Book 17: Chapter 48
“Tanya?!”
I was stunned to see Tanya. There was dirt on Tanya’s small face; her cloak was stained with mud from her long journey. Her calves also were mud-laden on them. However, she looked expressionless as per usual. Tone serious, she reported, “Your Majesty, I apologise for disturbing your sleep at night, but this is a letter from Troy City. Consort Ling Yue personally wrote it and had me rush it to you.
“Ling Yue? She’s at Troy City?” I then realised something. I grabbed Tanya with one hand and asked, “What about Liu Yue?! What about my daughter?! Where’s my daughter?!”
“Princess Liu Yue is also currently at Troy City, but they are still safe, Your Majesty. Nonetheless, I please hurry and read Consort Ling Yue’s letter. She said that the letter is very important.”
I couldn’t possibly be convinced that Ling Yue and Liu Yue were safe at Troy City. I didn’t know why the two of them went to Troy City. They practically turned themselves into hostages for the new church to threaten me with. Whatever the letter said, I had to hurry and write back to them to tell them to hurry back to the North. I had to lead the army there right away. Was I supposed to blow up a city with my wife and daughter in it?!
I opened the envelope. Honestly, the envelope was quite strange. There was no heat stamp or anything to seal it. Because Tanya kept it in her shirt the entire time, her warmth still lingered on it. If I was my past itself, I’d definitely be full of interest for the envelope that had the warmth of a loli on it, but I had no time to be embarrassed about her warmth. My daughter was a tad cuter than Tanya, after all.
I opened the letter. It was written in a hasty manner. Ling Yue’s usual elegant handwriting looked messy. In fact, there were some words I had to really scrutinise to make out, but I could understand what Ling Yue was saying. She made one thing clear: the seal I left at Troy City had, in fact, been stolen. I never imagined the people at Troy City would dare to pinch my stuff. The people there should’ve respected and loved me, yet they dared to pinch my stuff.
I thought, “So, the people in the palace no longer trust me and are no longer loyal to me? Troy City can be destroyed now. Nobody respects me. The city that was loyal to me dared to use my name without permission, so they’re all at guilty. Nobody in my palace is innocent. All of them shall pay for their betrayal!”
Having confirmed that someone stole my seal, I could punish them all without any guilt.