A foolish girl feigned madness to test the waters; the prince raised his whip to verify her true self

Gu Moran looked at her father-in-law, Shuangxi, who was trembling on the ground, his mental defenses completely reduced to zero and a gray Eunuch Shuangxi.

He crouched down and patted his burning cheek with the spoils agreement:

"Alright, stop pretending to be dead. Your father-in-law probably enjoys this taste very much."

Listen, I'll show you a way out.

"Is the fleet of that Vice Minister of Ministry of War still waiting for your message three miles out to sea?"

Gu Moran reached out and grabbed a corner of the handkerchief, then yanked it outwards.

With a pop, Eunuch Shuangxi was pulled forward and fell to the ground, retching violently, even vomiting bile.

Gu Moran pinched the back of his neck with her left hand and snapped her right hand back into place his dislocated jaw.

"Now, take your imperial envoy's seal and write a transfer order to that vice minister overseas."

Tell them I've fallen for your Qianji Poison, and now my internal energy is reversed, leaving me bedridden.

With no leader in Tsukushi City, please have him lead his fleet and troops directly into Tsukushi Port at the first quarter of the morning (5-7 AM) tomorrow to take over the defenses!

Eunuch Shuangxi lay on the ground, panting heavily, his eyes unfocused as he stared at Gu Moran.

"What if I... what if I don't write it?"

"Not writing?"

Gu Moran smiled and pointed to Tuoba Mang beside him.

"In General Tuoba's camp, there are still three thousand iron cavalrymen who have just crawled out of the mudflats and haven't washed their feet for half a month."

Tonight, I'll hang you in the stable and stuff three thousand pairs of shoes into your hands.

Then, send someone with urgent speed to deliver the confession of Gu Debai and the old emperor to the Empress Dowager's desk.

"Guess, will your mysterious nephew's head fall to the ground first, or will you get killed by the sock first?"

Eunuch Shuangxi shuddered, looking into Gu Moran's smiling eyes, and his last thread of reason snapped.

He shakily raised his unbroken left hand, pointed to the black iron gate on the table, and cried out in a hoarse voice:

"I'll write it... Your Highness, spare me! This servant will write it right away!"

At the same time, in the side room of the prefect's mansion in the backyard.

Takaichi Nanako, who was bound hand and foot and stuffed onto the bed, slowly opened her eyes.

There were no lights in the room, and the moonlight shone through the window paper onto her small, white face, which was devoid of makeup.

She spat out the pure gold wax pill that had sealed her meridians, and after several rounds of indulging in food to detoxify, her body underwent a transformation!

The pupils, which had been dull and lifeless due to years of medication, were now normal.

There wasn't a trace of silliness left inside; it was clearly a chilling clarity!

She glanced down at her semi-transparent white silk undergarment, which barely concealed her cleavage, and at the wounds covering her body.

He then moved his wrists, which had been marked with red welts from the rope, around again.

My lower back is so sore it feels like it's going to break.

She gritted her teeth and murmured something in Japanese:

" Shōni Sukemoto, how dare you treat me like a pawn..."

So many people have ruined my life...

And that Prince Yi of Great Yan, I'll remember that debt."

The farce in the lobby finally came to an end.

With trembling left hand, Eunuch Shuangxi pressed down the imperial envoy's seal. Along with the four palace guards who had lost their arms and legs, Tuoba Mang dragged them to the water dungeon like dead dogs and locked them up.

Holding the still-scented transfer order, Xue Huan led his men to the dock that very night to signal the fleet of the Vice Minister of Ministry of War in the open sea.

Gu Moran stretched and moved his slightly sore neck before turning and walking towards the backyard.

The women behind the screen had long since dispersed, except for Kim Seon-a, who remained standing under the lanterns in the corridor.

She was still wearing that thin white silk dress, with a silk inner armor underneath. When the night wind blew, the wide skirt clung tightly to her two long, straight thighs, outlining a breathtaking curve.

Seeing Gu Moran approach, Kim Seon-a took two steps forward, clasped her hands behind her sword, and bowed, but her gaze couldn't help but drift towards Gu Moran's right hand.

"Your Highness, that eunuch mentioned the Qianji Poison '... are you sure you didn't get any of it?"

"What, is the Princess hoping I'll become a drooling cripple so she can steal back the ' Memorial of Submission of the Entire Nation '?"

Gu Moran stopped in front of her, and with the right hand that had just slapped Eunuch Shuangxi's face, he grabbed Kim Seon-a's slender waist and pulled her into his arms.

Caught off guard, Kim Seon-a Sun-ah cried out in surprise and crashed into Gu Moran's hard black iron breastplate.

Her ears turned bright red all the way to the roots of her neck, and she placed her hands on his chest, unsure whether to push him away or not.

"Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense! Seon-a has already pressed her blood seal, she is naturally... naturally your person."

But that Shuangxi came on strong, even dragging the Ministry of War from the capital into it.

"If Your Highness detains the imperial envoy like this, what if Chang'an City blames you..."

"Blame me?"

Gu Moran looked down at the stunningly beautiful face in his arms, a face that was now filled with worry.

His right hand slid down half an inch along her waistline and gently patted her through her silk trousers.

"The emperor is far away, so he was just issuing a false edict."

Besides, tomorrow morning, that Vice Minister of Ministry of War will enter the port, accidentally step on a cluster of Subduing Fire Thunder left by the Japanese, and die for his country along with Eunuch Shuangxi.

What does this have to do with me?

Kim Seon-a's body trembled violently; the place where he had patted her felt like it was on fire and went weak.

She bit her lower lip, glanced up at Gu Moran, and was about to speak when...

Lin Qingdai, who was standing nearby, quickly walked over from the archway in the backyard.

Like a startled rabbit, Kim Seon-a quickly broke free from Gu Moran's embrace and turned her back to straighten her disheveled collar.

"Your Highness."

Lin Qingdai pretended not to notice their subtle interaction, stopped three steps away, and whispered her report.

" Takaichi Nanako woke up in the back room. Younger Sister Shen just went to change her into clean clothes."

As soon as the girl woke up, she started making a fuss about seeing the "King in Black," smashing two porcelain bowls in the room and saying she wouldn't eat unless she saw him.

"Oh? The poison's gone, and even your temper's gotten better?"

Gu Moran raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

Just now, when the system panel notified me that there was a topographical map of the Silver Mountain in the wax pellet, I also refreshed Takaichi Nanako's status.

[Target: Takaichi Nanako (First in line to the throne of the Wa Imperial Family)]

[Current Status: The Qi-Sealing Golden Pill has been expelled, 85% of the Datura toxin has been cleared, and the mind has fully recovered (pretending to be mentally impaired).]

[Current Maliciousness Value: -80 (Extreme humiliation, plotting to assassinate the host and reclaim the Silver Mountain Secret Map).]

Gu Moran looked at the line of words in her mind and a smile appeared on her lips.

Pretending to be stupid, huh?

She stripped naked in public during the day and threw herself into my arms.

Now that you've sobered up and know you have some shame, you still want to turn around and scheme against me?

"Let's go, I'll go and meet this most beautiful woman in the Capital."

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