"I brought you out, so naturally, I must keep you safe."
Zhao Yi waved his hand, his reply distracted. At that moment, he was replaying the evening's events in his mind, and he had reached a conclusion that filled him with fury: the assassin tonight had almost certainly been arranged by the Ninth Prince.
The Ninth Prince’s appearance at Yinxue Pavilion might not have been a coincidence, but the fact that he had deliberately endured Zhao Yi’s public mockery was highly suspicious. Once they left the pavilion, the Ninth Prince’s strange positioning, combined with Peng Huayu’s deliberate obstruction of Pei Lian, clearly showed they were creating an opening for the archer hiding in the shadows.
Chapter 69