Wei's Wonderful Plan to Secure the Realm

What a buzzkill. After revising the last chapter, I completely lost the mood to write.

Sun Shaozong mingled with the crowd and, without going very far, chose a nearby inn and rented a secluded courtyard all to himself.

After dismissing the overly attentive inn servant and locking both the courtyard gate and the room door, Sun Shaozong finally removed his Sable Cloak and tossed the disheveled "Li Jinzhi" onto the bed.

After being stifled beneath the cloak all the way here, "Li Jinzhi" was already dizzy and seeing stars.

Now that Sun Shaozong had thrown her onto the bed, she had no strength to struggle or cry out. She did not even bother with the handkerchief in her mouth, merely lying half-prone on the bed and gasping, trembling from head to toe as if seized by a chill.

Sun Shaozong watched coldly for a while. When he saw that her breathing had gradually steadied, yet she still made no move, he knew this woman was someone who knew how to read the situation.

He yanked the handkerchief from her mouth and demanded in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you, and why..."

Before he could finish, "Li Jinzhi" blurted out, "I am the daughter of the Osmanthus Xia Family, named Jingui. This time, I was truly forced by Princess of Beijing—she wanted to seize a weakness of yours, my lord, so she could find an opportunity to rescue her younger brother!"

Her words were concise and clear. She explained both her identity and her reasons while shifting the blame from herself, and she had not stumbled once from beginning to end. Clearly, she had prepared this speech on the road, intending to sell out Princess of Beijing, Wei.

The moment Sun Shaozong heard the words "Princess of Beijing," anger surged