Zu An had to admit that what she said made some sense. That meant Bi Linglong could have a motive. Even though the two of them had an extremely close relationship, in the royal family, such relationships weren't even worth mentioning.4

If his assassination came to light, not only would people be on guard against the empress and abandon her, it would also incur the anger of the Fiend races. After all, if their Regent ended up dying mysteriously on this side, they would definitely act to find the killer. Then, with both insiders and outsiders working together, they would be able to undermine the empress’ influence.0

Of course, she probably couldn't have known that he was the new libationer at the time. Now that she had enough power to affect the court’s situation, she would definitely change her plans and no longer choose the same tactic to exploit him by sacrificing her own forces…0

Those thoughts passed through Zu An’s mind in an instant, but he quickly silenced them. He was still willing to trust Bi Linglong, feeling that she definitely wouldn't do such a thing to him. Of course, he still had to take basic precautions....0