The two of them headed toward the Imperial Study, but who would have thought they'd run into a woman sitting alone in a pavilion in the imperial garden, looking full of grievance... a woman Wang Xian least wanted to see.
He thought of the soldiers who had died before Jinling Ferry, and of the hidden hand behind this war.
Wang Xian asked himself: even if you beat him to death, he could never do such a thing.
His loathing for Wang Yuwen, who had betrayed the Great General and fifty thousand soldiers just to climb onto the Dragon Throne, had never changed.
The Great General seemed to have guessed what was on Wang Xian's mind. His expression turned somewhat uneasy.
After a moment's thought, he asked, "How about I go see His Majesty first?"
Wang Xian sighed. "Was the Second Prince locked up in the Heavenly Prison too?"
"He was before. He's back at his residence now."
Qin Questioning Heaven spoke in a voice transmission: At the moment, only the eldest prince is alone... Every official who stood with him was beheaded, except the woman right in front of us...
Wang Xian replied quietly, "There was too much killing before Jinling Ferry. From now on, kill no one if it can be helped... In any case, there are things I won't interfere with, and you shouldn't ask about them either."
The Great General looked up in shock. His Majesty had already exiled the members of the Right Chancellor's household to the far north.
Only the eldest prince's consort remained in the imperial city. If sparing her could keep the eldest prince alive...
Could Wang Xian really accept that? Would he simply let go of what had happened before Jinling Ferry?
After all, once the members of the Right Chancellor's household