CHAPTER 688: CHAPTER 338: HE REMEMBERED THIS DEBT - PART 3

"Not much, but the aristocratic families all know." Mr. Fan was a smart man. When he heard Zhao Yao asking about Li Jue, he immediately reacted. "Your Highness, do you suspect that the Li Jiao locked up with you is Li Jue?"

Zhao Yao nodded slightly and said, "I think it’s very likely." The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Jiao was indeed Li Jue.

"Your Highness, if you say so, then it could very well be the Great Genius Li." Mr. Fan was unsure if he should tell Zhao Yao certain things, so he chose his words carefully. "Your Highness, this Great Genius Li is extremely clever. He must have realized that you’ve escaped, and knowing his methods, he will probably start searching for you from house to house by tomorrow."

"Is this Li Jue really that resourceful?"

Mr. Fan hesitated before saying, "Yes, and he’s extremely cunning and ruthless."

Zhao Yao thought: So it is true!

"Your Highness, since you’ve deceived him, he definitely won’t let you go." Mr. Fan didn’t expect that the person locked up with Zhao Yao was Li Jue, especially that His Highness managed to deceive Li Jue and escape right under his nose.

"Even if I hadn’t deceived him, he wouldn’t have let me go," Zhao Yao replied irritably. "If I weren’t clever, I’d already be feeding the fish in the Jinling River by now."

"Your Highness, you might be the first, no, the second person to deceive Li Jue. Given his temperament and methods, if he finds you..." Their Prince was the first person to deceive Li Jue.

"Will you let him find me?"

Without hesitation, Mr. Fan said, "Of course not."

"Then I can rest assured." In Zhao Yao’s eyes, Li Jue was indeed skilled, but he paled in comparison to his eighth brother. "When will eighth brother arrive in Jinling?"

"He will arrive in a few days." Mr. Fan knew the Prince was on good terms with Zhao Yao and wanted to say a few words for him. "Your Highness, the Prince has been very worried about you since you’ve been missing. His visit to Jinling this time is solely to find you."

"It’s my fault for worrying eighth brother."

"Luckily, you’re safe. Otherwise, the Prince..." If something happened to His Highness, the Prince might just decimate the Li Family.

"I’m blessed with good fortune and won’t meet with misfortune." Zhao Yao laughed heartily, "I’m fine now, so eighth brother can be at ease."

"Your Highness, we’ll have to trouble you for the next few days until the Prince arrives."

"It’s no trouble."

Mr. Fan, knowing it was getting late, didn’t dare disturb Zhao Yao any longer.

"Your Highness, it’s getting late. You should rest," Mr. Fan suggested.

Zhao Yao called out to Mr. Fan, "Wait a moment, while I’m here, will Li Jue’s people find me and cause you trouble?"

"Your Highness, don’t worry, no matter how powerful Li Jue’s people are, they wouldn’t dare to act recklessly in our establishment." Mr. Fan’s tone was very confident.

"That’s good." It seemed that eighth brother’s influence in Jinling City wasn’t small either.

Seeing that Zhao Yao had no more questions or instructions, Mr. Fan withdrew.

Zhao Yao went to the table and picked up a pen, preparing to write a letter to Lady Liang to assure her of his safety. He would also write to He Lianfang, to inform his second uncle about what had befallen him in Jinling City. As for the emperor, ha, he didn’t believe that his father didn’t know of his capture and disappearance. Nor did he believe that the Hidden Guards who had always been by his side couldn’t find him—they deliberately weren’t looking for him.

His father knew he was captured but didn’t send the Hidden Guards to rescue him, he must be scheming something. While Zhao Yao didn’t know what his father’s intentions were, he made a note of it.

Moreover, eighth brother’s people revealed some hints, likely under eighth brother’s orders. Was eighth brother planning to confront him about the fight for the throne?