The weather was as bad as ever today; it hadn't been good since that day. But that had nothing to do with Isabella, who had been locked in her palace all day.

She knew nothing about this, because she was just an empress.

“Your Highness Isabella, your letter… is magical letter paper.”

Isabella, who was reading in her room, saw Marilla walk in with bloodstains on her clothes. She glanced at the door that was pushed open without even knocking.

“Minister Marilla… royal etiquette… never mind.”

With a sigh, Isabel gave up on saying anything more. She took the parchment, already having some guesses in her mind. She pursed her lips, bracing herself for a good scolding from Isabel.

After all, in just five months, she had ruined the empire, and she had also failed to control General Ulrichira, resulting in the sacrifice of many innocent civilians in the plan.

Isabella is prepared to be scolded to death... But, will Isabella come back?

[Isabella, today… well, to make a long story short, you seem to have found the perfect opportunity to eliminate the nobility. You accomplished in four months what your father and I had planned for twenty years but failed to achieve.]

To Isabella's surprise, the beautiful handwriting on the letter, which was in line with her own, did not contain any accusation or disdain, but was filled with... the sentiments of an old father.

"You may already be a worthy king, Isabella."

"..."

"The patriarch seems to have misunderstood something."

Marilla said this as she looked at the letter.

"..."

Isabella remained silent, staring at Marilla who was speaking. She wanted to accuse her of disrespecting the king, but after thinking about it, she decided not to say anything... She didn't have the right to say anything at the moment.

However, it seems that Inra did misunderstand something, thinking that this was her plan. So even though she got Inra's approval, she was not very happy. Her pride as a queen made her have to explain things clearly... probably.

"Haha...hahaha...what is this...Yin Laqing really is..."

As she spoke, laughed, and cried, wiping away her tears, the smile on her lips was undeniable. She said, "It seems I have to explain myself properly... Honestly, how could there be tear gas powder on the letter? Even Yin Laqing is a prankster."

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As she spoke, tears streaming down her face, Isabella dipped her quill in ink, paused for a long time on the paper, and then wrote: "[The plan to sacrifice civilians was Ur's idea. I remember the lesson you taught about 'people-centeredness,' I haven't forgotten it.]"

Marilla: "..."

Marilla was speechless at Isabella's explanation... Is it really okay to push all the blame onto little Ur?

Then, very quickly, Yinla responded. A line of writing slowly appeared on the parchment, honestly mirroring the status of the magical letter on Yinla's side: [Understood. Now, how do you plan to reclaim your land?]

To be honest, even Isabella hadn't considered this question, so she could only honestly reply—"I don't know, but Lord Ulrichira will consider it."

Subsequently, Yinla also realized that Yin Sabella's current passive situation... she's been sidelined!

[...]

Amidst the three light ink dots left by Yinla, Yin Sabella blinked, exchanged a glance with Marila, then took a deep breath and carefully wrote on the letter: "[Minister Yinla, when do you plan to return to the Empire?]"

"..."

"..."

After a long time, there was still no movement from Yinla's side... Yinsabella gently pursed her lips, revealing a wronged expression that was completely out of character for a queen and that only a young girl should show. Tears began to well up in her eyes.

Even Marilla could only sigh helplessly—to be honest, Isabella was indeed a very willful queen, but as a "queen," she had done quite well, and as a "young girl," she was truly pitiful.

[...]

[...]

[We won't go back for now, but perhaps we can establish diplomatic relations with the Demon King's Territory... The Empire can establish diplomatic relations with the Demon King's Territory. After the war between the Empire and the Duchy comes to an end, we can begin to advance this process. From a macro perspective, this would be beneficial to both countries...]

"..."

Isabella had no interest in reading what followed... because she had heard similar things since she was a child, but even so, she still felt a sense of familiarity and even burst into laughter through her tears.

"Haha, this is perfect...right, Lord Marilla?"

Marilla agreed: "Yes."

"Then let the war end within a month! I want to see everything end in victory!"

As Isabel raised her arms and shouted, her eyes gleaming with a desire for victory, or rather... a desire for the war to be over—such emotional and unrealistic rhetoric would surely have earned Ira a lecture if she heard it.

"..."

Marilla: A month...you're really overthinking it!

Indeed, such a war is not a small skirmish between territories; this kind of true war is foreseeable... a long and arduous struggle lasting for centuries.

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