Seeing the other party's indifferent expression, Mingyue immediately spoke up: "Father has few children, and I am your only sister. How could you not help me? Don't forget what Mother told you."

Wan Ge sneered: "You want to use the Empress Dowager to intimidate me? If it weren't for the Empress Dowager, given the trouble you've caused in the past, you wouldn't even have the chance to stand before me now. You'd better step down. What you want, you can only fight for yourself."

After saying that, Wan Ge immediately had someone take her away.

Princess Mingyue said no more, leaving behind the words "we'll see" before departing.

Wan Ge suddenly thought of the original owner of this body, who had kept her identity hidden because she didn't want to be a burden to this younger sister.

Originally, she had planned to tell her sister the truth after she was ready to fake her death one day, so that her sister could come with her. Now, Wan Ge was extremely grateful that the original owner had not told Princess Mingyue her identity.

Otherwise, based on her observations today, she knew that once Mingyue found out, she would definitely use this matter to threaten him or to exchange it for what she wanted.

…

Not long after Mingyue left, someone came to report that the Regent was waiting for her outside the Imperial Study.

Wan Ge immediately went to the Imperial Study. Fortunately, her palace was very close to the Imperial Study for convenience.

The moment Wan Ge saw the other person standing there quietly, she suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, but that familiarity disappeared when she got closer to the Regent.

Could my lover be inside? Is he my bodyguard or his bodyguard?

Perhaps due to her physical condition, Wan Ge felt somewhat nervous when facing the Regent: "Brother, what brings you here so suddenly?"

Yan Yunjing turned his gaze to her, and when he saw her slightly open collar, he suddenly felt inexplicably nervous.

"The Chess Kingdom has sent a letter saying that their envoy is on his way and will arrive in the capital soon. We are currently at war with the Sheng Kingdom, which is heading north, and now the Chess Kingdom is coming to visit. This matter must be quite significant."

Wan Ge then spoke up: "Does Your Majesty already have a plan?"

"My men have investigated and found that their visit is to compete with us and demoralize us. Your Majesty should invite some talented individuals to the capital as soon as possible, so that we can have better countermeasures."

Wan Ge spoke again, "Then I will have the imperial edict posted."

Yan Yunjing looked at her and fell silent for a moment. He began to doubt whether he had made the right decision to come to see her: "The envoy will arrive soon. It is probably too late for us to post the imperial edict to select capable people now."

Moreover, if they openly seek out people and then lose, it would be incredibly shameful. People would think that such a large country would post imperial edicts to find capable people and extraordinary deeds, only to end up like this, making them a laughingstock to other countries.

He thought he had changed, but he was still the same. It seems he had been disappointed.

"Your Majesty is right, but I rarely come into contact with people. Does Your Majesty know any capable people?"

"There are a few, and I will have them come to meet His Majesty when the time comes."

As Yan Yunjing spoke, she watched as the person in front of her shifted their collar, opening it even wider.

Wan Ge told him again that she was entrusting him with the entire responsibility for this matter, but she didn't receive a response for a long time after she finished speaking.

When Wan Ge looked into his eyes, she realized that he seemed to be lost in thought.

"Royal brother, royal brother?" Wan Ge called out to him a few more times.

Finally, Wan Ge stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him, and the other person seemed to come to his senses: "What?"

"What is Your Majesty thinking?"

Yan Yun shook his head in surprise, then suddenly realized that the other person was so close to him at some point, and he could almost smell the fragrance on him.

I wonder what kind of incense the emperor was using, it smells so good.

"Once I have made the arrangements, I will invite Your Majesty to come and take a look."

"Alright, I'll leave it to you, Your Majesty. Please expedite this matter."

Yan Yunjing nodded: "This humble subject remembers that there are still matters to attend to at home, so I will take my leave first."

Wan Ge waved her hand, signaling the other party to step back. She couldn't stop him from leaving even if he wanted to. He was currently being respectful to her on the surface, but she suspected that he had long coveted this empire.

Their grandfathers had conquered the country together, so they were like family. His grandfather was willing to guard the country for the grandfather of the first emperor, so before that, their family lived on the border.

Until the original owner's father ascended the throne, the former emperor was mediocre and prone to suspicion, with no outstanding abilities, and had countless concubines but very few offspring.

It was only after the original owner's mother became the empress that she gave birth to two girls, one of whom was the original owner whom he had pretended to be the crown prince.

From the moment the late emperor began to harbor suspicions, the Yan family must have already started taking precautions. Now, they are the only powerful family in the country, and she, as a puppet emperor, is no match for them at all.

Moreover, Yan Yunjing seemed difficult to get along with, which explains why the original owner kept wanting to run away. Besides feeling that the other party intended to rebel, she also felt that she might suffer a terrible fate under his control, so she wanted to escape as soon as possible.

Wan Ge initially thought the original owner's idea was quite good, but at the time she couldn't guess what her little villain's identity would be.

That's why I haven't taken any action. Now I need to meet with my little villain so I can decide what to do next.

First, you need to see if the other person is one of your own. If they are, then when you run away, you can take them with you.

If he's not one of my own men, but the Regent's bodyguard, then I need to assess his relationship with the Regent. If they're on good terms, I can use the throne as leverage to negotiate, since he's been eyeing it for so long anyway.

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