Xu Yixuan replied "Yes" and then went to the shelf in the room to get a pen and ink.
After hesitating for a moment, the Duke of Shun picked up his pen and wrote. The moment he put pen to paper, his hand, which had been trembling slightly due to his age, became steady.
Xu Yixuan stood a little distance away, keeping her eyes down and behaving herself by not looking at what the old Duke Shun was writing.
A short while later, the old Duke Shun put down his brush, gently folded the letter he had written, and called out in a hoarse voice, "Aye."
Xu Yegong entered respectfully from outside the door: "Master?"
The old Duke Shun handed over the letter he had written: "Send someone to deliver it to Prince Gong's residence."
Xu Ye paused slightly, then reached out and took it with both hands. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Master, have you made up your mind?"
"Um."
"This..." Xu Ye had some reservations, but he still chose to obey and swallowed back the words he was about to say.
"Go to the Duke of Changguo's mansion on your way and tell that old man."
"Yes." Xu Ye lowered his eyes and slowly retreated.
After Xu Ye left, Xu Yixuan hesitated, wanting to ask a lot of questions, such as what happened at the lakeside boat today. Although she sensed something was amiss, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Last time, she went to see her father, but he only said one thing: she would know when the time came.
When will that be?
Can't she know now?
In the Duke's mansion, it seemed everyone knew something was about to happen, but she was kept in the dark.
Duke Shun naturally noticed Xu Yixuan's doubts, but he had no intention of explaining.
He waved his hand and said, "Grandfather is tired, girl, you may leave now."
The question that was already on his lips was swallowed back down, and he bowed and said, "Yes."
Watching Xu Yixuan's retreating figure, the old Duke of Shun sighed. It wasn't that he was unwilling to tell Xu Yixuan, but that Xu Yixuan had two older brothers.
And above her two older brothers, there was also his son.
These are things that Xu Yixuan should not have to shoulder.
He was getting old and suffering from many ailments. He didn't know how much longer he could live. The glory of the Duke of Shun's mansion was something he had fought for with his whole life. If it were to be lost like this, he would not be able to die in peace.
Instead of doing that, why not take a gamble and give it a shot?
For three years, Prince Gong's mansion had remained aloof from worldly affairs, and Yu Nanqing had been away from home for many years. He knew perfectly well how Emperor Yuanhe had tried to eliminate him the year he returned to the capital.
What power does he have in the capital?
Forget about power, he only started building his network of connections recently. How could he possibly handle this situation on his own?
Once this letter is sent out today, the Duke of Shun's mansion will have no way out.
When the letter was delivered to Prince Gong's Mansion, Su Wanyan and Yu Nanqing had not yet returned home. When the two returned to the mansion, Su Wanyan thought it was a letter from Xu Yixuan.
To my surprise, when I opened it, the handwriting was incorrect.
Upon seeing the contents, Su Wanyan immediately clutched the letter to her bosom like a thief, excitedly calling out, "Yu Nanqing!"
"Hmm?" Yu Nanqing replied almost immediately.
Because of the tense tone in that voice, Yu Nanqing should also be tense.
Su Wanyan glanced around and saw many maids and servants doing odd jobs. She quickly pulled Yu Nanqing aside furtively and stuffed the letter into his hand: "Look at this, look quickly!"
Yu Nanqing, puzzled, opened the letter and her gaze darkened.
The handwriting in the letter is vigorous, strong, and powerful, clearly not a woman's handwriting.
The letter contained information about the hidden agents that the Duke of Shun's mansion had planted throughout the Great Jin Dynasty over the years. Although the number was not large, it was absolutely useful to Yu Nanqing at the moment.
The letter detailed the coded messages and time slots for communicating with the undercover agents.
In addition to the spies throughout the Great Jin Dynasty, the spies left in the capital by the Duke of Shun's mansion in the early years are still there today, and they are all listed in the letter.
Once these spies are located, they can successfully establish contact with their agents throughout the Great Jin Dynasty.
It must be said that the list sent by the Duke of Shunguo's mansion was a timely help for Yu Nanqing.
After Wang Zhang's training over this period, he has enough manpower for the capital city alone, but if he has to keep an eye on the envoys coming from all directions, he can hardly take care of them all at his current level.
With help, he can not only focus on the result, but also control many details.
In addition to sending him helpers, the letter also contained two very important pieces of information: the merchant Feng Yao, whom he met at the lakeside boat today, was the seventeenth princess of the East Sea Kingdom, whose original name was Feng Yao and who was sixteen years old.
She is the youngest princess of the Donghai Kingdom.
The foreign dancer performing at the lakeside pavilion today is a spy from the Kingdom of Xining. She arrived in the capital half a month ago, but only made her appearance at the pavilion today.
In other words, long ago, various groups of people had already infiltrated the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Moreover, the seventeenth princess of the East Sea appeared together with the spies from Xining at the lakeside boat, perhaps indicating that they had already joined forces in secret.
"I guessed it! I guessed it!" Su Wanyan exclaimed excitedly, "I knew Feng Yao was an alias! I'm so smart!"
"..." He said that Su Wanyan had never been modest.
"What about Yunyi? Did Yunyi mention it?" Su Wanyan tugged at his hand, standing on tiptoe and craning her neck to look at the letter.
She only glanced at it; she didn't see the whole thing.
Yu Nanqing quickly bent down slightly and lowered the letter in her hand: "No."
"No?" Su Wanyan asked curiously. Yun Yi came with Feng Yao, so she wasn't a spy.
She looked at the back of the letter again; it was blank, with no words on it.
"Yan'er, don't worry. Yunyi's matter can be easily investigated."
According to Yunyi, her background has a clear origin and the events that occurred can be traced, so it cannot be faked.
Su Wanyan nodded upon hearing this, then couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile.
Yu Nanqing asked curiously, "What is Yan'er laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at your good luck." I was going to send someone to investigate as soon as I got back to the manor, but I didn't expect the Duke of Shun's manor to send the news.
However, Su Wanyan's expression turned serious again in the blink of an eye: "However, we have been exchanging letters with the Duke of Shun's mansion frequently, so Emperor Yuanhe is probably already paying attention to us."
She pursed her lips and said, "The actions of the Duke of Shun's mansion suggest they are going all out and making a desperate gamble."
Originally, they just wanted someone to speak up for Yu Nanqing in court when he was dealt with by Emperor Yuanhe. Moreover, the Duke of Shunguo's mansion couldn't possibly be unaware that Yu Nanqing and Emperor Yuanhe were on opposite sides.
The Shunguo Duke's Mansion had no idea what Yu Nanqing was planning to do, and they didn't reveal much about it.
The old Duke of Shun revealed his hand so quickly, indicating he wasn't planning to wait any longer.
What is this if not a desperate gamble?
Then again, if it were her, she might have done the same.
Emperor Yuanhe had no intention of giving the Duke of Shun's family any hope. Rather than being slowly worn down, he might as well take a gamble.
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