As she spoke, she portrayed her sadness to the fullest.

Yu Yanluo was shocked. She thought to herself, "This guy's acting is really good. Could he have been tricking me before?"

However, thinking about all the little moments they had spent together, she gave up the idea.

With Jian Yanyou's personal confirmation, and the undeniable brotherly affection he conveyed towards Jian Taiding, the group finally believed him completely.

Even Jian Taiding's confidants, who had originally intended to confront him, had no doubts and angrily cursed Uncle Ming.

After all, in their view, Jian Taiding had indeed been in close contact with Uncle Ming for more than a year, and it turned out that the guy was a wicked person with malicious intentions.

Then Yu Yanluo took out the edited audio-visual stone for everyone. After watching Uncle Ming's various confessions, the last bit of doubt in everyone's hearts disappeared.

For the next period of time, Yu Yanluo mainly handled various follow-up matters.

Zuan used the excuse of being injured and needing to go into seclusion, which did not arouse suspicion.

Because of his seclusion, he found himself with nothing to do.

But for some reason, he always felt that he had overlooked something.

What exactly is it?

He couldn't come up with anything after thinking for a long time, and since everything was going in a positive direction, he stopped worrying about it and took the opportunity to secretly restore his appearance and return to the embassy.

Coincidentally, not long after he returned to his room, Sang Hong came to visit him.

After opening the door, Sang Hong said apologetically, "Azu, it's not that I wanted to disturb your healing, but there are some things I really need to discuss with you."

"Uncle, you're too kind. Please come in." When they were alone together, their way of addressing each other was much more intimate.

After entering the room, Sang Hong sighed deeply and hesitated several times before speaking.

Zu'an chuckled, "Uncle, just say what you want to say. There's no need to hold back on our relationship."

Hearing his words, Sang Hong felt a warmth in his heart: "Aunt, you are one of us, so I won't beat around the bush. Actually, I just received an imperial decree from the capital."

"Oh, what did His Majesty say?" Zu'an knew there was a way to quickly communicate between the capital and the mission.

Sang Hong sighed: "The Emperor gave me a severe scolding and told me to focus on my own affairs."

"Why did I scold you?" Zuan frowned.

“Although the Emperor didn’t say it explicitly, based on the information we’ve received, the Prince of Yan’s troops have stopped in Yi County. I guess the Emperor is unhappy that I’ve mobilized the troops of the vassal kings without my permission,” Sang Hong said with a wry smile.

Zu'an felt indignant on his behalf, saying, "Your Majesty is just talking without understanding the situation. The situation in Yunzhong County was on the verge of exploding and was extremely dangerous. Uncle, you only mobilized the Prince of Yan's troops at that time. Who knew that things would be resolved in this way later?"

Sang Hong gave a self-deprecating laugh: "The Emperor won't care about all that. He only cares about the results. What can we, as his subjects, do? We can only accept the reprimand."

"The key issue is that our mission was not completed this time. The Emperor wanted to reclaim the power of the Yu family and eliminate the wings of Prince Qi, but now that Jian Taiding is dead and Yunzhong County has been stabilized, I have no way to deal with the Yu family." This is what troubles him the most. The reason he summoned the Prince of Yan's army was actually with the intention of wiping out the Yu family in one fell swoop, but who knew that plans could not keep up with changes.

Zu'an knew that he had always been a royalist. Although Sang Qian's death had stirred up some dissatisfaction and his own ambitions, he had not yet decided to completely betray the emperor. Therefore, it was not appropriate for him to tell the other party not to deal with the Yu family.

However, he could not ignore his predicament. He knew that his appointment as imperial envoy was intended to redeem him through meritorious service. If he messed things up, the Sang family would likely face utter ruin upon his return.

Now, regardless of his relationship with Zheng Dan or Sang Qian, the Sang family's decline does him no good whatsoever.

Zuan pondered for a moment: "I do have a plan!"