Given her condition, unless it's something extremely urgent, she should rest first and wait until she feels better before proceeding.
Or rather, given her current state, what urgent matter could possibly warrant her concern?
In the final moments of her life, she should have rested well, waiting for everyone to gather around her and ask her if there was anything she wanted to eat or desire before she passed away.
If there's anything else they're worried about, they'll do it for her.
End-of-life care.
Ye Qingxue tapped the table, gesturing for him to sit down.
Yun Zhuo did as instructed.
Ye Qingxue slowly sat up straight, resting her arms on the table, and looked into Yun Zhuo's eyes: "Today I entered the palace, but accidentally wandered into the Cold Palace..."
Ye Qingxue briefly mentioned Wanxin and the guard in one sentence, and then began to talk about the contents of the letter.
"It says: The man is ready. He will die at Yanming Pass and take his place, commanding his army and serving you from now on."
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhuo shuddered, his hands clenching into fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.
Yanming Pass was the first line of defense against the southward advance of the Northern Di. Once it fell, the Northern Di cavalry could drive straight in and threaten the heartland of the Great Zhou.
The person currently guarding Yanming Pass is General Qin Tianrui, who is also Yun Zhuo's master!
He restrained himself: "In your opinion, how do you interpret this?"
Ye Qingxue then told Yun Zhuo about Wanxin's conversation with the guard, saying, "In my opinion, that letter was written to Empress Shen."
"It must have been Empress Shen who asked someone to find someone outside who resembled General Qin in figure or appearance."
"They wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill General Qin at Yanming Pass, and then impersonate him. That is, as the letter said, to take his place."
"Over time, the soldiers of Yanming Pass all obeyed the imposter, and thus they all became part of Empress Shen's forces."
The reason Ye Qingxue was furious when she saw the letter was because Empress Shen had plotted against the general guarding the pass.
Her father was also a great general who protected the country during his lifetime.
So how could she not be furious and resentful about the contents of that letter?
Empress Shen, being the empress, and Yun Zhuo having already been deposed, why would she still kill Qin Tianrui, who had rendered meritorious service to the Great Zhou?
This is absolutely absurd!
That's so cruel!
Ye Qingxue said, "Is she trying to gain military strength for Prince Ding? To ensure Prince Ding's successful ascension to the throne, would she, as the Empress, even plot against such a great general?"
The struggle for the throne and the competition among princes, while Ye Qingxue found cruel, was also somewhat understandable.
But in his struggle for power, he implicated the great general who was protecting the country, so Ye Qingxue felt that this person deserved to die!
Yun Zhuo did not answer, but immediately stood up and said, "I will send someone to Yanming Pass right away to tell Master to be prepared in case he is killed."
If Qin Tianrui were killed, the soldiers below would not know that the general they followed and the general guarding the pass was not the real Qin Tianrui. When the enemy came, the pass would collapse like loose sand, and that would be truly terrifying.
It will likely become a nightmare for all the people of the Great Zhou.
Ye Qingxue quickly grabbed his wrist and said urgently, "Sending a letter is not a good idea. Since the other party is already prepared, they will be very careful with every letter. The letter you send can easily be intercepted and may even expose your whereabouts. We can only send one person."
Yun Zhuo frowned deeply: "My people cannot come out in the open. If they show themselves, Master will only be in greater danger."
Ye Qingxue pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up. She suddenly thought of Min Xiuxian: "I have someone I can use. He promised to do three things for me."
Min Xiuxian is Ye Cunjin's uncle. Although he has not actually taken sides, outsiders see him as very protective of Ye Cunjin.
Ye Cunjin was also a man of Prince Ding, and others speculated that he was a member of Prince Ding's faction. It was most appropriate for him to send someone to Yanming Pass to deliver the message.
Ye Qingxue immediately had Qiu Shen prepare special ink and wrote a letter by hand. After the ink dried, all the words on it disappeared.
She wrote a few words of concern on it with ordinary ink, and the letter was finished.
"The messenger only needs to tell General Qin that life at the border is miserable and that he should remember to keep warm by the fire. General Qin will then see the letter," Ye Qingxue said.
Yun Zhuo gave Ye Qingxue a deep look and said, "Okay."
No sooner had everything arranged than Dongbai rushed in from outside.
"Miss, everyone outside is saying that the deposed crown prince is in the capital, and the emperor is sending people to search for him from house to house."
He added, "Lord Shen, the deputy commander of the Palace Guard, has arrived outside the Marquis's residence. He is in charge of searching our residence!"
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