East Palace, night is coming.
The afterglow of the setting sun made the night look particularly gloomy, and the entire East Palace seemed to be shrouded in a thick black net, which made Jun Yan, who was trapped inside, feel subconsciously palpitating.
It was an uncontrollable panic, even with a hint of excitement.
He thought of the letter that Ah Qing had successfully sent out today, with a determined light in his eyes. He had imagined the scene of private soldiers entering the city and him ascending to that high position thousands of times in his mind.
No matter who it is, no one can threaten his throne.
The leader of the southern barbarians must still be happy about the occupation of Kangnan City. When he sends troops to attack, he will definitely win the hearts of the people.
Naturally, his elder brother should take the blame for the war.
Jun Yan was still thinking to himself, completely unaware that things had already developed in a direction he could not predict.
As time went by, the joy of anticipation in his heart was slowly replaced by restlessness and uneasiness, until the last ray of light in the room was swallowed up by darkness, while it was still very quiet outside the room.
Jun Yan finally couldn't help but stood up and began to pace back and forth in the room, but because there was no candlelight, he bumped into the pillars, chairs, and table corners repeatedly.
The only sound in the entire room was Jun Yan's increasingly heavy breathing. He felt as if he was suffocating, and he greedily and hard inhaled fresh air, barely able to calm himself down.
Suddenly, there was a sound of wooden shelves falling to the ground outside the house, and some people whispering.
The voices of those people were so soft that Jun Yan couldn't hear them at all.
But suddenly, an extremely strange smile appeared on his face, and he ran towards the door, the only exit, uncontrollably, like a madman.
Jun Yan's steps staggered slightly, but he did not stop.
He clearly couldn't find his way after walking a few steps in the room, but at this moment it was as if he had a pair of night vision eyes. In a moment, his hand fell on the door.
The panting intensified again.
Jun Yan prepared himself, took a few deep breaths, and then opened the door again.
But the scene he expected did not appear before him. Zhou Wenhuai did not come, and the soldiers he brought did not show up either.
The same group of people were still standing outside the door.
Seeing Jun Yan open the door, they drew the long swords at their waists again and said in a firm tone: "Your Highness, please return to your room."
"Why are you still guarding here?"
Jun Yan's emotions were out of control. He wanted to step out of the door, but he heard an extremely clear voice: "Your Highness, don't!"
Ah Qing saw this scene as soon as she stepped into the East Palace with a food basket, but her words did not calm Jun Yan's emotions. Instead, they made him even more out of control.
The guards outside the door did not stop the two from meeting, but just watched silently.
The two of them entered the room in tacit understanding, and the door was once again closed by the guards outside.
Ah Qing looked at the dark room, put the food basket on the table, groped his way to a lampstand, put a half-burnt candle on it, and then took out a tinder to light it.
As soon as she placed the candle on the table, she saw Jun Yan's gloomy face.
It must be said that Ah Qing had never seen such an expression before. She calmed herself down and said softly, "Your Highness, please have dinner first. Ah Qing went early today and received a portion of pickles and two white flour buns."
Ah Qing's voice was extremely gentle, even with a touch of tenderness that only a woman could have when addressing her husband.
However, Jun Yan, with a sullen face, directly overturned the food bowl in her hand.
Steamed buns? Pickles?
Does she really think that she is a slave like herself?
No matter how bad he is, he is still the third prince. How dare these filthy people do this!
Jun Yan ignored Ah Qing's stunned expression and suddenly grabbed her wrist, exerting great force and demanding, "Where's the letter?"
"Where did you send it?"
At this time, Jun Yan no longer cared whether his plan would be exposed. He stared at the palace maid as if he was looking at a dead person. He kept exerting force with his hands and then threw her directly to the ground.
Ah Qing cried out in shock and pain, "Your Highness?"
But Jun Yan had no intention of comforting her and said coldly, "Shut up."
Jun Yan's indifferent attitude made Ah Qing unable to control her fear any longer. She trembled and replied tremblingly, "Your Highness, Ah Qing has personally delivered the letter to Master Zhou as you requested."
Jun Yan sneered, and the next moment he kicked her in the abdomen again.
After all, he was an adult man, so his strength was naturally greater than Ah Qing's. Waves of pain came from his abdomen, but Jun Yan was like a madman at this time, constantly exerting force.
"Bitch, who did you give that letter to?"
Jun Yan didn't believe what Ah Qing said. If what she said was true, then why couldn't his people make any noise?
Jun Yan would rather doubt Ah Qing's loyalty than believe that Zhou Wenhuai would mess up a message.
Just when Ah Qing thought he was going to die, the door was pushed open again, but this time, it was the person Jun Yan least wanted to see.
"Jun Yan, are you looking for this letter?"
Jun Ling stood at the door, his expression slightly cold, his eyes icy, holding the letter that should have been in Zhou Wenhuai's hand, his tone filled with invisible oppression.
After seeing the letter in Jun Ling's hand, Jun Yan's face turned pale, and suddenly he burst into laughter. He looked at Ah Qing who was trying to escape, and reached out again to pull him back.
He grabbed the maid's neck and said word by word, "She is indeed a bitch. How dare she give him my letter?"
Until his death, Ah Qing never thought why the letter he sent ended up in the emperor's hands.
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