The only other uneasy person in the crowd was Commandery Princess Muling. She couldn't help glancing at Wu Yao before looking away again, no longer trying to get close to the latter. She had been carefully and discreetly making her way toward Wu Yao earlier, but that would be a bad idea now.

Even though Wu Yao didn't seem directly involved in the incident, it wouldn't stop others from wondering if the woman who had always kept a low profile was truly innocent. One could tell ...