Chapter 111

Having read the contents of the letter, Zhao Wujiang decided to set off for the Northern Frontier tomorrow on the first day of the new year. Dugu Tianqing had been afflicted by Gu Poison. Three days had already passed since the letter was written, and the poison needed to be purged as soon as possible. If he succumbed to it and died, it would be the second time within a year that a chief commander of the Northern Frontier had perished abruptly, which would shake the morale of the army and allow the Prairie Royal Court to take advantage of the weakness. As Zhao Wujiang was pondering this, he was led by the three women into a side chamber. A warming stove burned inside, and with soft giggles, the three women declared they had a surprise for him, leaving him alone in the room as they bustled off somewhere.