Possibility

If he truly understood the Twelfth Princess, how could he not know this was a rotten idea?

And with news as well-informed as his, with such close attention paid to news of the Twelfth Princess, how could he possibly not understand her?

No matter how one put it, it all proved that he had done this deliberately.

He was intentionally trying to harm him.

This was the Third Prince Chu Lieyang's standard maneuver, his most ordinary way of doing things.

All the princes kept their distance from him and avoided him like the plague.

Chu Lieyang shook his head. "I meant well. Ninth Brother, take care of yourself."

"What are you talking about? It's so lively in here." The Second Prince, Chu Liexuan, entered at that moment with a genial smile and asked curiously.

"Second Brother." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists and smiled.

Chu Liexuan smiled genially. "Ninth Brother, what are you talking about?"

"The matter of the Twelfth Princess of the Phoenix Dynasty."

"Oh, the Yuan Zhen Dynasty has also proposed marriage to the Twelfth Princess?" Chu Liexuan asked.

"Second Brother knows too?"

"I only just received the news." Chu Liexuan shook his head. "They're doing this on purpose—deliberately provoking us!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Wasn't the Yuan Zhen Dynasty fighting them? Have they made peace as well?"

"They have called a truce and are negotiating peace. I heard the terms are the same as ours." Chu Liexuan snorted. "This Phoenix Dynasty is far too arrogant."

"Who told them to be the strongest of all the dynasties?" Third Prince Chu Lieyang snorted.

"If the Yuan Zhen Dynasty and the Phoenix Dynasty have also called a truce..." Chu Zhiyuan's face darkened as he slowly said, "then it seems we and the Phoenix Dynasty will soon be at war again."

The reason