Song Qingshu was utterly shocked when he heard the news. He had learned of Guo Jing's origins back in the Mongol Empire, but he had never imagined that Guo Jing would take part in a rebellion—and even become emperor.
But he quickly shook his head. That did not fit Guo Jing's character. There had to be some reason behind it.
He hurriedly asked for more details about Guo Jing, but unfortunately, the messenger knew little about it as well.
"What about the Prince of Qi's Mansion? Are Yingying and the others safe?" Song Qingshu found the entire matter extremely strange. Logically speaking, he had left quite a few forces behind in Lin'an City. Ren Woxing led the Sun Moon Holy Cult in assisting Ren Yingying, Lingjiu Palace's people controlled the imperial palace, and they had also absorbed Han Tuozhou's former faction. Together with the Wang family's support, Jia and Shi families should not have been able to turn the city upside down.
Especially since the Golden Snake Camp's troops had been stationed in Lin'an City back then!
The messenger replied, "The Jia and Shi families originally did not dare make any moves. But not long ago, news of your appearance in the Mongol Empire reached Lin'an. Rumors spread that you had died under the siege of three Mongol Grandmasters. As their momentum rose and ours waned, the Jia and Shi families claimed that the Prince of Qi in Lin'an City was an impostor. Many forces allied with us chose to wait and see, which allowed them to succeed."
Song Qingshu sighed inwardly. This was truly reaping what he had sown. Disguising himself and causing trouble everywhere had always worked wonderfully, but once it was exposed, others could easily seize upon it.
Still, he was no longer that concerned. He could