Pei Mianman couldn't help but say, “Cloudcenter Commandery is more than ten thousand li from the capital. The difficulty of contacting the capital far surpasses that of contacting Madam Yu and Gong Pan in Cloudcenter Commandery. So, the second possibility is more likely.”

How could Zu An not know that? It became increasingly suspicious if one considered how Gong Pan could have followed anyone else, yet for some reason, he had insisted on following Yu Yanluo. Yu Yanluo’s smiling face reappeared in his mind. As expected, the prettier the woman, the better they are at lying.

Back then, Chen Zhou had gone all the way to the capital to deliver the report. After he was silenced, he had clearly said that Jian Taiding was the one who had plotted against him, but he hadn’t dared to drag in Yu Yanluo and Gong Pan. Could it be that those two had been in cahoots with Jian Taiding?

“Hmph, you’re clearly thinking about a woman.” Pei Mianman harrumphed. “What, was that Yu Yanluo so beautiful you can’t bear to turn against her?”

Zu An snapped out of his daze. He took her into his arms and...