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"Huh?"
Chu Liang's response left the emperor, the Imperial Supervisory Commissioner, and Yao Dengxian visibly stunned.
The emperor had asked the question casually but hadn't expected him to actually know the answer.
"How do you know this?" the Imperial Supervisory Commissioner asked.
"Just a little guesswork," Chu Liang said with an awkward smile.
The truth was more complex. During his daring escape through the imperial consort's garden, the guards stopped pursuing him. It wasn't a coincidence; someone had intervened. And given the circumstances, it seemed likely that the consort herself had helped him.
At that time, he hadn't revealed his dashing and elegant appearance, appearing only as a stranger in a black robe. To the imperial consort, he should have been just a faceless fugitive. Why, then, would she help him?
Unless, of course, she somehow knew about it—or worse, had orchestrated the entire event herself.
This train of...
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