Sharky's Promised

"You're King George Manor's trusted aide, so after this matter, I can use you as a spy. That will be greatly helpful to me. Why would I kill you?" Zhao Ruizhi quickly said. His tone was steady and possessed a mysterious persuasiveness.

He Li figured that argument made sense as well. He became a bit conflicted.

Catherine crawled to her feet while swaying from side to side. She weakly said, "You even know about the crown prince's possession, as well as all these ugly truths that happened in the dungeon. Why would he let you go so easily?"

He Li suddenly realized that she was right. What was wrong with him? He had actually almost believed the emperor! But he wasn't willing to admit his faults and glared at Catherine. "Do you think I don't know such obvious things? Do I need you to tell me that?"