"Lord Yin, when will His Majesty and His Highness Prince Qi arrive?"
Thousand-Household Commander Lu had been waiting anxiously at the docks all this time. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Yin Saide beside him.
Recent events had left even an old hand like him utterly bewildered.
When the Western Depot's operations had begun growing increasingly aggressive, Thousand-Household Commander Lu had sensed a storm brewing.
He had simply never imagined the "storm" would be this enormous!
During his time in Qingkou, he had kept receiving Flying Eagle Messages with completely contradictory contents.
There had been denunciations issued by the Crown Prince, as well as documents calling for the suppression of a rebellion.
Later, there had been news of the Crown Prince's execution, as well as edicts summoning troops to defend the sovereign.
They had come one after another!
Even if Flying Eagle Messages were already extraordinarily fast for this era.
The sheer number of letters piling up in such a short period still made them difficult to sort through, or even arrange in chronological order!
In the end, however, the situation had gradually become clear. The newly emerged daughter of Emperor Jing had ascended the throne as Empress!
She had also brought the Anxi Army with her to pacify the capital.
But afterward, Emperor Mingde had made a bold declaration at Yunxiang Temple, calling on the regions to march to the Capital and defend their sovereign!
Even people from Jiangdong's aristocratic families had begun trying to win him over. They seemed to be planning something and had their eyes on the Embroidered Uniform Guards under his command.
But as a seasoned survivor, Thousand-Household Commander Lu would naturally never take sides at a time like that.
And after that, there had been nothing more. With astonishingly thunderous