Lin Heng and Yun Yao eavesdropped on the conversation inside the room.
Suddenly, someone blurted out that they felt a sense of being watched, so Lin Heng withdrew his divine sense.
Yun Yao propped her chin in both hands, tilted her head, and looked at him. "Lin Heng, aren't those people from Dragon Manor also the imperial clan's lackeys? Now that the Female Emperor is cracking down so hard on those of the medical path, they still dare get involved with them?"
"I don't know about that. Maybe they have a reason they have no choice but to help. In struggles between big shots like this, it's hard to avoid having leverage over each other."
"Senior Sister Xiao Yao, what do you think of Dragon Manor?"
"I don't like them!" Yun Yao muttered to herself, voicing her opinion. "They all say if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will slant. Those two young masters of the Xu Family are simply more twisted than the last. What good thing could their old man be?"
"You don't even know, back then that guy called Xu Xiaobai even asked me whether Ye Tian had a dao companion!"
"Oh? I think I heard you mention it before... The only thing I'm worried about now is that the more clans are dragged out by the list Prince Qi gave me, the more people I'll offend!"
How could Lin Heng not see that this was a thankless, people-offending chore?
Especially three of the clans on the list, all of them local overlords.
Pull one hair, and the whole body moves!
He could not be sure whether this was Prince Qi Jiang Yan's intention, or the Female Emperor's.
If it was Jiang Jingyi's, he was not worried at all. If he caused trouble, he could