Chapter 83
None of them had truly understood Qi Junmu. These past days, Qi Junmu's subtle coldness toward the Lin family had all been attributed to Shen Nian. None of them had realized that the source of it all was Qi Junmu himself.
With that thought, Lin En turned to Shen Nian, who had been standing quietly behind Qi Junmu all along. "When the rabbit is dead, the hound is boiled," he said. "Marquis Zhenbei, seeing all this today—aren't you afraid?"
[兔死狗烹 (tù sǐ gǒu pēng): lit. When the rabbit is dead, the hound is boiled; fig. Trusted aides are eliminated after they outlive their usefulness.]