The letter from Prince Huai arrived; Chen Mo carefully checked it, the wax seal was untouched, and it had not been opened before.
Chen Mo opened and began to read it; Prince Huai had agreed to his request, consenting to a blood oath by the Huai River, but also made a request to Chen Mo.
That request was to announce to the world that Lady Liang had already passed away before April in the eighth year of Xuanhe.
It meant that Chen Mo should tell the world that Lady Liang was not captured; among those captured, there was only Liang Xue and a group of household servants.
After reading, Chen Mo was somewhat stunned; he had returned Ning Wan to them, didn't ask for any ransom, even personally escorted her to the Huai River, yet they refused her.
Moreover, not only refused her, though the letter did not explicitly say so, the implication between the lines was for him to kill Ning Wan.
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