Hearing Kou Yu's arrogant voice, everyone inside the villa instantly changed their expressions.
Even Princess Xi, whose face had been calm, suddenly jolted in shock.
She couldn't help but turn her head toward the villa's wall.
Though the wall and gate blocked her view, she couldn't see what was happening outside.
But based on the footsteps earlier and Kou Yu's words, it was obvious… that Kou Xuan from the Kou family, infamous for his near-monster-level cunning, had deduced the Royalists' plan for tonight and had made preparations well in advance.
'How could this be…'
Princess Xi's brows furrowed deeply, her stunning face full of disbelief.
Even she had only learned about tonight's rescue plan during the evening banquet.
How could the other side have foreseen it from a thousand miles away?
Princess Xi considered herself an ambitious and resourceful woman.
Yet at that moment, she still felt a sense of defeat.
Is the gap between ordinary people and monsters really this vast?
