"Your Highness, what do you mean by telling your humble servant all this?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Lord Huang, I believe my meaning is quite clear." Zhao Yuankan smiled slightly. "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you on this trip to Khitan."
Huang Xiao froze at those words. From what Zhao Yuankan meant, was he to escort him as well?
"Your Highness, am I going to Khitan too?" Huang Xiao asked.
If he really was going to Khitan, either the Imperial Court or the Six Gates would have notified him, yet he had received no notice.
"Oh, I almost forgot. I was the one who suggested this to Father. He has already agreed, so the decree should come down very soon," Zhao Yuankan said.
Huang Xiao looked at Zhao Yuankan in puzzlement, wondering why he had chosen him. As a prince, he should have no shortage of expert guards. Even if he truly needed an escort from the Six Gates, Huang Xiao, a newly appointed Arrest Sage, fell short of the other five in both qualifications and martial arts. Choosing him, the weakest of them, seemed rather inconceivable.
"Why did Your Highness recommend me? My martial arts fall short of those of the other Arrest Sages," Huang Xiao said.
"Although I'm a few years older than you, we're still of the same generation. Those old fellows may have profound cultivation, but they aren't our peers, after all. The two of us can still find plenty of common ground in conversation. Besides, those Arrest Sages won't necessarily follow Father's wishes," Zhao Yuankan said.
Huang Xiao did not quite agree with the first part of Zhao Yuankan's remarks. Even if they were close in age, they probably still had little in common to talk about.
His final remark, however, was true. The six