Chapter 19

After Yutang left, Xie Jiuli sat alone in the study, without lighting a lamp. Her gaze was icy as she went over everything she had uncovered since entering the Capital. She had initially thought that all she needed to do was wipe out the Japanese; status and power were merely burdens to her. But the Japanese were too sinister and cunning—a man like Sang Benshan alone had been lurking for over twenty years. It was clear that the Japanese had been planning to annex Great Zhou for decades, actively laying the groundwork and infiltrating the country with spies. Meanwhile, the officials of Great Zhou were selfish and greedy, like mud that couldn't be plastered onto a wall; those who truly cared for the common people were few and far between. The great families cared only for their own interests, indifferent to the lives of the people and completely unconcerned with the Japanese infiltration. As long as their own interests were not threatened, nothing else mattered to them.