Looking back with a look of seeking help at Shuangcheng standing behind her, Chu Qingmeng no longer knew how to reply. Shuangcheng once again manually turned Chu Qingmeng's head back to face Jingming and spoke up, "Condolences, Brother Jingming. But whether you can stay is not up to my eldest brother to decide. This matter still requires Ninth Lord to make the final call."
Chu Qingmeng lowered her head in thought for a long time. There was no need for excessive suspicion regarding the Eleventh Prince's intention in sending this person here; his motives were the same as those of her father and elder brother, but Eleventh Prince's methods were probably inferior to theirs. Might this person still pose other problems? Besides, she already had enough people around her—the four of them were quite enough. Feiying could handle ordinary daily matters without any major issues. The primary death guards lived and died together with their Master; even if they died, the Master could still control their corpses until they turned to white bones, so their deaths caused no trouble for the Master. But how much longer did she have to live? Why drag another person down to their death?
Seeing Chu Qingmeng hesitate, Jingming merely looked at Hui Wenzhong and smiled faintly. Since the other party had only a cooperative relationship with the Prince, it was completely natural for him to be suspicious of this grand gift. "Ninth Lord, the spies of the Fifth Floor are all over the world; my background …
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