Chapter Forty-Five Last Night the East Wind Stirred the Small Tower Again (V)
Word Number:135
Author:一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time:2025-09-21
Saying: Rumors are a thing to deceive people; yet how much of it springs from hearts that truly wish to deceive. Long is the grief that people's hearts do not remain as they once were; a flat plain can suddenly be tossed into waves. It so happened that the nine-tailed fox’s whispers would not leave the minds of Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi. They could not shake the thought that the Empress’s actions aimed at seizing the throne; if she did, their family would become imperial kin, their status forever raised. One night in the Lianxian Pavilion they held a banquet and probed one another’s intent. After three rounds of wine and song, Wu Sansi spoke first: “The people’s voice is already stirring. If the Empress truly becomes emperor, our posi