With the border left unguarded, the people there would suffer terribly in an invasion. Countless families would be torn apart.
To General Xiang, a single little girl is more important than the millions of people on the border.
The slander was relentless and the matter escalated quickly. In just one day, the public was vilifying Xiang Minghou as if he were a traitor who had lost a border city.
Around noon, news that Xiang Minghou had gone south to suppress bandits began to spread, followed by a wave of ridicule.
He insisted on resigning his post as General, and now he's been demoted to a measly vice-commander chasing bandits. It serves him right.
「Chunfeng Lou, Drunkenness Pavilion.」
"I just received reliable intelligence. Xiang Minghou has indeed left the city for the south," the guard reported to the two men at the table.
Xiliu Yuan's handsome face betrayed no emotion, but Mo Geluo, beside him, was utterly shocked.
