Ling Zhuyun fell silent.
She had already realized that no matter how she explained herself, a fatal flaw would emerge.
Initially, the reason she had favored Ye Ming and covered for him was her fear that his identity as the assassin who tried to kill Jiang Lan would be exposed.
At the time, Ye Ming had tried to assassinate Jiang Lan under the guise of being an accomplice to that assassin from Yu Yi City, Lin Fan. And wasn't that assassin a remnant of the Blood Immortal Sect?
In other words, from the moment she chose to cover for Ye Ming, it was destined that she would be implicated and unable to explain herself, leading everyone to believe she was hiding his identity as a member of the Blood Immortal Sect.
At this point, her only way out was to reveal her true reason for favoring Ye Ming. But doing so would be tantamount to publicly admitting that she had lied and deceived everyone at the tea ceremony.
