Too deliberate.
Song Zhiyuan felt that now everything pointed toward Shang Pu being Xia Yu's offspring, which seemed overly deliberate, inevitably leading to overthinking. Naturally, this was due to his many years of officialdom, where he couldn't help but overthink simple matters, complicating them.
Just like when Lord Qingcheng calculated against his own father—the marriage alliance was a guise for the true aim of securing his eldest son's future. Of course, if the alliance succeeded, his eldest son's future would naturally be resolved, killing two birds with one stone.
Could there be a chance, for gaining support, to pull in more assistance for Prince Yan?
"Naturally, since Cabinet Minister Ning is not dead, perhaps due to exposure, he might push the blame onto the opposing party to cut losses and survive," Song Zhiyuan added.
