Wei Shuxuan read the informant letter over and over again. The handwriting on the letter was a bit slanted, and it stated that the informant had letters of correspondence between Wei Tu and the Qiangfeng Kingdom. That meant... there should be a third letter! But Xin Zizhao had only brought back two letters.
Filled with confusion, Wei Shuxuan took the letter and went to the study to find Xin Zizhao. "Xin Zizhao, Xin Zizhao, are you still in the study?"
"Come in and talk."
As soon as Wei Shuxuan entered, she showed the informant letter to Xin Zizhao and asked, "Xin Zizhao, look here. It says that the informant, the person who wrote this letter, has letters of correspondence between my father and the Qiangfeng Kingdom. Did you ask your father if this letter really exists?"
Xin Zizhao looked in the direction Wei Shuxuan was pointing and found that it was indeed written in the letter. But his father hadn't told him about the existence of a third letter.
"No, Father didn't tell me about a third letter. I'll go ask him for it now."
Seeing that Xin Zizhao was about to leave, Wei Shuxuan quickly grabbed him. "Hey? Wait a minute. It's already very late. We should go tomorrow. Maybe your father is already resting."
Xin Zizhao looked out of the open window in the study at the sky. According to the time, his father should have already gone to rest. But it didn't matter. He could just go to the study to look for it. Maybe his father was hiding something from him.
"Okay, I understand. We'll go tomorrow then."
Although Xin Zizhao thought this in his heart, what he said was different.
Just then, Chief Eunuch Li had already prepared dinner and asked the two of them to come out for dinner. Wei Shuxuan put the informant letter into her bosom. "Xin Zizhao, let's go out for dinner first. We'll talk about other things tomorrow."
At the dinner table, Xin Zizhao ate his meal silently. Wei Shuxuan ate while stealing glances at Xin Zizhao. Seeing that there was no strange expression on his face, she retracted her gaze and continued eating.
"You've been looking at me. Do you have something to say to me?" Xin Zizhao had long noticed Wei Shuxuan's occasional glances.
".....How did you notice I was looking at you?"
"Your gaze is so obvious that I can't ignore it."
Xin Zizhao looked at Wei Shuxuan helplessly. Only then did Wei Shuxuan honestly tell him, "I thought you were angry."
"Angry about what?"
"About me going out with Zian. I don't know why you don't like me going out with Zian so much..." As she spoke, Wei Shuxuan's voice became softer.
"Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?" Xin Zizhao asked straightforwardly, and his eyes were also very direct, making Wei Shuxuan understand immediately.
Only then did Wei Shuxuan realize what a stupid question she had asked. Hadn't Xin Zizhao already told her the answer to this question?
After both of them were silent for a moment, Xin Zizhao then said to her, "About your engagement with Ge Zian..."
The thick clouds gradually dispersed, revealing the crescent moon hiding behind them. The faint silver light shone on the earth, and the moon had already climbed to the treetops.
Xin Zizhao changed into a set of light black clothes and nimbly leaped on the rooftops using his lightness kung fu. He knew the location of the imperial study. Even with just the dim moonlight, he could easily reach it.
There were only two guards guarding outside the door of the imperial study at night. As long as Xin Zizhao used his lightness kung fu to fly over their heads, he could enter the imperial study.
After entering the imperial study, Xin Zizhao lit the small lantern he had brought from the Fenghe Palace. The light of the lantern was very weak. If one didn't look carefully from the outside, they couldn't see it clearly. This was enough for Xin Zizhao.
He rummaged through the memorials and letters in the imperial study. There was only a pile of memorials on the table, but there was a yellow brocade box. He opened the brocade box, and there were only some writing brushes inside. There was also a brush holder on the table, which seemed redundant.
He held the small candle and scanned the surrounding environment. He thought that the two letters his father had asked the little eunuch to take out from the inner room. He wanted to go into the inner room to take a look.
But how could he get into the inner room?
Xin Zizhao was a bit troubled. Suddenly, he thought of the bright yellow brocade box on the table. He walked over and tried to pick up the brocade box. He found that he couldn't pick it up, but he could move it. He tried to move the brocade box again and found that when the brocade box shifted to the right, the bookcase on the side opened, just like a door. It seemed that there was an inner room.
He quickly slipped into the inner room and walked down the steps. He found that it was actually a small study. There were bookshelves on both sides, and there were several brocade boxes on the table. He thought that the letters should be placed in the brocade boxes.
He opened all the brocade boxes on the table and rummaged through them. Since it was a letter of correspondence with the Qiangfeng Kingdom, the letter should be written in the Qiangfeng Kingdom's writing.
The writing of the Qiangfeng Kingdom was different from that of the Yulong Kingdom. The writing of the Yulong Kingdom was more regular and square, while the writing of the Qiangfeng Kingdom was a bit slanted, looking like wriggling bugs.
Xin Zizhao didn't like the Qiangfeng Kingdom's writing very much. If the Qiangfeng Kingdom really succeeded in invading the Yulong Kingdom, he would probably prefer to live in seclusion in the mountains.
Ah, he found it!
He found a letter written in the Qiangfeng Kingdom's writing in a sky - blue brocade box. Fortunately, he had learned about the Qiangfeng Kingdom's writing from his master before, so he could understand this letter.
There was no signature on the outside of the envelope. He opened the letter and skimmed through it. It was a letter from a general of the Qiangfeng Kingdom to Wei Tu, telling him about the Qiangfeng Kingdom's combat strategy. Then he asked Wei Tu to open the city gate to let the Qiangfeng Kingdom's army in after winning the battle and gaining the love of the people.
However, this was just a letter from the Qiangfeng Kingdom's general to General Wei Tu, and General Wei Tu hadn't indicated his willingness on it. It was just the wishful thinking of the Qiangfeng Kingdom's general.
After Xin Zizhao hid this letter, he rummaged through the other brocade boxes again. As a result, he found another letter. There was also no signature on the envelope. After reading this letter, his hand holding the letter couldn't help but tremble. This was the letter written by General Wei Tu, and there was also the seal of the Wei family on it.
This was not the time to be surprised. He quickly put the two letters into his bosom and left the inner room of the imperial study at the fastest speed.
Fortunately, when Xin Zizhao left, the two guards still didn't notice that the imperial study had been invaded, and all the things inside were restored to their original positions.