Would he believe that outsider, or his own wife and son?! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Recently, Daluo and Heavenly Strategy had gone to all-out war. As a covert supporter of Tuoba Zhen, he had taken on the burdensome task of providing logistical support.

He had to coordinate vast quantities of military equipment and provisions, while constantly monitoring developments on the front lines and assessing the value and risks of Tuoba Zhen as a piece on his chessboard.

At first, seeing Tuoba Zhen trade blows evenly with Helan Xuan of the northern Dragon Race, even gaining a slight advantage, Andrei had felt that this investment might be worthwhile.

But the war progressed slowly, and the anticipated breakthrough never came. His enormous investment seemed like a clay ox sinking into the sea, making Andrei increasingly anxious and dissatisfied. Even after lengthy discussions with his trusted strategist Vasily, he could find no good solution, and he returned to his residence exhausted in body and mind.

Yet barely had he arrived home, before he could shed any of his fatigue, when he saw Sergei kneeling in the hall, looking utterly miserable, and his wife Yekaterina standing beside him, constantly signaling with her eyes.

Upon seeing his father, Sergei immediately resorted to his old tricks, pouring out his grievances through tears. He repeated the story he had prepared, doing everything he could to exaggerate Tuoba Zhen's "exclusion" and "framing" of him, casting himself as an innocent victim.

But was Grand Duke Andrei so easily fooled? In his youth, he too had been a fierce general who fought his way through battlefields, and he possessed extensive military experience.

He patiently listened to his son finish, his expression growing darker with every word.

From Sergei's evasive account, which glossed over the serious issues and dwelled on the trivial ones, he keenly picked out the crucial facts: changing the reconnaissance route without authorization,