Upon hearing this, Cai Wei’s heart tightened abruptly, unable to help clenching her fists.
With the battle imminent, and without absolute assurance of success, it would be a lie to say there was no tension.
The expression on Nangong Yi’s face froze for a moment, only to then sport a nonchalant smile. He said, "I see. You may leave."
Luo Xue knelt there, motionless.
"Is there anything else?"
Seeing her not moving, Nangong Yi’s tone took on a cool edge.
Hesitant for a moment, Luo Xue then said, "Master, another letter has arrived from the palace."
"How dare you! Leave!"
The man’s deep voice abruptly turned cold, the temperature in the room dropped considerably.
But Luo Xue did not leave, she gritted her teeth, mustered up the courage to look up and said, "I know that you’ve ordered not to bring up news from the palace, but this is a bloody letter from the Empress Dowager to you, Master, you cannot ignore this!"
With that, she took out a plain silk handkerchief from her bosom, stooped down, raised it over her head with both hands, and fell silent.
Nangong Yi’s face turned ugly, his hands hanging by his sides clenched tightly, he lowered his gaze and stared intently at a certain point, as if making an arduous decision.
After a long while, he finally spoke in a low voice, "Keep the letter well and give it to me tomorrow night..."
Luo Xue grew desperate, she lifted her head, tears began to ’drip-drop’ down her face and she choked out, "I beg the Master to consider the big picture, don’t take Tianjizi head-on. If anything should happen to you, the Empress and the Princess will face great harm, the entirety of Duke Li Guo’s Mansion will have to be steles by their graves, I implore the Master to reconsider..."
Finished speaking, she started to kowtow towards Nangong Yi. With such intensity, after a few moments, bright red blood dripped down from her pristine forehead.
At this point, Cai Wei understood. Nangong Yi’s mother did not agree to his decision to stay here and face Tianjizi head-on. Allegedly, his mother is the Empress of the Great Jin Nation, however, if even the successor of the nation fears Tianjizi to the extent of sending a bloody letter dissuading her son from facing him, how formidable must this Tianjizi be?
Thinking this, Cai Wei suddenly felt very uneasy, her face turning pale.
Seeing the change on Cai Wei’s face, Nangong Yi slapped the table, causing a bamboo chopstick on the table to spring into the air like an arrow with an eye, shooting straight towards Luo Xue on the ground.
Luo Xue was paralyzed into immobility, still in her bent position ready to kowtow, Her delicate face, though blurred by blood and teardrops, had those eyes, filled with resentment, blinking, each blink causing a stream of fresh tears to flow down...
He called out in a deep voice, and soon after, a tall Guard walked in silently, kneeling before him, "What are your orders?"
"Take her away, and bring Old Li over."
The Guard picked up Luo Xue, in a flash, he disappeared from Cai Wei’s small house.
Cai Wei paused for a moment, looked at Nangong Yi, and managed to say, "Hey, your mother, uh, no, your Imperial Mother, doesn’t agree with you confronting Tianjizi, does she? Is Tianjizi dangerous? Could we be no match for him? If that’s the case, why do you still want to fight with him? Aren’t you afraid of losing your life for nothing?"
The man smiled, "Tianjizi is indeed formidable, but no matter how formidable he is, he is still human, and every human has weaknesses. Tianjizi’s reign of terror is due to no one knowing his weaknesses. If we can find his weakness, we still have a chance to defeat him!"