An Unexpected Guest

Lin Xiaofei and Qu Xing Xu left the prison room as if it were just a normal room inside the Qu residence. It was as if there was no burning corpse inside the room or the marks of tortures that the two had done to the prince. They strutted back to the surface as if nothing was wrong and they just had just came out of their parlor.

Well, if you were in their position and had to torture the most treacherous and disgusting man in the world, you'd probably do the same, anyway. So, Lin Xiaofei had no qualms about being the bad guy – or woman.

"What are you planning to do next?" She heard herself asking. "The emperor might not be looking for his favored son, but it doesn't mean that the nobles aligned with Yu Fangzhu will not try t find out where and what happened to him."

Qu Xing Xu walked side to side with her. He looks at her eyes and says, "I can feign ignorance."