Vermillion Bird, who had originally been watching Zhao Changhe’s performance with intrigue, turned quite cold toward the latter part.0

Zhao Changhe was all over the place, accusing someone of adultery one moment, then accusing another of colluding with the barbarians the next. His actions led everyone astray as if it did not matter who the real culprit was anymore. Even Yan Lianping could not help but relax a bit, feeling as though it did not matter if his identity as the real culprit was exposed.0

However, everyone had forgotten something: Zhao Changhe’s real goal was to find out who had spread the rumors about him.0

Determining the real culprit was only meaningful to him as it would help him find out who had spread the rumors.0

Yan Lianping’s momentary failure to deny being the culprit undoubtedly confirmed to Zhao Changhe that he was the one who had spread the rumors.0

The point of spreading rumors that Zhao Changhe was a barbarian was to add complications to his legal affairs in the future. The prime suspect for such an action would be none other than the Wang Clan. Sword Lake City was not far from Langya, and it was likely that when Zhao Changhe clearly stated his refusal to cooperate with the Wang Clan during the conference that they held, they had already begun planning to erase his status as a prince and spread malicious rumors about him in the surrounding area.0

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