"This matter... isn't appropriate, Acting Supervisor."
Upon hearing Chen Yi's request, the records officer hesitantly spoke.
Chen Yi asked:
"What's inappropriate?"
During that assassination attempt, Chen Yi had already pieced together the intentions of the Ding'an Party.
The group of scholars who claimed to be deeply concerned for the nation and its people had decisively resolved to topple the Lin Party at any cost. The chaos at the city gates would inevitably affect innocent bystanders, and anyone who had ever served the Lin Party would not be spared.
They would never give up on trying to eliminate him.
Instead, the attacks would come in waves.
To protect oneself, there were only two options: either flee the Capital City immediately, living henceforth in anonymity, or force the Ding'an Party to pay a monumental price before they succeeded in killing him, making them reconsider if the cost was worth it.
