuan Yi, who had followed them, before the Crown Prince and Liuli fell down the cliffs, Liuli seemed to have suffered a serious injury. Hua Yingting was afraid that his child wouldn't last the night.
"Did you move your father's token?" In the wake of the news about the attack on the Crown Prince, Royal Princess Leyang's immediate reaction was to investigate the whereabouts of the token, and to her dismay, it was nowhere to be found.
She hurriedly made her way to her daughter's courtyard, where she found her sitting before the bronze mirror wearing a red dress. Approaching swiftly, she delivered a resounding slap across her face, "Xie Yao, have you lost your senses?"
"Yes." Xie Yao covered her face and chuckled, "I've lost my senses for a long time. Didn't you want me to become the Crown Princess? Once the Crown Prince dies, I can go and marry his memorial tablet. Are you satisfied now?"
"You mad girl! Do you want to destroy the whole family?" Leyang couldn't believe her daughter would do something so insane. She pointed at Xie Yao and said, "If you want to die, fine, but don't drag your younger brother down with you."
"In your eyes, both Eldest Sister and I are just tools. Naturally, we are not worthy of burdening our younger brother," Xie Yao covered her swollen face and looked at her mother with a cold gaze, "Eldest Sister was the tool that pleased you, but she died. I'm still alive, but you are unsatisfied with how I, as a tool, am used."
"Nonsense!" Leyang was furious and spoke without thinking, "If your sister were still alive, I wouldn't need you."
"Yes, if Eldest Sister were still alive, you would have wanted her to become the Crown Princess," Xie Yao said, lowering her voice with a smile, "Mother, you've forgotten. I told you three years ago that I liked the Crown Prince. But you, you never listened and always wanted my Eldest Sister to marry the Crown Prince, so..."
She covered her mouth and laughed, "So Eldest Sister died."
"What did you say..." Leyang looked at her daughter that has gone insane, "You, did you kill your eldest sister?"
"If it weren't for you, why would I want Eldest Sister to die?" Xie Yao innocently looked at Royal Princess Leyang, shaking her head with a smile, "Mother, it was you who killed her."
"You mad girl, you beast!" Leyang pushed Xie Yao away. Xie Yao fell backward and hit her head on the corner of the table, causing blood to gush out.
She covered her wound and laughed, "It's good if the Crown Prince is dead. Only when he's dead will he not fall in love with other women. Isn't that what you always said, Mother? In this world, there are no men who stay faithful. They only become obedient once they are six feet under."
The sight of her daughter's crazed appearance frightened Leyang. She stepped out of the courtyard and told the servants, "Watch over her. Don't let her leave her courtyard."
Now she had to find a way to erase all the evidence linking the assassins to the Xie family. Otherwise, the entire Xie family, and even the scholars in the south, would be implicated.
Walking out of Xie Yao's courtyard with large strides, Royal Princess Leyang suddenly thought of something. She asked Xie Yao's personal maidservant, "Did the Second Miss contact any assassins in the capital?"
"Yes, b-but the assassins didn't take the job."
"You remembered wrong. Those assassins did take the job," Royal Princess Leyang had no expression on her face, "Second Miss went crazy with jealousy and hired someone to kill. The person she wanted to kill was Fushou Junzhu from the Hua family, right?"
No evidence of the Xie family's hidden forces planted near the capital must come to light. Every trace of their presence should be meticulously concealed.
Xie Yao's personal maid looked at Royal Princess Leyang, who had no expression on her face, and felt a chill run down her spine.
Was the Royal Princess trying to kill Second Miss?
In the capital, there were quite a few people worried about Hua Liuli's safety. In Princess Shunan Estate, Yao Wenyin anxiously sent guards to gather information. Yao Jiamin, who used to frequently criticize Hua Liuli, was also full of worries and suspicions. Among her list of suspects was Ying Wang.
"Perhaps Fushou Junzhu will be fine. Isn't it often written in storybooks that when the protagonist falls into cliffs, rivers, or forests, they encounter good fortune and eventually become extraordinary martial arts experts?" Tian Shan's face was pale, looking worse than her other two sisters, "Maybe they'll come back when it's daylight."
Yao Jiamin reached out for the teacup and realized that her hand was trembling.
This time, neither she nor Yao Wenyin criticized Tian Shan's law of storybooks.
When Hua Liuli woke up, she saw the Crown Prince sitting against a tree, his body tattered and his face covered in dirt, unsure if he was injured.
"Your Royal Highness," She weakly covered the wound on her shoulder and asked with a feeble voice, "Are you injured?"
