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At first, he had guessed that people working for the First Prince and Second Prince had stirred up trouble, pushing the Third Prince's people out into the open.

This would ruin Marquis Xiao Ming's future, sever one of the Third Prince's arms, and make the Third Prince lose favor before the Emperor—killing three birds with one arrow.

Later, as he came to understand the First Prince, the Second Prince, and the Emperor of the Phoenix Dynasty better, his suspicions gradually shifted elsewhere.

The current Emperor of the Phoenix Dynasty possessed immense prestige and was wise and decisive.

He, the Imperial Son-in-Law, had been chosen by the Emperor. The First Prince and Second Prince would not dare openly oppose it.

That would mean opposing the Emperor.

They would not dare employ underhanded methods that could be easily traced, for the Emperor's eyes and ears were surely rare in all under heaven.

Setting aside internal forces, the greatest suspects were the Yuan Zhen Dynasty, the Devil Race, and the Demon Race.

The Devil Race and Demon Race were driven by bloodlines, while the Yuan Zhen Dynasty sought to sabotage the marriage alliance.

Then what about this assassination attempt?

This assassination attempt felt rather inexplicable.

Why would the Devil Race assassinate Marquis Xiao Ming? Just to frame the Jade Scenery Dynasty?

No matter how he looked at it, that seemed extremely forced.

Then it was not the Devil Race?

Yet Heavenly Devils had clearly been involved.

He felt as though a mass of fog shrouded everything; even with Super Sensation, he could not see through it.

His Super Sensation observed the direction in which the remaining people were heading.

Instead of going toward the city gates, they converged from every direction on a private residence.

He silently mused that these people truly were