Inside Guanlan Tower.
Liu Guanlan sat by a window on the Fourth Floor.
The Elder Princess sat opposite him, gazing out the window, her thoughts unreadable.
Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from the stairs.
Hmm?
Liu Guanlan and the Elder Princess looked up at the same time to see a figure hurrying onto the Fourth Floor.
"Your Highness! Tower Master Liu!"
The man carried a long saber on his back. As soon as he arrived, he cupped his fist and bowed to the Elder Princess and Liu Guanlan, then said gravely, "Something has happened!"
"The Heir Apparent of the Jiang Family at the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate has mustered thirty thousand troops! They're heading toward the main street!"
"We still don't know... where they're headed!"
"What?"
Before Liu Guanlan could speak, the Elder Princess had already risen, staring at the messenger in disbelief.
Thirty thousand troops mustered?!
What was the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate trying to do?
Thirty thousand?!
Liu Guanlan's mouth fell open as well. He turned to the Elder Princess in disbelief. "Your Highness, Jiang Xiaobai... isn't planning a rebellion, is he?"
"I doubt it!"
The Elder Princess shook her head solemnly. "He isn't that impulsive. Besides, even if Jiang Xiaobai wanted to rebel, Jiang Jingcheng would never agree!"
Indeed, the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate commanded a powerful army. If Jiang Jingcheng truly wanted to rebel, he would have done it long ago rather than wait until now.
"Then what is this...?"
Liu Guanlan looked utterly baffled.
Thirty thousand troops were no laughing matter.
The Imperial Guards in Capital City were numerous, but compared with the Frontier Army soldiers of the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate, the gap was far from small.
"Come on. We'll find out when we get there!"
With that, the Elder Princess picked up