No, he hadn't wanted the Princess to die!
If the Princess hadn't sent someone to deliver that letter, then once everything was accomplished, she would still have been brought back to East Lin, still its lofty Princess!
But she hadn't chosen that path.
She had fallen in love with the Late Emperor and couldn't bear to let him die!
The Late Emperor seemed to have loved her too. That was why, even after discovering that the Princess had poisoned him, he had only quietly banished her to the Cold Palace rather than taking her life outright!
Everything had spiraled out of control.
The Princess had to die!
"You didn't want her dead either! If you'd pretended you hadn't seen that letter, wouldn't she have lived?"
Xia Siheng could no longer contain the murderous intent in his eyes.
If someone truly wanted to protect another person, there were thousands upon thousands of ways.
The simplest was to turn a blind eye!
Yet Aye hadn't even been able to do something that simple!
What right did he have to say he hadn't wanted her dead?
"I'm sorry. I couldn't pretend I hadn't seen it. I will always be loyal to my Sovereign and my country. If I'd let it slide, how would that have been any different from treason?"
Aye had always held to his own position.
From beginning to end, he had never believed he had done anything wrong.
By sparing Xia Siheng after the Princess's death, he had repaid every last debt of affection!
Now, whether Xia Siheng wanted to kill him or fight him, he could do as he pleased.
He also wanted to see whether the Princess's child could kill him!
Xia Siheng channeled his internal energy and thrust at him, every strike vicious.
He immediately countered, raising