"Do you doubt my judgment? Who are you to play matchmaker?" He roared.

"I...your highnes-"

Lan'er stood by coldly, making no attempt to help her parents. The arranged meeting did nothing but angered the Crown Prince even more. She glazed at the door emotionlessly. She always hated her mother for being a puppet but she hated herself even. Just for power, the two scheming 'lovers' treated their children as p.a.w.ns. Lan'er stared down at her hands. Hongyue, we are both alike than I thought. Both of us are p.a.w.ns to this evil and caged inside an iron cage. Luckily, I still have my wings, I'll get you out. Even if you have zero ability, I'll still stand by yourself. It was all my fault.

"Master! MASTER!" A servant suddenly appeared charging in.

"How dare you be so unruly?! Do you not see the Crown Prince?"

"Let him speak." The Crown Prince nonchalantly replied.

"F-forgive me, your highness. General, Madam, there is a large opening in the wall. There might have been an intruder."

The General paled. The manor was a representation of strength and prestige of the General, himself. Someone breaking a hole in it meant they had no respect for the General at all. Only he, himself and a few other higher grade magic users could do so. He clenched his hands tightly. It certainly was bad timing, why did the Crown Prince have to be here to hear this.

"Let's go see it. I've only been here for a day yet I've already seen the death of a spy, irresponsible tea servants, and this. I want to see exactly what your general estate is like!" The Crown Prince sneered and walked out. The General looked uneasily at his concubine and followed him out. Lan'er helped her mother walk out masking her emotions, gazing at the ground.

"Lan'er, you don't blame me, right? I'm doing this for you. Hongyue, that stupid wretch doesn't deserve such good possessions. Only we do. So try harder and smooth his heart"

Lan'er winced but said nothing.

Arriving at the scene, the General instantly felt it was a grave day for him.

"Your Highness, it's a spy. I told you that there was a spy in my manor. Your Highness, this subject wasn't lying." Concubine Mei's voice rang out shrilly.

"Oh." The Crown Prince drew out his words.

Concubine Mei felt a chill down her back.

"So you're telling me that someone was trying to break the wall from the inside was a spy. This hole was made by a least a seventh-grade magic user and you're trying to tell me that he couldn't get out using magic but he had to break a hole in the wall that's not even big enough to fit through. Or are you trying to tell me a 7th-grade magic user was trying to break the wall for fun? Or perhaps, every time, something bad happens you blame a spy. You really opened my eyes."

While he talked, someone sneakily mixed in the crowd.

"I saw it! Someone in a black hit that wall."

Everyone turned to look at Hongyue who was wearing a simple-minded smile on her face.

The Crown Prince furrowed his eyebrows. This little girl's timing is actually great. The General scowled. What was this little brat doing here?

"He used some weird words and suddenly the wall had a hole. Then he went that way." Hongyue pointed toward the General's bedroom.

"Nonsense! Why would I do that?!" The General was growing more and more upset.

Hongyue tilted her head and pretended to look clueless and suddenly started to cry.

"I..I never said it was you. Why are you so mad.."

The General froze.

"General, you don't mind leading the way so this Prince can be a.s.sured," The Crown Prince looked at the General, "Right?"