Ye Sangning was the last surviving bloodline of the Linyue Kingdom's Imperial Family.
Not long after she arrived in Great Rui for a marriage alliance, the Linyue Kingdom was destroyed, and its entire Imperial Family was slaughtered in a single night.
Rumor had it that Beiming had done this for the treasure supposedly hidden by the Linyue Kingdom's Imperial Family-a treasure rich enough to rival a nation.
Everyone raised their heads, eyes burning with interest, to look at Ye Sangning, who had fallen silent at some point.
Could she really have that rumored treasure map?
Ye Sangning nearly lost her grip on the branch in front of her.
Her eyesight was sharp. Even from that distance, the moment the little girl looked up, she could make out her features.
A round face, big eyes, fair, soft skin, and a clear gaze-just looking at her filled one with affection. She resembled the adorable little dumpling of her sister's that Ye Sangning had held before entering the palace.
But how was this little dumpling speaking without opening her mouth?
Speaking without opening her mouth was one thing, but how had she blurted out Ye Sangning's greatest secret right off the bat?!
And how did she even know?!
Questions piled atop one another in her mind. When that voice mentioned the treasure map, Ye Sangning instinctively pulled the sheet of paper from the hidden pocket in her sleeve.
She unfolded it with trembling hands. The words written in blood nearly frightened her into falling out of the tree.
Only after doing this did she realize that she seemed to have forgotten something.
Trembling all over, Ye Sangning lowered her head and met Emperor Mingze's meaningful gaze.
Oh. I forgot to act mad.
Ye Sangning: "!!!"
After working so hard to play a madwoman