"You're awake?!" The Crown Prince threw down the fire stick and rushed over to Hua Liuli, "Don't move, your wound is deep. Gu has managed to stop the bleeding, but if you move, the blood will start flowing again."
"I'm fine. I won't die," Hua Liuli noticed the soft and clean cloth bandaging her wound and saw the Crown Prince's disheveled robe. She realized that he had taken off his inner garment and torn it into pieces to bandage her.
"Gu wanted to start a fire for warmth, but the ground below is covered in dry leaves. If the wind blows, it could start a forest fire, so Gu extinguished it," The Crown Prince gently held Hua Liuli's hand, "Are you cold?"
"A little," Hua Liuli looked around. The moonlight was dim, she could barely see her surroundings, "The guards still haven't found us?"
"After falling down the cliff, both of us passed out. When Gu woke up, Gu realized we had fallen into a pile of dry leaves in a crevice," The Crown Prince tucked Hua Liuli's hand into his own robes, "But don't worry, Gu hung an outer robe on a tree. The guards will surely find us soon."
"That's good," Hua Liuli didn't ask how the Crown Prince had bandaged her wound. She looked at the man before her, who was earnestly warming her hands. Despite his dirty appearance, she still thought he looked extremely handsome, "Your Royal Highness, there are three sachets tied around my waist. Can you check if they're still there?"
The Crown Prince took out one of the sachets and opened it, finding some small snacks inside.
"Before the guards find us, let's eat some of these," Hua Liuli felt her throat was so dry it was about to crack, but since they were in this deserted place, she didn't want the Crown Prince to go out alone to find food. So she didn't bring up the matter.
Unfastening the three sachets, the Crown Prince found a bottle of rose dew inside one of them. He opened the bottle and brought it to Hua Liuli's lips, "Here, have some of this."
"Your Royal Highness, I'm not thirsty..."
"Even if you're not thirsty, you should drink it. This is Gu's command," The Crown Prince fed the rose dew to Hua Liuli. The small bottle of rose dew, which was usually just a snack for Hua Liuli, had now become a life-saving remedy.
Drinking a bottle of rose dew didn't quench her thirst at all, but it relieved the burning sensation in Hua Liuli's throat. The Crown Prince reached out and held her hands while occasionally taking out a piece of dried meat to eat. He probably knew that Hua Liuli couldn't eat dry food at the moment, so he didn't force her to eat it.
"Your Royal Highness, since I was a little child, I've had a very lovely dream, and it's almost about to come true," Unable to sleep due to the pain in her wound, Hua Liuli could only distract herself by chatting, "Can Your Royal Highness help me make it come true?"
"What is it?" The Crown Prince reluctantly swallowed a few pieces of dried meat. His throat was so dry that he couldn't continue swallowing, so he tied the sachet back around Hua Liuli's waist.
"I want to become the most famous delicate and sickly beauty in history," Hua Liuli gently held the Crown Prince's finger, "Your Royal Highness, can you help me with that?"
At this point, her skills had already been exposed to the Crown Prince. If she wanted to continue being a delicate and sickly beauty, she needed the Crown Prince's cooperation.
"Do you know that Gu once obtained a confession from Prince A'Wa of the Jinpo Kingdom?" The Crown Prince looked tenderly at Hua Liuli, "Prince A'Wa gave a clear account of his capture."
Hua Liuli smiled, "So, Your Royal Highness knew all along?"
"Gu only had some guesses," The Crown Prince reached out and gently brushed aside the stray hair on Hua Liuli's cheek, "It's just a fun and lovely little dream of yours, not some grand matter. As long as you want it, it will definitely come true."
"Your Royal Highness doesn't blame me?"
"Why should Gu blame you?" The Crown Prince chuckled softly, his laughter filled with tenderness, "You're willing to let go of such a great and wonderful dream in order to protect Gu. Gu is very happy."
Hua Liuli couldn't help but feel that something was amiss with these words.
"Doesn't this mean that in your heart, Gu is more important than this dream you've held onto since childhood?" The Crown Prince leaned slightly closer to Hua Liuli's face.
Hua Liuli looked into his eyes and felt slightly uneasy, shifting her gaze, "Um..."
"So, nothing else matters as long as Gu is important to you," The Crown Prince wanted to steal a kiss from Hua Liuli secretly. Even though she resembled a little kitten at the moment, he still thought it would be nice to kiss her.
"Your Royal Highness..." Hua Liuli's heart was not only pounding the rhythm of a phoenix seeking its mate but even performing the most unrestrained dance of the borderlands, "Don't come so close, I... I don't want to make a mistake."
More importantly, her heart was willing, but her ability fell short.
