When Xie Jue led his forces back for reinforcements, he was unaware that the Crown Prince had murdered his father and overthrown the Emperor. Amid the chaos, Fang Chuning led the Jiangnan army to rescue the throne, and the vanguard of the Four Cities army also arrived. Xie Jue's sole focus was to take Xie Xun away as quickly as possible. Upon reaching Lian City, Lin Xiao informed him about Yuwen Jing's patricide and regicide, and only then did the truth become known to him. Even with his vast experience, he was immensely shocked. A madman's thoughts are truly unfathomable; it always seemed he'd been misjudging Yuwen Jing's motives.
He should have approached Yuwen Jing as a madman—not as a rational being.
