Just when Jun Huang was starting to wonder if Prince Duan would ever talk, he looked up at her and said, “I know your true purpose, Feng Baiyu. You think you’ve hidden that well, but you made a lot of mistakes.”

Jun Huang widened her eyes, her heart pounding. She didn’t know how much he knew. Apprehension rose in her heart. She held her breath as she silently stared at him.

Prince Duan scoffed and continued, “I don’t know your true identity, but I’m sure that you are someone of higher status. You help Qi Yun not because he could promise you glory and future. You have a history together. Whatever your relationship is, I don’t know for sure, but you’re not merely his strategist. Otherwise you wouldn’t have gone undercover for him.”

Jun Huang’s chest felt tight as she listened to Prince Duan’s analysis. He’d made a lot of right guesses. She must treat him like the threat he was. What...