"Actually..." The Crown Prince wanted to reach out and touch Hua Liuli's face but was afraid she would misunderstand his intentions, so he secretly touched the ends of her hair instead, "Actually, in Gu's heart, Gu also wants to make mistakes with you."
"Gu wants to make mistakes with you, but Gu is afraid of disturbing your life," The Crown Prince sighed with a bitter smile, looking at her with a forlorn expression, "Liuli, what do you think Gu should do?"
"I..." Hua Liuli's eyes widened, but before she could utter a word, the booming voice of Ying Wang echoed from a short distance away.
"The Crown Prince is here!" Ying Wang couldn't help but be moved to tears when he saw the Crown Prince's figure. Finally, he could eliminate the suspicions against himself, "Physician, come quickly! The Crown Prince and Fushou Junzhu County are injured."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Crown Prince's gaze turning as sharp as a cold blade toward him, causing him to step back in fear.
He's... he's not the one who sent the assassins, what does the Crown Prince's gaze mean?
Krish728
Author's Note:
Crown Prince: In Gu's eyes, you are already dead!
The news of the Crown Prince being attacked by assassins and falling down the cliffs quickly spread to the ears of some people.
"What? The Crown Prince was attacked?" When Consort Xian heard the news, her face was devoid of any joy but filled with worry. She summoned her son, Ying Wang, into the palace and sighed, "What should we do now? Your father, the Emperor, loves the Crown Prince so much. If something happens to him, you, as the eldest son, will definitely become a thorn in his side, a constant worry."
"If the Crown Prince were to perish, wouldn't it be advantageous for me as the Emperor's eldest son?"
"Yes, everyone knows that it would be advantageous for you. But surely many people will also think that you sent the assassins," Consort Xian glanced at her foolish son, "If the Crown Prince dies, we will be the next unlucky ones."
"Mother makes a valid point," Ying Wang pondered for a moment, "Could it be that Royal Princess Leyang bears a grudge against the Crown Prince for refusing to marry her daughter as the Crown Princess, and she also resents you for making her lose face, so she wants to seek revenge?"
"She's not insane. Who would dare to assassinate the Crown Prince in broad daylight? It's a life-threatening matter," Consort Xian shook her head, "Although Leyang is as dull-witted as a pig, her mind is still clear. She couldn't have done such a thing."
"Maybe she has gone mad," Ying Wang glanced at the setting sun in the west, "Mother, you don't need to worry too much. I will go to the Chenyang Palace and request permission to lead troops in the search for the Crown Prince."
"Hurry and go. Regardless of whether your father believes you or not, you must still show a brotherly and friendly attitude," Consort Xian nodded repeatedly, "Go quickly, don't let the other princes take the lead."
Consort Xian's guess was half-correct. Emperor Changlong had indeed fallen into a state of anger and worry, but he didn't really suspect the involvement of his other four sons in this matter. When his eldest son, Ying Wang, and his second son, Ning Wang, came to consult him about leading troops to search for the Crown Prince, he did not refuse. He allowed them to take their own guards and search the mountains.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. The Crown Prince will definitely return safely," Hua Yingting was worried about his daughter and concerned about the Crown Prince's safety. He was afraid that Emperor Changlong would become ill with worry, so he would have to divide his attention to comfort him.
"Old friend, Yuansu is the heir that Zhen personally raised. He is not only the Crown Prince, but also the child Zhen raised with my love and care. If something happens to him..." Emperor Changlong thought of the little girl from the Hua family who was with the Crown Prince. The girl was so weak, how could her body endure such a major incident?
"My wife has already led troops to search for him," Hua Yingting looked at the gradually dimming sky outside the window, hoping that the night would come a little slower. If it became night, it would be even more difficult to find people.
According to Yuan Yi, who had followed them, before the Crown Prince and Liuli fell down the cliffs, Liuli seemed to have suffered a serious injury. Hua Yingting was afraid that his child wouldn't last the night.
"Did you move your father's token?" In the wake of the news about the attack on the Crown Prince, Royal Princess Leyang's immediate reaction was to investigate the whereabouts of the token, and to her dismay, it was nowhere to be found.
She hurriedly made her way to her daughter's courtyard, where she found her sitting before the bronze mirror wearing a red dress. Approaching swiftly, she delivered a resounding slap across her face, "Xie Yao, have you lost your senses?"
"Yes." Xie Yao covered her face and chuckled, "I've lost my senses for a long time. Didn't you want me to become the Crown Princess? Once the Crown Prince dies, I can go and marry his memorial tablet. Are you satisfied now?"
"You mad girl! Do you want to destroy the whole family?" Leyang couldn't believe her daughter would do something so insane. She pointed at Xie Yao and said, "If you want to die, fine, but don't drag your younger brother down with you."
