As her words faded, the air seemed to freeze for an instant.
Shen Yanchuan paused. He didn't answer her question, saying only, "The Duke Zhongyong Mansion has deep and complex entanglements. Your visit here tonight will only bring you trouble."
His reaction told Ye Chutang the answer, and her heart sank.
'So it's true.'
Regardless of what illness Xie Pei had supposedly contracted, or the current state of the Duke Zhongyong Mansion, everything had already been decided.
If the emperor wants his subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die!
She paused for a moment and looked past Shen Yanchuan.
At night, the Duke Zhongyong Mansion was already shrouded in grief. The faint sound of weeping drifted over, enough to make one's heart tremble.
She lowered her voice.
"Marquis Zhongyong suffered immense pain before his death. Yet from start to finish, he never made a sound, attracting no one's attention."
