"I would, but recently, His Second Highness sent me a message saying that if there is any information from the Desolate Region, I am to inform him immediately. I have just received an urgent report from the Desolate Region and I just delivered it to His Majesty. After hearing the contents of the urgent report, I sent out the reply message from His Majesty and hurried over here to inform His Second Highness." The messenger was obviously Pei Qingfeng’s hidden messenger. This was the first time he arrived before the stipulated date to make a report and he aroused the suspicion of the guard commander.

When the guard commander heard that the report was regarding the Desolate Region,...