The moment those words were spoken, everyone who had been ready to pack up and leave immediately perked back up.
Their expressions were almost all: (?Д?) Huh?
What did that mean?
Could there still be another twist?!
Su Moxie, Su Qiubai, Jiang Caiyan, Crippled Granny, Martial Man, Xiao Lan, Gu Yun... and the others all turned their gazes back.
Yu Hai blinked rapidly twice, then suddenly smiled. "Ah! The Special Envoy truly knows how to joke. The Azure Clan Chief already admitted that they destroyed Broad Communication Manor. What does that have to do with our South Prince Manor?"
"It seems Lord Yu is still harboring a lucky hope. Why do you think I exposed Crippled Granny's collusion with the Beast Clan in front of everyone at today's banquet?"
The purpose of exposing Crippled Granny had, in truth, been to push her into opposition. For Little Demoness, she certainly did not want her grandmother to be punished.
Yet she had still chosen to expose Crippled Granny alongside Lin Heng, not for some so-called righteousness that put family before all else.
"This subordinate does not know."
"Because if I hadn't exposed her, how could I have made you lower your guard? Am I right... Han Gaoyuan, our Lord Yu Hai!"
"Han Gaoyuan?" Gu Yun froze for a moment, then said in astonishment, "He's Han Gaoyuan? How could he possibly be Han Gaoyuan? It's not like we don't recognize him."
"Exactly. How could we possibly not know that old bastard Han Gaoyuan?" Wang Qiang chimed in.
"Hehe! Has it ever occurred to you that all these years... the Broad Communication Manor Lord you saw was a puppet draped in human skin? Or perhaps some sort of incarnation..."
Hearing this, the few of them sucked in sharp breaths.
A puppet? An incarnation?
Could