This time!
Even Bu Wan, who had always been steady and composed, felt his heart churn violently, unable to regain his calm for a long while.
Yet before outsiders, Bu Wan still kept his emotions hidden, forcefully suppressing his excitement. From the words of this Golden Guard centurion, it was clear that Crown Prince Zhu Biao had already regarded him differently and held him in high esteem.
Once the day came for him to return to the capital, soaring to success and rising through the ranks would be just around the corner.
After all, anyone valued by Zhu Biao would become an important minister of the state in the future!
Of course.
Bu Wan understood this perfectly well. The achievements he had earned merely by governing Daning Prefecture were still far from enough to truly catch the eye of the current Crown Prince.
After all.
The Grand Ming Empire possessed vast territory and countless prefects. Though they held considerable authority, standing out among so many officials and prompting His Highness the Crown Prince to personally send someone with an oral decree was as rare as a phoenix feather.
This time.
The reason he had received such immense honor could ultimately be traced to only one person: Zhu Ying.
There was no other possibility.
"Without realizing it, I owe that kid an enormous favor."
"If he had not shone so brilliantly on the Liaodong battlefield and earned such illustrious military achievements, how could a minor prefect like me, stationed in a remote border region, have been fortunate enough to enter His Highness the Crown Prince's sight?" Bu Wan thought to himself, filled with gratitude toward Zhu Ying.
Befriending Zhu Ying truly had been the most correct decision!
Just then.
A series of footsteps came from within the Zhu residence.
A group