No one would have expected that Lord Zhang would suddenly raise the steel cutlass of the guard standing beside him to kill there and then.

At that instant, Lord Yue covered Yue Qi's eyes, and Baiji and Baishao turned their heads away in one accord.

Lin Mengya and Long Tianhao were the only ones who looked on with expressionless faces on the dead body lying on the floor.

"Lord Zhang's hand motion is quick and clean-cut. You have definitely not lost that quality of being the paragon of a valiant soldier fighting on the battleground years ago."

As Long Tianhao opened his mouth to speak, he had meant to express his admiration, but somehow it did not sound right.

"I was infuriated by this blind wretch, who had the audacity to offend Princess Yu. He's deserving of death."

He had meant his words for Lin Mengya, as well as for the rest of the people.

A number of men were seen dripping with cold sweat from their foreheads.

They gave each other a look as they gritted their teeth.

All of them had families and careers of their own. While they could accept the fact of sacrificing themselves, they wished their families would be given a chance to live.

Lord Zhang's expression relaxed just a little when he saw that everyone had regained composure.

"I wonder if Princess Yu is satisfied with this outcome?"

The subjects who were standing around made a unanimous choice to remain silent.

In fact, Lin Mengya had sent for them just so that they could be spectators.

Now that the mission was accomplished, they were expected to remain silent.

"What do you say, Your Highness, Prince Yu?"

Before the spectators, she was merely a demure lady who was the victim in this incident.

The power to make decisions was entirely in Long Tianhao's hands.

However, Long Tianhao knitted his brows, looking somewhat dissatisfied still.

"Forget it, let's just go along with what Lord Zhang deems best."

All the people breathed a sigh of relief. They were initially afraid that Prince Yu was going to pursue the matter further and create more trouble for them.

"Alright, I guess I will take my leave now. Guards, bring these men out and detain them."

Lord Zhang, who was full of regrets by now, was the first to leave Lin Mengya's tent.

Not only did he fail to rake up any clues, but he also lost a dozen imperial guards over this matter. What was even more unsettling was the fact that Princess Yu had something on him now.

It seemed to him that he had to report this back to the Crown Prince as soon as possible.

As the court ministers left one after another, Lin Mengya's facial expression was back to normal.

Lord Yue had set up a tent for his two daughters close to Princess Yu's tent.

Prince Yu had specially sent some men to protect Lord Yue's two daughters to make sure that they were completely safe.

By now, all the outsiders had left, so Lin Mengya and Long Tianhao were the only ones remaining in the tent. They both sat down on the chair but did not speak for a while.

"I'm afraid the assassination this time was not that simple."

Finally, Lin Mengya spoke up with a calm tone of voice. Somehow, she felt that this crisis seemed too straight forward, which was very unlike the Crown Prince's usual style of doing things.

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