Magnanimity

Ren Jiao was questioned by Lü Ren, and the traces of performance on her face finally could no longer hold. Panic filled her eyes. She lowered her head, panting delicately, appearing aggrieved when she was really concealing her alarm and considering a countermeasure.

Yet she was indeed exceptionally clever. She quickly thought of something, raised her head, and revealed a lovely face streaked with tears like pear blossoms in the rain. She resumed her pitiful appearance, though now with a touch more vexation and confusion. "Young Hero Lü, believe me. I truly did not lie. That man looked exactly like the prince and the Heir Apparent, and he used his identity. That made me think he was a chivalrous wanderer of the martial world. Perhaps... perhaps someone was impersonating him?"

Lü Ren's expression wavered as he looked toward Duàn Yì. Yet as though something had suddenly occurred to him, his gaze swept over Prince Duan, Xia Shu, Xia Hong, and Xia Ning by the table. He thought,

Indeed, the Imperial Family of Great Xia possesses unusual bloodlines. Any male member of the Imperial Family is generally exceedingly beautiful and resembles the others. Duàn Yì and the King of Zhenbei in particular look almost like the same person at different stages of youth and middle age. Could another member of the Imperial Family have been acting?

Besides, even if they did not look alike, there were countless people in the martial world skilled in the Disguise Technique. The Demon Face Envoy of the demonic sect could even make a fake so flawless it passed for the real thing.

Perhaps someone truly had impersonated Duàn Yì, while Ren Jiao was merely an ordinary woman and could not tell the difference?

By this point, Duàn Yì's suspicions had already been washed clean, leaving