Turning the Tables

Xu Yuan's announcement of his identity did not stir much of a ripple through the troop formations below.

Let alone knowing Xu Yuan, most of the soldiers did not even have a clear understanding of the Prime Minister's Mansion as a whole.

To these soldiers fighting desperately on the western frontier, the court of Di'an was too lofty and too distant.

Their only knowledge of the Prime Minister's Mansion probably came from the tales carried by passing merchants and travelers, stories of the monstrous power wielded by that traitorous prime minister.

Now that the traitorous prime minister's offspring had appeared before them, they still felt little real connection to it.

But the soldiers below not understanding did not mean the officers did not.

Whispers of discussion quietly flowed from their mouths into the troop formations below.

"The Prime Minister's Mansion's legitimate son. Is that Xu Changge?"

"A relative of mine in the Imperial Capital sent a letter before, saying Xu Changtian seemed to have died last year. It should be him."

"If so, then the princess's information came from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"If the matter of the Saint attacking the city came from the Prime Minister's Mansion, then the whole affair can be explained."

"What are you idiots doing? The Prime Minister's Mansion harbors treasonous ambitions. Xu Changge has come here to drag Western Pacification Prefecture onto the traitorous ship of the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"Marquis Qu Chang has a point. The princess had always been close with that dandy Xu Changtian of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Di'an. She was most likely used by the Prime Minister's Estate."

"Then what about Commander Lu's earlier words regarding the Kirin Wolf and the Great Desert Goddess?"

"Commander Lu must have had his reasons for doing this."

"We've followed Commander Lu