After saying that, Kiana looked at Kongming cautiously and added, "Um, little Kongming, since Jackal, the real villain, has already been caught and the evidence is solid, then next... I don't have to keep acting dumb in front of her, right? Honestly, pretending I don't understand anything and look easy to fool, while also playing along with her act, is really exhausting."
Kongming did not answer right away. She only shot Kiana an annoyed glare.
Then she ignored Kiana and instead turned a chilling look toward Mo Wang.
"Mo Wang. Explain."
Mo Wang was holding a branch, idly poking at the bonfire now and then. Hearing her, he lifted his head with an innocent, bewildered look. "Explain? Explain what? I don't understand~ Isn't everything just like gra—uh, His Highness the Second Prince said? I saw injustice on the road, drew my blade to help, scared off the ill-intentioned army, captured the chief culprit, and protected the safety of the Unrivaled Battalion and your imperial uncle. What a perfect ending!"
"A perfect ending?" Kongming sneered, stood up, walked over to Mo Wang, and looked down at him from above. "You know what I mean. Why—did you only tie up Jackal?"
Mo Wang blinked, the surprise on his face so exaggerated it looked a little fake. "What? Lord Kongming, you mean... I should have tied up His Highness the Second Prince too? That doesn't seem right, does it? She's your imperial uncle, after all, the Second Prince of the Huang Empire, and she looks pretty silly too, like she was tricked..."
"That is not what I mean!" Kongming cut him off. "What I mean is—why didn't you 'control' my imperial uncle? With your usual style, when dealing with this sort of person who 'brings soldiers to your doorstep looking for trouble,' even