“What did you overlook?” Meng Yi asked, reflexively sitting up straighter. This daughter of his was indeed good at scheming. Many of their arrangements over the years had actually been made by her. He even had to acknowledge her skills as her father.1

“We overlooked Zu An’s relationship with the empress. They definitely have a connection we didn't know about,” Meng Chan said with a sigh. “Even so, how could anyone have imagined that the empress would have such a good relationship with one of the crown princess’ competent subordinates?”3

If it weren’t for both the empress and the crown princess’ joint efforts to protect Zu An, anyone else would have already had their entire clan wiped out after killing King Jin. And yet now, it was as if nothing had happened at all.0

Meng Yi frowned slightly, saying, “The previous intelligence we had did fail to recognize their relationship. Chan’er, why do you think the empress would protect him like this?”1

Indeed, that didn’t make sense. After all, the empress and the crown princess were like water and fire. As Zu An was an important minister of the crown princess, in theory, he should have been a thorn in the empress’ side. When they were making their plans, they had predicted that the empress would seize the opportunity to clip the Eastern Palace’s...9