The night faded as time passed, but the sky was still very gray, and it was clearly a cloudy day, and the sky around it was gloomy and foggy, and the sun could hardly be seen, except for the flickering fire in the camp.

All the animals that used to live in the vicinity of the plains have fled the war, leaving only scavenging vultures and crows hovering in the sky from time to time, looking at the plains in search of today's food.

Gladyse had gotten up early at dawn, she hadn't slept well the previous night, she had been awakened by nightmares, and her wounds were aching.

For some reason, Gladyse always felt depressed in her heart, as if something was choking in her chest, and her instincts told her that something bad was about to happen.

Unable to sleep, Gladyse simply got up from her bed and called out to Shani to come and help her freshen up.

After shouting a few times and not responding, Shani looked around carefully and found that she was not in the tent, Gladys thought it was strange, why was she not here now, she usually served by her side at all times?

In desperation, Gladys got up and freshened her face, the feeling of depression in her heart was still not relieved, she simply came out of the tent to breathe, and as soon as she came out, she saw Shani and several soldiers walking hurriedly.

Shani didn't expect the Empress to get up so early today, but she had something important to tell the Empress so she had to apologize and hurriedly said, "Empress, I have something to tell you. ”

Shanny had been following her for a long time, and Gladys could sense the importance of the matter in her eyes, and she immediately agreed to Shanny's request.

Gladys walked back into the tent, and she sat down in her chair and asked softly, "Shanny, what did you bring these soldiers to me for?"

Shani glanced back at the leading soldier, who hurriedly pulled a letter out of his pocket and respectfully delivered it to the table beside the Empress.

Shani slowly recounted what had just happened, "Just now when my Majesty was still asleep, I received a report from these scouts, and they insisted on giving this letter to you, so I took it upon myself to inquire about the specific situation, and they told me that this letter was shot with an arrow by a mysterious person they encountered on patrol last night. ”

Intrigued by these words, Gladys summoned one of the soldiers to her and asked, "How do you know this letter is for me?"

The soldier nervously replied: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the bag containing this letter says that we will give you this letter, and we have also handed over the bag to Lord Shani, and we have checked this letter in advance for the safety of Her Majesty, but our subordinates can guarantee that we have never peeked at the contents of the letter." ”

Gladys smiled kindly and replied, "You don't have to be nervous, you have thought it through, I will not blame you for checking the envelope in advance to prevent the enemy from poisoning, on the contrary, I will reward you for your loyalty." ”

The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and half-knelt down and thanked them: "Thank you for the empress's generosity!"

Gladys asked for the details, "You said you got this letter last night while you were on patrol, so did you catch the mysterious person who delivered the letter?"

The soldier showed a look of shame and said: "The subordinates are incompetent, we immediately shot many arrows at the woods where the mysterious man is located, but the enemy is very cunning, and he let him escape without leaving any clues!"

"Yes!" Gladys thought thoughtfully with her chin on her chin as she heard the soldiers' words.

After giving an account of everything, the soldiers were rewarded and happily exited the tent, leaving only the Empress and Shani to ponder in the tent.

It seems that we still have to look at the contents of the letter before making a judgment, who sent the letter? Gladys opened the envelope with these questions, took out the letterhead and looked at it for a long time, her expression gradually becoming serious as she read it.

Shani stood by with some curiosity, but she resisted the urge to ask, and waited for the Empress to read the full contents of the letter.

"How can it be!"

Gladys read the contents of the letter and threw the letter to the ground in a fit of rage.

Shani hurriedly knelt on the ground and picked up the letterhead, but she clearly saw the signature at the end of the letter.

Shani was shocked to see the name, because the sender was none other than the former rebellious Empire's minister, Duke Nicholas!

Gladyse and Shani had been speculating about where Duke Nicholas was hiding, after all, the last time they saw him was at the ceremonial venue of St. Caron.

Although they expected that Duke Nicholas would most likely defect to the Snowy Tribe, there was no significant evidence that Duke Nicholas was hiding here.

I didn't expect that Duke Nicholas would have the courage to take the initiative to inform the Empress about his movements, which is really arrogant!

Gladys sat in her seat angrily, her hands trembling with anger, and her face, which had been pale from blood loss, was now flushed with anger.

Perhaps because she was aroused, Gladys suddenly stood up and said angrily: "Nikolai, this traitor, is really shameless, in his letter he ridiculed my rule, blamed me for the current decline of the empire, and questioned the legitimacy of my legal principles as the emperor, which is really ridiculous! What is even more ridiculous is that he dares to take the initiative to ask me for war!"

Shani held the letter paper and quickly browsed the contents of the letter, which was full of Nikolai's cynicism and foul language, even Shani was furious to see it, Nikolai is really embarrassed to write such unbearable words now!

It's just that Shani still restrained the anger in her heart, and she persuaded the empress with concern: "Your Majesty, you should calm down, since he dares to provoke you with such words and send a war letter, it must be ill-intentioned, please think about it more!"