The three consecutive characters written by her master made Yang Yuran's eyes ache, yet she couldn't help but look.
The seamstress spoke of all the sacrifices the master had once made, thinking she had awakened the Ninth Prince's forgotten affection for his mentor. In reality, the Ninth Prince agreed to follow her to the mountain top only to take the opportunity to kill the master who had incited his hatred.
When the two young men arrived at the mountain top, the assassins had already been slaughtered by their master, who was, by then, on his last breath.
The master revealed long-buried secrets, but the Ninth Prince refused to believe them, preferring to believe that the old ruffian had no children of his own and had raised him and the seamstress as servants.
In the midst of the Ninth Prince's frenzied denial, the barely alive leader of the assassins made his move.
