The Emperor and Prime Minister Both Enter the Fray

"No!" Lin Su answered her. "Du Yuanfeng is unquestionably doomed. There is no way he can return to the capital alive!"

Having received his unequivocal answer, Zhou Mei slowly narrowed her eyes into slits. "He was the chief culprit behind the raid on Wujianmen's stronghold that day. Wujianmen has people spread throughout every trade and profession across the Whole World—they were already going to hunt him down across the Whole World, weren't they?"

"Yes!"

Zhou Mei shifted her gaze toward him. "Besides Wujianmen, Cao Fang is clearly on the Third Prince's side as well. To show loyalty to this prospective Heir Apparent, he too will kill Du Yuanfeng!"

"Yes!"

"Wujianmen, which strikes terror into the martial world, coupled with the destination you deliberately sent that head toward—the Prefect's Mansion—both want nothing more than to kill him. That is why you concluded Du Yuanfeng could never enter the capital alive..." Zhou Mei said. "But you seem to have overlooked one point. Someone also wants to protect him! Because he is a Hidden Dragon!"

A Hidden Dragon!

His Majesty the Emperor's confidant!

The Crown Prince's backer!

Although the Crown Prince was dead, the officials of his faction were all still there. Would they really sit by and watch Du Yuanfeng be killed?

When she raised this question, Lin Su smiled. "Ding Jiye was once His Majesty's most trusted man too. Yet why was the one who ultimately killed him also His Majesty? For one reason only: in an emperor's eyes, there is no personal affection or righteousness, only gains and losses..."

Zhou Mei's eyes suddenly lit up...

When an emperor employed people, he employed useful people. He did not care about sentiment.

If someone had already been exposed, and his existence brought more harm than benefit, why would the emperor protect him?