The young couple had just left when a guard came in and whispered something to the Emperor Emeritus.
Is there anything I can't hear?
An unease rose in the Empress Dowager's heart.
The retired emperor said to the guards, "There's no need to hide it from the Empress Dowager; just report the truth."
The guard cupped his hands and said, "We just received news from the border that the Liang Kingdom is showing signs of another invasion. A group of men has already crossed the border, and their whereabouts are unknown."
"Pass down the order: anyone who is not an envoy and trespasses into the border without authorization shall be executed without mercy."
"Is another war about to break out?" The Empress Dowager was greatly alarmed.
What she feared most was hearing about the abnormalities on the frontier, where soldiers sacrificed their lives in every battle.
When the retired emperor was still a prince, every time he went to the frontier, he would return with some kind of injury, without exception.
Recalling the time she was nearly assassinated and almost lost her life, the Empress Dowager's face turned deathly pale.
The Empress Dowager took the Empress Dowager's hand and held it in her palm. "Don't panic. Liang and Wanling just made a ten-year agreement not to fight. There must be other reasons behind this."
The Emperor Emeritus's eyes darkened slightly.
Her son had sent her a secret letter, in which he mentioned that the eldest prince of Liang was stranded in Wanling Kingdom.
He guessed that someone must have leaked the news, and that someone might have sent a team to assassinate the eldest prince in order to prevent him from being found.
The retired emperor knew the members of the Liang royal family quite well, and he guessed that this was definitely the work of the third prince again.
Thinking of this, he immediately summoned his capable subordinates and ordered them to send the message to local government offices to find the Liang assassins hiding in Wanling.
As night fell, in a courtyard not far from the border, a group of men dressed as江湖人士 (jianghu figures) took off their outer robes and straw hats.
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