Chapter 117: The Final Decision!

"Lord Governor, a secret letter from Elder Yan."

Just as Li Hongyun was pondering his next move, his trusted aide delivered another letter sealed with lacquer.

A letter from Yan Maoqing?

Li Hongyun couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.

Due to his previous actions, although he had not directly turned against Yan Maoqing by stabbing him in the back, by preventing Prefect Ning from destroying the dike, he had foiled Yan Maoqing's plans to annex land and collect salt taxes. Moreover, after missing the Duanyang floods, it was no longer possible to report the matter as a natural disaster, essentially amounting to a half-betrayal.

Although Li Hongyun, playing Lin Xiangmin, had covered for Yan Maoqing in front of the Emperor, such cover-ups were actually of little significance.

So, what would this letter from Yan Maoqing contain at this time?

Was it to call him out on his crimes? To curse him roundly? To denounce him as an ungrateful traitor?