Chapter 395: Another Old Acquaintance- Recruiting Qin Xiao

Qin Xiao was stunned after hearing Xiao Yuanyao’s words.

He had only learned of this himself not long ago from his grandmaster. How did the Ninth Imperial Princess know? Wasn’t it supposed to be a secret?

For a moment, Qin Xiao did not know how to respond.

“I know what you’re worried about. I chose to speak to you alone because I’m certain. There’s no use denying it.”

Xiao Yuanyao had the largest faction and an extensive intelligence network. Her spies in Qingzhou had investigated Qin Xiao’s background thoroughly. His unusual conduct in the secret realm and Master Yangxiu’s changed attitude afterward made the truth easy to deduce.

In truth, Xiao Yuanyao was not the only one who had deduced it. The Third Imperial Prince and the Second Imperial Prince had also guessed as much. The Eleventh Imperial Prince was still speculating, and the Thirteenth Imperial Prince naturally knew, though exactly when he found out remained unclear.

No secret stayed secret forever. Keep a low profile and no one would investigate you. Stand in the spotlight and people had plenty of ways to uncover your past. Never underestimate an intelligence network.

Qin Changqing had escaped because the Celestial Emperor tacitly allowed it. He sent only the Third Imperial Prince to capture him, with no intelligence support. If he caught him, so be it. If not, that was fine too.

Otherwise, even if he had been reduced to ashes, there would have been ways to reconstruct and identify him.

Qin Changqing’s own abilities had helped too. He was among the youngest of the emperor’s children, nineteenth in order, but he had disguised himself as a man in his forties or fifties. Most people wouldn’t recognize him.

Qin Changqing was also a formation prodigy. His disguise incorporated formations; it was no ordinary disguise that most people could see through.

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