After Jia Yi withdrew, Ah Jiu summoned a few more people to discuss and began arranging the matters for going to the Northern Region. By the time everything was settled, the sky had long turned completely dark. He sat alone in the study, without lighting a lamp, and pondered with his eyes closed.
It was already mid-April, and it had been several months since returning from Nanyue. Yet, he found himself missing Wufu more than ever because of the burden in his heart; he desperately wanted someone to whom he could confide.
But, that person was not there.
Even if she were, how could he bring himself to say it to her? How could he tell her that his Imperial Brother, whom he regarded as both father and brother, was actually having an affair with his biological mother?
He had yet to obtain solid evidence, but what he had seen and heard over the past few months made it impossible for him to trust his Imperial Brother.
If the truth was indeed as he suspected, what should he do?
