He walked out of Qingjing Residence.
Chen Yi glanced back, shook his head to himself, and then followed Third Steward Lu Guan, who was leading him and Wang Ji to Jiaxing Garden.
This trip to the Marquis's Mansion had accomplished his objective.
The process had gone more or less as he'd expected, without many complications.
But the old master was, after all, a Marquis Wu who had fought on the battlefield for decades.
Most of his attempts to probe for information had gone unanswered.
At most, he could tell that the old master was displeased with Liu Hong and the Jing State Liu Family.
But the old master showed no reaction whatsoever to the "Financier" who had sent the Evil Demonic Dao from Bright Moon Building to the Three Towns.
Chen Yi suspected one of two things: either the old master simply looked down on those merchants, or he was willing but powerless to act.
Of the two, the latter seemed more likely.
As for Fu Wanqing...
