Wang Hao smiled and shook his head. "It's not that complicated. I just have a few questions for you. Just answer truthfully."

Xiao Ming was taken aback and asked curiously, "What does my benefactor want to ask?"

Wang Hao narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I heard that you are the thirteenth prince under the current ruler of the Dragon Kingdom?"

Why are you, a prince, fighting on the frontier at such a young age?

Wang Hao appeared very curious during the conversation.

The senior female students did not tell him in detail about Xiao Ming's situation.

Now that Xiao Ming is fighting abroad at such a young age, Wang Hao is naturally a little puzzled.

Prince, shouldn't you be enjoying life to the fullest?

It is truly illogical that someone of such a young age could cultivate to such a high level and then wage war for so many years.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly. "My benefactor, you don't know this, but my mother died when I was a child. Growing up in the palace, I was bullied everywhere, but I was powerless to fight back."

I've wanted to leave that place for a long time.

At sixteen, having reached the minimum age requirement to join the army, I used that as an excuse to leave and have lived in the Western Frontier ever since, never returning.

Wang Hao frowned slightly, and his voice turned serious. "I want to hear the truth!"

Xiao Ming's expression changed.

Wang Hao looked at Xiao Ming and said coldly, "Let me be frank with you, your mother's death was by no means an accident, right?"

What have you found out over the years? What crisis is your mother involved in? Why would someone risk killing an imperial concubine? Please... tell me!

"You..." Xiao Ming's expression changed drastically in an instant!

All of this had been buried deep in his heart for many years!

Wang Hao...

How did he know that?