The crown princess’ expression changed and she exclaimed, “What is the meaning of this?!”

Zu An said, “She isn’t lying. Everything happened too suddenly that day. There was one thing I didn’t have time to tell you about.

“When I was in the room, and the two of us were… in that situation, when both of us were at a loss for what to do, I heard a woman warning us to run away as quickly as possible. Furthermore, she helped us stall some of the ones trying to catch us in this scam… Ahem, stall them for a bit. Otherwise, we would’ve already been ruined by the mastermind.

“The situation was too dire back then, so I wasn’t sure who that woman was. Just now, I heard that woman’s voice again.” He looked toward Concubine Bai and finished, “So it was Concubine Bai.”

The crown princess’ eyes narrowed. She suddenly looked toward Concubine Bai, asking, “Your cultivation was actually that high? Do you have ulterior motives for approaching the crown p...