Jin Kingdom Yiqing Mansion Palace
Wan Yanping sat in the dim room, her haggard face reflected in the dim candlelight.
If there are people who are familiar with her but have not met her for a long time, they will definitely be frightened if they see her current face and look like this. It is different from the high-spirited and proud Wanyan from before. The general is already two completely different people. Even though he was neatly dressed and well-made, these external things could not conceal the fatigue he felt from the inside out.
She coughed twice, lowered her head and saw the letter on the table, a complicated look flashed in her eyes.
This letter appeared on her desk an hour ago. She only found it after she returned to her dormitory after meeting her generals.
After asking the guards secretly guarding this place, no one saw anyone entering the dormitory. Therefore, the appearance of this letter also surprised the guards, especially after they carefully inspected the entire dormitory and confirmed There were no signs of intrusion on the palace doors, windows, or roofs, and they were even more unable to accept this fact. It was simply unbelievable that people could come and go freely in the palace under their strict surveillance. This kind of thing could not happen in the world. The living person appears without a trace.
Thinking of the word "living person", the guards quickly thought of the rumor that the palace was haunted recently. If this letter was placed here by the ghost sister, they would more or less be able to accept it.
It didn't matter what the guards thought. Wan Yanping was focused on the letter. The wax seal on the seal was a pattern she was very familiar with. From the first time she saw this pattern to now, she had For more than ten years, I have received two full boxes of letters from the owner behind this pattern. However, in the past six months, she has received such a letter almost every few days. The content of the letter is the same, using methods such as temptation, threats, intimidation, etc. to force her to hand over the power of the Jin Kingdom. If she disagrees or resists, the dirty things she has done over the years will be made public.
Maybe Wanyanping was a little panicked when she received the first letter, but as more and more similar letters came, she became more and more calm.
After thinking about it carefully, it seems that both the Xia and Liao Kingdoms should have some understanding of how she obtained the throne, especially the young Wu Dinghou of the Xia Kingdom, who has been relentlessly tracing the true story of his mother. The cause of his death will be found out sooner or later. When the time comes, no matter whether there is someone behind him or not, Xue Ruitian will not let him go.
If it was time for liquidation, if he still held the power of the Jin Kingdom, he might be able to carry it, but now that he has handed over the power, he really can only wait for death. Besides, she didn't believe at all that if she really followed their instructions and was obedient, they wouldn't throw her out as a shield.
Although she had predicted that her ending would not be so good, or in other words very miserable, she did not want to accept her fate. She did not want to be influenced or restrained by anyone, whether it was the Wanyan clan members besieging the city, the Jin Kingdom clan, or The Xia Kingdom, Liao Kingdom, and the mysterious family she had never met before, and even the erratic ghost in the palace who seemed to have a deep hatred for her, she still wanted to give it a try and find a way out for herself. A way out.
"Acai, it's a little dark inside the room, please add two more lights!"
After making her final determination, Wanyanping felt a lot more relaxed. Then she realized that she had been distracted for too long and it was already dark.
"Yes!" The palace maid A Cai who was guarding the side came out of the shadows, holding two poke lamps that had just been lit, and placed them gently on the table. "Your Highness, it's already very late. You haven't eaten anything today. Do you want to pass on the food?"
Wan Yanping shook her head gently, stretched out her thin hands without any flesh to support the table, and stood up slowly.
Seeing this, Ah Cai quickly went to support her, feeling the bony body hidden under the wide robe, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.
"Why are you sighing so much at such a young age?" Wanyanping walked two steps unsteadily. Hearing Ah Cai's sigh, she slowly turned around and saw that Ah Cai was so sad that she was about to cry. She couldn't help but laugh. After a moment, "Why are you acting like this?"
"Your Highness, please eat less. In the past few days, you have only eaten two or three meals, and each meal has only two or three bites. This is too little. Look how thin you have become now." . You still have big things to do. If you continue like this... your body will not be able to hold on."
"I have no appetite. I can't eat anything. If I'm hungry, I'll let you know."
"Why are you doing this? If I had known it would be like this, it would be better to..."
Wan Yanping shook her head at her, interrupting what she was going to say next.
"Acai, in life, you have to give and take. I chose to do this back then, and I won't regret it today. Maybe what I am like now is what I deserve, so you don't have to feel sorry for me, and don't worry about me. Once you get through this period, you should be fine."
"But they..." A Cai's eyes fell on a letter on the table, "It's too much, too despicable, they are trying to force you to death! Perhaps from the beginning, they offered to help His Highness. At that time, it was already planned.”
"Although I was young at the time, I was not stupid. I knew it was a trap, but I still decided to jump in. As I said just now, it was entirely my own fault that I ended up in this situation. It has nothing to do with anyone.”
Wanyanping slowly walked up to Ah Cai, looked at her quietly for a while, then reached out to wipe away the tears on her face.
"Don't cry, you won't look pretty if you cry."
"Your Highness, we still have a chance to redeem ourselves, right?"
"Is there any chance of recovery? At least for now, there is no chance." Wanyanping shook her head gently, looked at the letter on the table, and smiled bitterly, "Tantai family, Heijia camp, I thought before This legendary family that only existed in legends has long since disappeared from the world and became a real legend. Unexpectedly..." Seeing A Cai's confused look, she shrugged, "Is there any problem?"
"This Tantai and so on, and that other camp, are they very powerful?"
"It's amazing. It's amazing. It's unimaginable."
"But..." Ah Cai frowned and racked her brains for a long time, "I have never heard of them."
"Don't talk about you. Not many people in the entire Daijin have heard of this. Not even many people in the Xia and Liao Kingdoms know about them." Wanyanping continued to pace slowly in the room, "Their story says It’s a long story, and I have time to tell it slowly, but what you need to understand now is that compared with all the opponents we have encountered before, they are the strongest. Even the ones currently recognized as the strongest and most powerful Shen Jiajun must also weigh his own weight when facing them."
"Such a powerful family can develop its own power. Why do they want to plot against His Highness?" A Cai continued to stare at the letter and pouted, "Besides, their appetite is too big!"
"Silly boy, we are the force they are developing, and we are working hard for them!" Wanyanping was a little tired from walking, so she sat on a short ridge nearby, took a few breaths, and said, "Why did they do it in the first place? Are you willing to help me selflessly, help me get rid of the emperor's uncle and my eldest cousin, and force my younger cousin away? Isn't it all for today?" She sneered and looked at A Cai with firm eyes, "But I won't let it happen. They got their wish!”
