In fact, it was they who... uh, did away with Prime Minister Lin.
But neither dared speak of it and could only maintain their silence.
So in the study, Yuwen Luanfei sobbed like a little wife, while Bai Junjun and Li Wenli guiltily looked everywhere but at him.
After Yuwen Luanfei had cried enough, the two shook their heads.
Indeed, Yuwen Luanfei only suited times of peace, inheriting the mantle smoothly; the slightest turbulence in troubled times terrified him. Yet, the future held perils a hundredfold more dangerous than Prime Minister Lin's disappearance; what would he do then?
"With Prime Minister Lin missing, Your Highness mustn't grieve. Although there's a chance that other forces meddled, there's an even greater possibility."
"What's that?"
"He himself belonged to a different faction; he simply left in secret."