This time, the Ninth Prince seemed incredibly reckless, barging in to scold Jingtai and the others.
In reality, he had his own considerations.
First, Lord Lan and Prince Duan were individuals of such transcendent power and status that, in their eyes, even a change of who sat on the throne was of little consequence.
Therefore, even if they saw through his intentions, it didn't matter at all.
In their eyes, his schemes as the Ninth Prince were nothing more than petty tricks, hardly worth mentioning.
As for Jingtai and his men, they had just caused a great disaster and were certainly under immense psychological pressure.
A County City massacred, millions of citizens dead—an incident like this would not only be investigated by the Great Xia Dragon Guard internally, but would likely also attract the attention of the imperial family or other powers in the imperial city.
