The Fifth Princess tilted her head and said coldly, "The competition between us siblings was his idea in the first place. He was probably the one most eager to see us slaughter each other. Besides... Father and the Four Elders aren't even in the Capital City right now!"
They weren't in the Capital City? Even the four old bastards from the Four Ministries were gone?
Fang Yue froze.
"Where did they go? Why leave the Capital City at a time like this? Was it because of what happened in the Black Green Mountain Range?"
"The Anomaly Disaster in the Black Green Mountain Range? I doubt something like that would require Father and the others to step in. As for where Father went, you'll have to ask yourself, Night Red Robe. I know who you are. Father suddenly left the Capital City with the Four Elders after meeting you in the palace hall. If anyone in the entire Capital City knows where they went, it's probably you."
It wasn't that Fang Yue was trying to play the big shot. The events he'd caused in the Hall of Civil and Military Affairs weren't exactly a secret among the upper echelons. Word had gotten around.
Of course, only a select few knew the more confidential details.
His Majesty and the Four Elders had left the Capital City because of me?
Fang Yue recalled His Majesty's questions in the Hall of Civil and Military Affairs and quickly figured out the answer.
Mirror Mountain!
Back in the hall, apart from Lord Han, the only thing that had made His Majesty's expression change was the intelligence about Fairy Meiyu.
And Fairy Meiyu had gone to [Mirror Mountain].
So the only reason Fang Yue could think of for His Majesty to leave with the Four Elders—the four