"Hm...?"
Three powerful, hostile auras suddenly locked onto her.
Gu Yanshuang looked in disbelief at the three colleagues who had rushed to the battlefield.
"Commander Zhang, you..."
These colleagues from three other guards, whose relations with Gu Yanshuang had been fairly harmonious in the past.
Their eyes now held nothing but indifference and icy menace.
Commander Zhang, who led them, barked harshly.
"Gu Yanshuang has secretly colluded with the Barbarian Tribe and intends to divulge the secrets of our Great Li Dynasty. Under Great Li Law, she is to be executed on the spot!"
"What!"
Gu Yanshuang's expression changed, and her voice turned cold.
"I was clearly patrolling the Outskirts of the Capital, and I am subduing Barbarian Tribe spies right now. How could I be colluding with the Barbarian Tribe?"
The three Barbarian Tribe experts, however, revealed malicious smiles.
"Heh heh... Commander Gu, don't be impatient.
Once we subdue you, we'll use a secret art to make you obediently sign a blood pact of cooperation with us.
By then, you'll be dead, and that will be the only piece of irrefutable evidence."
Gu Yanshuang's pupils contracted as her sharp gaze swept over the three commanders.
"You actually colluded with the Barbarian Tribe to murder me? Are you working for the Huangfu Lineage?"
The Imperial Guard had a very unusual structure.
From the supreme commander of the Imperial Guard down, they took their orders directly from the emperor.
Among the twelve guards, only the Tiger Guard had Gu Yanshuang, the eldest daughter of the Gu Lineage, as its commander.
The commanders of the other eleven guards had no blood ties to any of the major lineages.
This ensured that the influence of the Imperial Capital's powerful nobles would not infiltrate the Imperial Household.
This was also why Gu Yanshuang was