He Lingchuan asked, puzzled, “Then what do Sun Fuping and Nian Songyu have to do with all of this? Why did they even come for the Generous Pot?”0

He Chunhua picked up the thread of the conversation here and said, “Sun Fuping was part of the rebellion. After the plot failed, the King personally stripped him of his position as state preceptor. That’s why he never used his mandate token in the Panlong Desert. He simply could no longer do so. As for the Provincial Governor of Xun Province, he was long considered a close ally of the Minister of War. While he hasn’t made any overt moves yet, I suspect he’s waiting to see how things unfold. If Nian Songyu managed to return with the Generous Pot, he would have a powerful bargaining chip, and he could then pick whichever side would provide him with the most benefits.”0

So even a man as cunning as Sun Fuping ended up choosing the wrong side, and...0