"In your eyes, both Eldest Sister and I are just tools. Naturally, we are not worthy of burdening our younger brother," Xie Yao covered her swollen face and looked at her mother with a cold gaze, "Eldest Sister was the tool that pleased you, but she died. I'm still alive, but you are unsatisfied with how I, as a tool, am used."
"Nonsense!" Leyang was furious and spoke without thinking, "If your sister were still alive, I wouldn't need you."
"Yes, if Eldest Sister were still alive, you would have wanted her to become the Crown Princess," Xie Yao said, lowering her voice with a smile, "Mother, you've forgotten. I told you three years ago that I liked the Crown Prince. But you, you never listened and always wanted my Eldest Sister to marry the Crown Prince, so..."
She covered her mouth and laughed, "So Eldest Sister died."
"What did you say..." Leyang looked at her daughter that has gone insane, "You, did you kill your eldest sister?"
"If it weren't for you, why would I want Eldest Sister to die?" Xie Yao innocently looked at Royal Princess Leyang, shaking her head with a smile, "Mother, it was you who killed her."
"You mad girl, you beast!" Leyang pushed Xie Yao away. Xie Yao fell backward and hit her head on the corner of the table, causing blood to gush out.
She covered her wound and laughed, "It's good if the Crown Prince is dead. Only when he's dead will he not fall in love with other women. Isn't that what you always said, Mother? In this world, there are no men who stay faithful. They only become obedient once they are six feet under."
The sight of her daughter's crazed appearance frightened Leyang. She stepped out of the courtyard and told the servants, "Watch over her. Don't let her leave her courtyard."
Now she had to find a way to erase all the evidence linking the assassins to the Xie family. Otherwise, the entire Xie family, and even the scholars in the south, would be implicated.
Walking out of Xie Yao's courtyard with large strides, Royal Princess Leyang suddenly thought of something. She asked Xie Yao's personal maidservant, "Did the Second Miss contact any assassins in the capital?"
"Yes, b-but the assassins didn't take the job."
"You remembered wrong. Those assassins did take the job," Royal Princess Leyang had no expression on her face, "Second Miss went crazy with jealousy and hired someone to kill. The person she wanted to kill was Fushou Junzhu from the Hua family, right?"
No evidence of the Xie family's hidden forces planted near the capital must come to light. Every trace of their presence should be meticulously concealed.
Xie Yao's personal maid looked at Royal Princess Leyang, who had no expression on her face, and felt a chill run down her spine.
Was the Royal Princess trying to kill Second Miss?
In the capital, there were quite a few people worried about Hua Liuli's safety. In Princess Shunan Estate, Yao Wenyin anxiously sent guards to gather information. Yao Jiamin, who used to frequently criticize Hua Liuli, was also full of worries and suspicions. Among her list of suspects was Ying Wang.
"Perhaps Fushou Junzhu will be fine. Isn't it often written in storybooks that when the protagonist falls into cliffs, rivers, or forests, they encounter good fortune and eventually become extraordinary martial arts experts?" Tian Shan's face was pale, looking worse than her other two sisters, "Maybe they'll come back when it's daylight."
Yao Jiamin reached out for the teacup and realized that her hand was trembling.
This time, neither she nor Yao Wenyin criticized Tian Shan's law of storybooks.
When Hua Liuli woke up, she saw the Crown Prince sitting against a tree, his body tattered and his face covered in dirt, unsure if he was injured.
"Your Royal Highness," She weakly covered the wound on her shoulder and asked with a feeble voice, "Are you injured?"
"You're awake?!" The Crown Prince threw down the fire stick and rushed over to Hua Liuli, "Don't move, your wound is deep. Gu has managed to stop the bleeding, but if you move, the blood will start flowing again."
"I'm fine. I won't die," Hua Liuli noticed the soft and clean cloth bandaging her wound and saw the Crown Prince's disheveled robe. She realized that he had taken off his inner garment and torn it into pieces to bandage her.
"Gu wanted to start a fire for warmth, but the ground below is covered in dry leaves. If the wind blows, it could start a forest fire, so Gu extinguished it," The Crown Prince gently held Hua Liuli's hand, "Are you cold?"
"A little," Hua Liuli looked around. The moonlight was dim, she could barely see her surroundings, "The guards still haven't found us?"
"After falling down the cliff, both of us passed out. When Gu woke up, Gu realized we had fallen into a pile of dry leaves in a crevice," The Crown Prince tucked Hua Liuli's hand into his own robes, "But don't worry, Gu hung an outer robe on a tree. The guards will surely find us soon."
