Lu Tong was very clever, so she played the two proud children of heavens, Ji Xun and Pei Yunmeng, around with ease.
But she was also very foolish, or else she wouldn't have accused herself of theft in front of all the medical officers, heedless of her life.
The medication bowl now empty in her hands, there were shallow stains from the medicine on the bowl's side, dried and clinging to the porcelain like indelible blots.
Cui Min looked down with contempt flickering in his eyes.
He was wary of Pei Yunmeng and Ji Xun, but now the epilepsy of Qi Yutai had become his lifeline, for even Grand Preceptor Qi wouldn't let harm come his way for the sake of Qi Yutai.
To strike a dog, one must consider its master, and if Lu Tong had someone standing behind her, wasn't he the same?
Everyone relied on their own backing, after all.
He and Lu Tong were but playthings to the power elites, mere dogs.
As he thought this, suddenly, his right eyelid twitched.
