After Yu Fang left the Prince's Residence, she took a detour into a nearby teahouse and went straight up to the second floor.
Two men in wide robes sat in a private room, leisurely sipping tea and playing chess.
When Yu Fang arrived, one smiled. "No hurry. Once Brother Wang and I finish this game, we'll go meet the lord and guard him."
"No need." Yu Fang looked at the two of them, especially their air of ease. Remembering how she and Lu Shouyi had been cursed up one side and down the other a few days ago, then subjected to these two men's criticism afterward, she felt a twinge of displeasure.
"Has something happened?" The other man paused and looked up, his tone calm.
"It has." Yu Fang smiled at them. "The Gao Family Scion escorting Prince Min of Nankang's two sons was a Second-Realm Martial Artist who had concealed his cultivation!"
The first man set down a chess piece. "Then we must treat this seriously. The Frontier Investigators failed in their duty, letting someone like that in and allowing him to infiltrate the Prince's Residence. Brother Wang, we'll have to finish this game another day."
"Don't use that as an excuse to escape the game!" The other man remained seated, his voice as calm as ever. "Since Lady Yu has come here, the matter clearly hasn't come to a head. Besides, the court has its own rules. Perhaps some government office had its reasons for letting him in. This concerns relations between two kingdoms and cannot be treated lightly. Better to wait and see."
"No need to wait, no need to go to the Prince's Residence, and no more chess. You're both coming back with me." The corners of Yu Fang's mouth lifted, and a hint of schadenfreude