Shang Ruyi's face immediately darkened.
Perhaps Ashina Zhuxie did not understand the habits of those venomous snakes or the pharmacology behind them, but he was no fool. Clearly, the stick meant to startle the snakes had become a perch that allowed them to climb and bite, and combined with his own swift appearance in the tomb passage afterward, how could he not see something was wrong? He knew that someone intended to plot against him.
At that moment, Wo Xue happened to come over looking for Shang Ruyi and immediately stepped forward upon hearing the exchange: "Princess!"
Her voice was not low, and it was filled with a sense of vigilance that immediately alerted several guards patrolling the camp, especially Li Miao and Gao Chen, who quickly surrounded them. Seeing the Western Turkic Khan staring intently at Shang Ruyi, they sensed something amiss and anxiously asked, "Princess, what happened?"
