"State Preceptor, are you provoking this Prince?" The second prince was choked by his aggressive words and finally managed to spit out this sentence in a fit of pique.
Jiutu smiled faintly, "Dare not, Your Highness shouldn't take it to heart, I have no other meaning."
The second prince snorted coldly, and his prejudice against this man deepened.
He had originally wanted to win over Jiutu, after all, having the State Preceptor as an ally would make his ascent to that supreme position much easier.
But although Jiutu seemingly accepted his overtures, he never really planned anything for him.
Moreover, he later found out that both the eldest prince and the seventh prince were also secretly trying to win over Jiutu.
And Jiutu's attitude towards all three of them was almost identical, neither strictly rejecting them nor easily giving in, making it clear that he was playing them.
