Cui Lingyao furrowed her brow slightly and looked up at him.
She wanted to suggest they could have Xie Anning feign a slow recovery, so no one would notice anything was wrong.
But Xie Jinbai was already shaking his head.
"Don't assume everyone else is an idiot. The major families in the Capital City all have their own eyes and ears, and Father's men are exceptionally capable. Nothing is ever foolproof. No matter how carefully we try to conceal it, the news will leak out with the slightest slip-up…"
"Especially since Xie Anning is gravely ill. Several Imperial Physicians have been here to record her case."
"And some of them are the Emperor's men."
"If we suddenly switch Imperial Physicians, it would be a dead giveaway."
"If Father gets wind that Xie Anning took a Hundred Diseases Pill and comes demanding one from me, what do you think will happen when I tell him I don't have any more?"
'Who is Xie Anning, anyway?'
