The next day, at the Crown Prince's Residence.
Xue Qinghe burned the note in his hand, then changed his appearance with a disguise.
Snake Lance Douluo stood behind him, looking as though he wanted to speak but hesitated.
"What do you want to say?" Xue Qinghe saw his expression in the mirror's reflection.
"Young Master, do you really trust him?"
"Why shouldn't I?"
Xue Qinghe asked as he adjusted his clothes.
"I just feel that brat is no good." Snake Lance Douluo made a darkly suspicious guess.
"Grandfather agreed, and that woman agreed as well. That proves Dongfang Yu truly has something exceptional. I do not care what others are like or what they think. I only need to know that, for now, he is sincere."
Xue Qinghe smiled faintly, appearing completely unguarded.
"Or are we really supposed to sit around for ten years and wait for Xue Ye to slowly die from poison? The longer it drags on, the more variables there will be. You should understand that."
Snake Lance Douluo was left speechless. They had already spent so many years in the Heaven Dou Empire. Who wanted to remain here forever?
"Even so, Young Master, you still need to be careful around that man."
"Yes, I know. I have never underestimated him."
With that, Snake Lance Douluo vanished, and Xue Qinghe also left the room.
Inside a private room at a secluded pleasure house.
Dongfang Yu waited there alone. The first reason he had arranged to meet here was because it was discreet. No one would believe that the crown prince of a nation would come to such a place.
As for the second reason, it was purely for his own amusement. He believed that someone as incomparably proud as Qian Renxue had never set foot in