The feather was smooth and beautiful.
His lustrous fingertips rested against its tip, gently lifting it, then pressing it down. The gesture was rather strange, yet the patrolling guards somehow saw an air of carefree ease in it.
They could not help thinking, His Highness truly lived up to his position as Great Chu's Crown Prince. Even imprisoned in such a dark, damp place, he remained so composed.
Chu Xuanzhen ignored the people watching him. Instead, he plucked out a barbed feather spine, then clenched the smooth blue feather in his palm.
The sight left the patrolling guards on edge. They involuntarily recalled the arrest that night. The man in this cell had killed so many of their brothers.
If the Crown Prince had not stopped to pick up that feather, giving the head of the Jiang Family an opportunity to capture him, he would probably have escaped by now.
Only Chu Xuanzhen knew why he had not fled.
Because this was part of his plan.
Being captured by Jiang Heming had also been within his expectations.
That was why he had told Jiang Heming that Xue Pingyuan, a general of Great Chu, would undoubtedly arrive with his troops before long.
Every part of the plan was unfolding step by step, exactly as he intended.
Nothing escaped his eyes.
Chu Xuanzhen loosened his grip on the little blue feather. Its once smooth, beautiful surface was now a complete mess.
Then, under the guards' watchful eyes, Chu Xuanzhen gently smoothed the little blue feather with his thumb once more.
The patrolling guards: "..."
After leaving the dungeon, the trusted aides split up to carry out the plan.
After finishing his discussion with the three men, Shen Yangge began searching the estate for Chu Xuanzhen. His sense of direction was terrible,