Chapter 717 - 714: Can’t Hold On_1
Yes, it was a secret order. He had not consulted Prime Minister Lu or any other veteran minister for fear of being obstructed. How did Bai Qingyan come to know about it?
The old retainer saw the Crown Prince’s expression and knew it wasn’t the Crown Prince who told Bai Qingyan: "If this matter wasn’t revealed by someone sent by the Crown Prince, I boldly request the Crown Prince to ask Princess of Zhen and see how she explains it."
The Crown Prince clenched his palm: "Old retainer, are you suggesting that Princess of Zhen has placed someone beside me?"
"I dare not make presumptions..." The old retainer had become shrewd now. He didn’t dare to outright state in front of the Crown Prince that Bai Qingyan was untrustworthy; he merely pointed it out for the Crown Prince to consider, "But it is indeed too suspicious that Princess of Zhen knows about this matter!"
The main hall was extremely quiet, so quiet that one could only hear the sound of fine sand falling in the hourglass beside.
The Crown Prince squinted his eyes, carefully thinking about everyone around him, guessing who Bai Qingyan might have planted by his side.
The Crown Prince thought and thought; there were only so many people around him.
Seeing the Crown Prince deeply contemplating and not speaking for a long time, the old retainer continued: "Your Highness, putting aside whether Princess of Zhen has placed someone around you! If Princess of Zhen already has the cure for the epidemic, why didn’t she bring it directly to Your Highness? Instead, she let the Bai Mansion guards take the cure first to Huayang and Qinhuai?"