Banxi pavilion, Liqiu's room.
"Why should I let it be? What are you playing at? Don't tell me that you are doing this for the duke. You must not want him to be demoted_"
He pulled back and glared down at her, "stop being willful, you are smart enough to know that those charges will not stick on the Duke.
"In the end, someone else will take the fall for the crimes. Duke Shenxiu is not someone you should play with, he is ruthless.
"He just got some political power through his daughter's marriage to the Crown Prince, he will never let anything come between him and getting ultimate power. Going after him as you are doing right now will end with you getting hurt!"
She blinked and narrowed her eyes, while she understood where he was coming from. She did not wish to let go of that opportunity, she had waited so long for this opportunity and the thought of just letting go was too painful for her.
