If Cui Shunlong’s rebellion were to fail in the end, Guan Daocheng could simply claim he was acting as a mole on Cui’s side. He could argue that previous events were all the work of Wang Rong and the others, leaving him, Guan Daocheng, untarnished and still the rightful Yanyun Governor-General.
Furthermore, he had already commissioned the Gaoling troops to hunt down those adulterous lovers, and he expected them to return with his gold, silver, and valuables very soon.
Thinking of this, Guan Daocheng felt the fine wine in his cup grow even richer in flavor.
Chapter 313