He exchanged a glance with Minister Qi.
The two rarely agree on something, and they didn't stop Chu Heng this time.
As Chu Heng was leaving,
he suddenly heard a loud bang, as a vase fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
The guard's voice, trembling with fear, sounded: "Lord Chu, it was my mistake..."
"My lord, there's something wrong with this vase, it seems to be a..." He hadn't finished the word 'mechanism'.
Then there was a cracking sound.
The painting behind the screen split open, revealing a passage that connected the two tea rooms.
Minister Xiang looked sharply at Chu Heng, and indeed saw a smug expression on his face, eyes wide with rage. Only at that moment did he realize that from the beginning, Chu Heng had orchestrated this entire situation for this very moment!
From the start, he was the target.
It wasn't, as he thought, that the other party wanted to take Hu Hua down and cause him to lose an ally.
