In the eyes of the crown prince, Mark might not be strong enough to defeat the entire imperial army, but his weapons could definitely kill him. Shang Zexi loves his life, and he wants to be safe than sorry.
Mark was also quite surprised by how convincing the crown prince's story was, but he had something up his sleeve to counter that.
Turning toward the crown prince, he then replied, "Suppose you are sleeping on your bed. Suddenly, someone tries to kill you but you escape and catch the culprit. The culprit turns out to be Allen. When you confront Allen, he says that he was ordered by me. Then, you come to me and I say that I was given money by someone to put a bounty on top of you. Even if that someone gets caught, will you leave me and Allen if we simply apologize and say it wasn't on purpose? Or you will put us under trial?"
"That's…" The crown prince fell into a dilemma, whether he should abandon Nie Rougang or not.
