The spot was cool and shaded, nestled among rockeries, where a gentle breeze occasionally drifted through the gaps in the stone to brush against the shore. A fishing rod that had tumbled into the pond bobbed on the surface, swaying with the ripples of the clear water.
Murong Qingqing’s words were sharp and resonant; she was determined to extract an answer from Jia Lingyun here and now. Jia Lingyun stared into her eyes.
"And what about you?" he asked. "In your eyes, what am I? A powerful official to be used, or a man to help you stave off loneliness? You have never trusted me—not with the matter of purging your inner court, not with Cao Rumeng, and certainly not with Wen Lingyun! If not for your deep-seated suspicion, for your belief that I would betray the State of Wei, Wen Lingyun would never have found the opening to strike."
Chapter 110