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Ke Shouyi said from the side, “Anything that the imperial court has strictly forbidden for sale is something we, as law-abiding protectors of the law, would never dare touch. We only knew Qingfu Temple had flourishing incense offerings. Who would have thought there was so much filth behind it? We truly grieve for the monsterfolk who were harmed.”
Ke Yanjing’s expression turned solemn. “Your Highness, my Ke Family would also like to do what little we can for the murdered monsterfolk…”
Fushan Yue raised a hand and cut him off, “Debts have their debtors, and wrongs have their wrongdoers. How could this be allowed to fall on the Ke Family? A little compensation is something the State of Chiyan can still afford.”
He Lingchuan watched them steer the topic away in just a few sentences and thought, Impressive.
The Ke Family was closely connected to State Preceptor Qing Yang. How could they know nothing at all about the elixir of youth case? However, now that State Preceptor Qing Yang was under suspicion from the Heavenly Palace, the Ke Family probably wanted to draw a clear line between themselves and her.
The problem was that it was far from a simple ordeal to do so.
So He Lingchuan picked up the thread himself, “Lord Ke, I hear that Mount Xu’s guardian spirit has been exclusively receiving offerings from the...
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