Lin Xiaosu smiled. "This matter had quite an interesting beginning..."
He laid out everything that had happened when Qingqiu sought marriage alliances that day.
Most of what he said was true.
It was true that he and Li Chengnian had proposed marriage at the same time, and that was something that could not be faked; a simple investigation would confirm it.
At that time, he was himself, and Li Chengnian was Li Chengnian.
Although Qingqiu's Elder Council had prioritized "the greater good," disregarded their performances during the marriage proposal, and forcefully pushed through Qingqiu's alliance with Li Chengnian, Li Chengnian had effectively won the marriage alliance.
But that brat was too small-minded. He still hated Su Lin for making him lose face, and had planned to kill him after Su Lin left Qingqiu.
And he had indeed done so.
Yet Su Lin's combat strength was beyond anything he could imagine. In three strokes and two cuts, he slaughtered the entire five-man team.
Su Lin and his senior sister disguised themselves as Li Chengnian and his close attendant Yan Shi, returned to Heart Pavilion, and set in motion the grand plan His Majesty had long deployed...
Thus, there was an exact starting point for Su Lin's impersonation of Li Chengnian: the road back to Capital City after Li Chengnian's marriage proposal.
The timing was crystal clear.
Every detail fitted together, link by link.
The Seventh Prince let out a long breath. "So it was you who stopped me when I entered Heart Pavilion that day and warned me of the 'Heaven Prison Prisoner-Swap Operation'! It was not Li Chengnian!"
"Of course. If the person sitting in Heart Pavilion then had been Li Chengnian, he clearly would not have warned Your Highness."
The Seventh Prince sighed deeply. "I had my doubts, truly,