Why Were There So Many Broke Siblings' Enablers?

Ling Buyi knew Wang Yue had a point. Young Marquis Yue had only acted this way for one of two reasons. He might have deliberately delayed the aid to Old Prince An, hoping to make Emperor Wen resent him. Or he might have set an ambush in the miasma-ridden region, killing several scouting parties before luring Old Prince An into investigating and striking him down.

If the first was true, Young Marquis Yue was Ling Buyi's enemy, not Wang Yue's.

If the second was true, Young Marquis Yue was both Ling Buyi's and Wang Yue's enemy.

Thinking of this, Ling Buyi didn't dare reveal his whole plan. The situation ahead was still uncertain. Frowning, he said, "Now that Han Wu and the physician are dead, it'll be difficult to find the culprit from back then."

Wang Yue didn't know what Ling Buyi was thinking. To him, it didn't matter which possibility was true: Young Marquis Yue was an enemy either way. After all, he was one of the Empress's faction. Wang Yue said unconcernedly, "It's simple, really. We can be sure that either Young Marquis Yue or one of Old Prince An's men was the culprit. If we keep investigating along both leads, we'll find him."

Ling Buyi nodded. That was all they could do. But the witnesses were dead, so someone had clearly noticed they were investigating. He glanced at Han Wu's corpse and said gravely, "To avoid alerting the enemy, it seems we'll have to investigate discreetly from now on."

During the fight, Cheng Shaoshang and Wang Ling had stayed well away so they wouldn't get in Wang Yue and Ling Buyi's way. Now that the fighting was over, they hurried over on horseback.

Hearing Ling Buyi's words, Wang Ling thought he was worried about Huo Junhua's condition