"Speaking of this... forgive me for being nosy, but may I ask one question? Li Guxian and He Qiyun kept insisting that they went to Flower Fairy Garden to visit you."
"Did that really happen?"
Since the conversation had already come around to this topic, Lin Bai no longer wished to delay. He directly asked the question troubling him.
Besides, from probing Grand Princess Qingyue just now, Lin Bai had learned that she disliked beating around the bush and exchanging empty pleasantries. It was better to ask her directly.
"Is Wolf Marquis suspicious of me? Or suspicious of Li Guxian?" Grand Princess Qingyue did not answer immediately. Instead, she asked Lin Bai a question.
Lin Bai shook his head. "I'm not suspicious of anyone. This matter has nothing to do with me."
"To be frank with Grand Princess Qingyue, I really don't want to get involved in this any further."
"All I want now is to quietly wait for Chu Emperor's Birthday Celebration to begin, then leave the imperial capital."
"I never want to meddle in the imperial capital's affairs again."
Lin Bai's face was creased with a bitter smile, yet neither his words nor his tone seemed like a lie.
Lin Bai truly did not want to meddle in these matters in the imperial capital anymore.
Grand Princess Qingyue pondered. "Wolf Marquis knows that a Goddess of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace has appeared in the imperial capital. In that case, the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's scheme must be enormous."
"So Wolf Marquis believes that continuing the investigation will only drag him into an even greater quagmire, which is why he wants to extricate himself in time?"
Lin Bai smiled and nodded frankly.
What Grand Princess Qingyue had said was exactly what Lin Bai was thinking... Just as he