Yelu Yan gently wiped Li Xianyun's hair, thinking about the events of the past few days.
When his men infiltrated the Houtang Imperial Palace to kill Li Yumin, they discovered that Li Yumin had already been killed by someone else.
It was only after the Hidden Guards' investigation that they learned it was a trap set by Ji Shi Tang. The one assassinated was actually Li Yumin's body double.
The purpose was to provoke internal strife within Houtang.
Yelu Yan could think of was that Li Xianyun wanted to distract Li Yumin's focus, so he wouldn't have the leisure to deal with the Prince's Mansion.
But this was just one of the purposes; other objectives were still pending investigation.
Li Xianyun was setting the pieces for her revenge, slowly laying many chess pieces, yet he wasn't part of her plans.
She had excluded him.
In the end, she considered him an outsider.
But he didn't even have the courage to ask her.