Wei Qiong almost rolled her eyes at her.
Was this the time to say such things?
She was forging an imperial decree! A heinous crime.
If her mother found out, she would surely chop off her head!
"Who said you forged anything?"
Chu Qianli was completely unfazed, spreading the imperial decree open and placing it on the table.
Afterward, she casually took out something and pressed it down firmly on the decree.
"You!" Wei Qiong was startled and suddenly stood up, picking up the imperial decree to examine it closely.
"How is it? Can anyone say there's anything wrong with this imperial decree? Even if you asked Wei Xian to look at it, what could she say?"
Of course, the handwriting wasn't Long Ziyue's.
But, for many ordinary imperial decrees, the emperor himself didn't write them. What was the big deal?
After studying it for a long time, Wei Qiong looked at Chu Qianli, a mixture of surprise, joy, and displeasure: "You've been hiding the imperial seal all this time, you... you this..."
"I was the Empress, what's wrong with me holding the imperial seal?" When she left Long Teng, she was indeed the Empress.
If she didn't hold the imperial seal herself, was she supposed to hand it over to someone else?
"But..."
"Don't worry, when the time is right, I will personally return the imperial seal to Ziyue."
As soon as Chu Qianli finished speaking, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
An imperial decree could be forged easily, as long as the imperial seal was real, no one would dare to say the decree was fake.
If that was the case, then...
She looked at Wei Qiong.
Wei Qiong, however, let out a cold snort: "Don't overthink it. That imperial decree not only has the imprint of the imperial seal but also the seal of the Empress of Tengyuan. Most importantly..."
Wei Qiong glanced at her and said helplessly, "The handwriting is also that of His Majesty of Tengyuan."
Chu Qianli said nothing.
She understood what Wei Qiong meant.
Wei Qiong also fell silent for a while.
In fact, her feelings were very complicated.
Chu Qianli had the absolute ability to govern the Long Teng Kingdom well, but circumstances were constantly changing, what a pity.
"You..." She looked at the imperial decree on the table. Additionally, Chu Qianli had asked her to prepare another imperial decree...
After thinking for a moment, Wei Qiong took out the other imperial decree and placed it in front of her: "You asked me to do all this, what exactly do you want to achieve?"
Although Long Teng was far from the capital, news took more than half a month to travel back and forth.
However, paper couldn't wrap fire, and after half a month, the truth would always come out.
What was the point?
"I have my own reasons, but this time, I truly thank you."
Chu Qianli looked at Wei Qiong's expression at this moment, uncharacteristically serious: "Thank you for your righteous assistance. I will definitely repay this kindness in the future."
Wei Qiong was a little unaccustomed to this.
She preferred facing the flippant Chu Qianli; a serious Chu Qianli made her feel pressured.
"Say... what kindness or not."
Wei Qiong gave a light cough, cleared her throat, and then said, "We're brothers who have been through thick and thin. Why talk about such things?"
"Alright, great kindness needs no thanks." But what she owed her would eventually be repaid.
Chu Qianli waved her hand, and the imprint of the imperial seal also fell upon the other imperial decree.
She said, "Please trouble you to deliver this imperial decree to Long Xinghe. She will know what to do."
"Can't you tell me?" Why such默契 (mòqì - tacit understanding) with Long Xinghe? Weren't they enemies before?
"It's hard to explain in a short time. You'll know after she acts."
Wei Qiong still wanted to roll her eyes.
However, since Chu Qianli had said so, she might as well not ask.
Now that she had done what she needed to do, then... "What are you planning to do next?"