Half a day after Zhongli Ting led his elite forces out of Yuizhou, a thick letter arrived at the Wei Estate from the imperial palace. Routed through the estate, it was rushed urgently by the Wei Family Army to the military headquarters and delivered into the hands of Wei Ling—though it was not addressed to him.
The envelope bore no signature, but a mere glance at the shape of the wax seal was enough for Wei Ling to recognize it as coming from the Empress's Palace.
Doubtless, it was a family letter from his imperial aunt, the Empress, to her own flesh and blood. Yet news in the inner palace traveled slowly; by the time the Empress received word, wrote the letter, sent it to her maternal clan, and had them forward it to him, a step had already been missed.
Chapter 90