Mind Reading

He could understand what the two princes were thinking.

They did not want this marriage alliance, yet neither did they want to openly oppose the Emperor.

But the resistance in their hearts could not be suppressed, so when such an opportunity arose, they could not wait to leap out.

At the very least, they had reason on their side.

If the Jade Scenery Dynasty assassinated a Marquis of the Phoenix Dynasty, then a marriage alliance would become a joke.

"First Brother and Second Brother are also concerned for me. They think I've been wronged," Li Miaotan said.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed.

Li Miaotan shot him a white-eyed glare with her phoenix eyes.

Family shame must not be aired in public. No matter how fiercely she contended with First Brother and Second Brother, she could not reveal it before outsiders. She still had to appear close to them.

That was family affection.

Of course, it was all for the Emperor to see.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "There's nothing strange about the First Prince doing this. He would love for the fighting to go on forever. As for the Second Prince..."

Li Miaotan said, "Seeing First Brother act this way, Second Brother cannot act otherwise. Otherwise, he would seem weak toward the Jade Scenery Dynasty."

Chu Zhiyuan mused, "It seems this black pot must be pinned onto Jade Scenery."

Fan Yaohui shook his head helplessly. "No matter how much I said, they turned a deaf ear."

He could not stand seeing the facts twisted so badly. The Jade Scenery Dynasty clearly had not done it, yet they insisted on forcibly framing Jade Scenery for it.

If they wanted to attack the Jade Scenery Dynasty, why did they need such an excuse? It only made them a laughingstock and cost them face.

Yet they seemed