She had carefully planned for half a year and finally, there was a stir in Suzhou again, catching a figurative yellow bird in the tail—an unsealed and undestroyed letter, though the handwriting differed from Li Tai's, the seal on it was indeed genuine!
It must have been that Lady Dongyang failed to discreetly acquire the letter, and having exposed herself, she brought about her own deadly peril.
Ran Yan read until the fifth page before there was a brief account from Xiao Song, merely stating that the undercurrents in Chang'an were turbulent and the matters complex—he shared these secrets, hoping that Ran Yan would act accordingly.
No words of sentiment were found, yet from these thick secrets, Ran Yan could clearly feel his concerns and anxiety from thousands of miles away. If the wrong person got hold of this letter, Xiao Song's situation would indeed be worrisome, but he risked it nonetheless, concerned that his wife in Chang'an might face danger.
