章 201: Imperial Examinations and royal threats3

Minutes later in the carriage en route to the Duke's mansion.

Zhu Fengyin and Su Liya had been seated in silence since they got into the carriage. A lot of thought ran through their minds since they left the temple none of which they wished to air for fear of it winding up to be true. Zhu Fengyin did want to admit the possibility of Su Liya's suspicions being true because that would ruin everything she planned for the future. 

Su Liya looked away from the window and put down the curtain she had gotten tired of this uncomfortable silence between them. She cleared her throat to get Zhu Fengyin's attention and said in a very serious tone. "Fengyin about the fire ... I don't think that was the Crown Prince's doing. However, his visit to that temple had nothing to do with a sudden need for divine guidance and everything to do with his hunt for dirt on the Lu family. He has an axe to grind, fengyin.