What would it be?
Would Wang Tingyue die, or would she?
Lu Xiu looked at the silent woman. "Chancellor Cao's methods this time were different from his usual approach. This gentle persuasion tactic... if I'm not mistaken, that was your idea, wasn't it?"
Liang Wan lowered her gaze.
Lu Xiu's voice remained indifferent. "Such a roundabout method... while it has some merit, it can't hide the fact that you were only trying to find a way for Wang Tingyue to survive.
Cao Jun personally brought him out of the dungeon, not only saving him but also bearing witness that he had nothing to do with this case. He even helped you escape in the matter of obtaining the secret seal, an act of choosing righteousness over family."
He tilted his head in thought, a faint smile playing on his lips. "When you saw Wang Su, you knew his life was no longer in danger, so you started acting. Those words that seemed to be for me were actually for him, just to make him give up all hope.
