Weakened national fortune brings heavenly punishment? Punish the emperor-what does it have to do with his imperial tutor?

Number One Manor.

Shangguan Haitang kept sorting through the pile of intelligence before her. Much of it was scattered and disjointed, seemingly ordinary when viewed alone, but combined with other reports, it might reveal something significant.

"Hm? What exactly does this person from Great Sui want?"

Shangguan Haitang analyzed the purpose of a strange carriage's movements. Looking at the map, she wondered what was special about the two places where it had stopped.

Suddenly, she noticed two locations on the right side of the map: Capital City and Blackwood Cliff.

"Both stops were on the routes to Capital City and Blackwood Cliff!"

"Who was he trying to intercept?!"

Shangguan Haitang had a guess, but it was too frightening. Who would dare intercept him?

"Have you figured it out?" A familiar voice came from behind her.

Shangguan Haitang spun around and saw Lin Lang sitting in a chair with one leg crossed over the other. She sighed in relief. She had thought a stranger had broken in.

She was a Great Grandmaster herself. Few could come up behind her without a sound, let alone pass through the layers of precautions outside without alerting anyone. Only the imperial tutor could do that.

She had no idea how long he had been there.

"Imperial Tutor, you're back. I have a guess, but I'm not certain. It's also strange-it doesn't fit his way of doing things."

"These reports show that a carriage came from Great Sui. There was a man inside, but we couldn't establish his identity. We suspect he's an expert."

"He stopped for two days at each of two places, as though waiting for someone to appear. I suspect he was waiting for you."

"Someone who came from Great Sui and dared block your path must be an extraordinary expert. He suddenly