Emperor Kangwu could not help but speculate: perhaps Shangguan Xi had not yet recovered from the shock of the news that Yan Weichi might very well be Shangguan Qing, which was why he was unwilling to communicate with them.
Meanwhile, Yan Weichi was worried that Shangguan Xi might have already sent back military dispatches, only for them to be intercepted along the way.
Neither of them realized that Shangguan Xi had not written a single dispatch.
Chapter 228