"That's good," Hua Liuli didn't ask how the Crown Prince had bandaged her wound. She looked at the man before her, who was earnestly warming her hands. Despite his dirty appearance, she still thought he looked extremely handsome, "Your Royal Highness, there are three sachets tied around my waist. Can you check if they're still there?"
The Crown Prince took out one of the sachets and opened it, finding some small snacks inside.
"Before the guards find us, let's eat some of these," Hua Liuli felt her throat was so dry it was about to crack, but since they were in this deserted place, she didn't want the Crown Prince to go out alone to find food. So she didn't bring up the matter.
Unfastening the three sachets, the Crown Prince found a bottle of rose dew inside one of them. He opened the bottle and brought it to Hua Liuli's lips, "Here, have some of this."
"Your Royal Highness, I'm not thirsty..."
"Even if you're not thirsty, you should drink it. This is Gu's command," The Crown Prince fed the rose dew to Hua Liuli. The small bottle of rose dew, which was usually just a snack for Hua Liuli, had now become a life-saving remedy.
Drinking a bottle of rose dew didn't quench her thirst at all, but it relieved the burning sensation in Hua Liuli's throat. The Crown Prince reached out and held her hands while occasionally taking out a piece of dried meat to eat. He probably knew that Hua Liuli couldn't eat dry food at the moment, so he didn't force her to eat it.
"Your Royal Highness, since I was a little child, I've had a very lovely dream, and it's almost about to come true," Unable to sleep due to the pain in her wound, Hua Liuli could only distract herself by chatting, "Can Your Royal Highness help me make it come true?"
"What is it?" The Crown Prince reluctantly swallowed a few pieces of dried meat. His throat was so dry that he couldn't continue swallowing, so he tied the sachet back around Hua Liuli's waist.
"I want to become the most famous delicate and sickly beauty in history," Hua Liuli gently held the Crown Prince's finger, "Your Royal Highness, can you help me with that?"
At this point, her skills had already been exposed to the Crown Prince. If she wanted to continue being a delicate and sickly beauty, she needed the Crown Prince's cooperation.
"Do you know that Gu once obtained a confession from Prince A'Wa of the Jinpo Kingdom?" The Crown Prince looked tenderly at Hua Liuli, "Prince A'Wa gave a clear account of his capture."
Hua Liuli smiled, "So, Your Royal Highness knew all along?"
"Gu only had some guesses," The Crown Prince reached out and gently brushed aside the stray hair on Hua Liuli's cheek, "It's just a fun and lovely little dream of yours, not some grand matter. As long as you want it, it will definitely come true."
"Your Royal Highness doesn't blame me?"
"Why should Gu blame you?" The Crown Prince chuckled softly, his laughter filled with tenderness, "You're willing to let go of such a great and wonderful dream in order to protect Gu. Gu is very happy."
Hua Liuli couldn't help but feel that something was amiss with these words.
"Doesn't this mean that in your heart, Gu is more important than this dream you've held onto since childhood?" The Crown Prince leaned slightly closer to Hua Liuli's face.
Hua Liuli looked into his eyes and felt slightly uneasy, shifting her gaze, "Um..."
"So, nothing else matters as long as Gu is important to you," The Crown Prince wanted to steal a kiss from Hua Liuli secretly. Even though she resembled a little kitten at the moment, he still thought it would be nice to kiss her.
"Your Royal Highness..." Hua Liuli's heart was not only pounding the rhythm of a phoenix seeking its mate but even performing the most unrestrained dance of the borderlands, "Don't come so close, I... I don't want to make a mistake."
More importantly, her heart was willing, but her ability fell short.
"Actually..." The Crown Prince wanted to reach out and touch Hua Liuli's face but was afraid she would misunderstand his intentions, so he secretly touched the ends of her hair instead, "Actually, in Gu's heart, Gu also wants to make mistakes with you."
"Gu wants to make mistakes with you, but Gu is afraid of disturbing your life," The Crown Prince sighed with a bitter smile, looking at her with a forlorn expression, "Liuli, what do you think Gu should do?"
"I..." Hua Liuli's eyes widened, but before she could utter a word, the booming voice of Ying Wang echoed from a short distance away.
"The Crown Prince is here!" Ying Wang couldn't help but be moved to tears when he saw the Crown Prince's figure. Finally, he could eliminate the suspicions against himself, "Physician, come quickly! The Crown Prince and Fushou Junzhu County are injured."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Crown Prince's gaze turning as sharp as a cold blade toward him, causing him to step back in fear.
He's... he's not the one who sent the assassins, what does the Crown Prince's gaze mean?
Krish728
Author's Note:
Crown Prince: In Gu's eyes, you are already dead!
