Wild Goose Jade was unwilling to answer and turned to leave.
"Miss—" Meng Zhuqing wanted to follow.
But Wild Goose Jade turned her head, drew her sword with a fierce swiftness, and said to him with utmost indifference, "Don't follow me!"
Meng Zhuqing could only stop in his tracks, watching as Wild Goose Jade sheathed her sword and departed, as her icy voice slowly faded into the night until he could no longer see even a trace of her silhouette. Then he sighed softly, turned around, and returned to Fifth Prince's Mansion to continue protecting Gong Juechen.
...
Upon learning about Su Chengjin being poisoned, the Emperor of Xiyun handed the investigation over to the Minister of Justice for a thorough inquiry. Fearing that heads would roll, the Minister of Justice immediately arrested Lord Fang and all the junior officials from the Imperial Hospital responsible for dispensing medicine to the Fifth Prince.
Many people from the Fifth Prince's Mansion were also arrested.
