"Where are you going?"
Verdant Green Maiden asked again.
As convicts, Xu Su and the others did not know where they were being taken. Only the military officer escorting them knew.
At her question, the Imperial Guard officer immediately stepped forward and saluted Verdant Green Maiden with clasped hands.
"Greetings, Imperial Tutor! They are all convicts being escorted to Yumen Pass for penal labor."
"Oh!"
"Yumen Pass."
Understanding dawned on Verdant Green Maiden, and she turned to Wang Yande.
"Which pass are we taking this time?"
Wang Yande answered at once, "We are taking Yang Pass. Once we cross it, we will be south of Heavenly Mountain. During the Perfect Virtue era of the former Tang dynasty, Zhong Zu of Tang, Li Heng, divided the Pacified West Grand Protectorate in two, placing the lands north and south of Heavenly Mountain under separate administrations. South of Heavenly Mountain lies the Pacified West Grand Protectorate."
"Alas... what a pity."
"The Beiting Grand Protectorate was destroyed by the Tibetan Tribes long ago!"
"According to the envoy who traveled west twenty years ago, the remnants of the Pacified West Grand Protectorate were still holding Kucha City then."
"I wonder how they are faring now."
"So we will go to Kucha City first."
As she listened to Wang Yande's account, Verdant Green Maiden nodded slightly.
She took a few more looks at this deputy envoy.
He might be called the deputy envoy, but in practice, he was probably the one truly in charge of this mission.
Yue Qiu?
He only held the title of chief envoy because of my presence.
With that thought, Verdant Green Maiden nodded again.
"Mm!"
"Thank you for your efforts."
At her words, Wang Yande instantly grew excited. He shook his head and said, "It is no hardship! To receive a