A group of entirely black-armored Yunqin cavalry escorted several carriages, rapidly moving along the road.

Because of the continuous spring rain these past few days, this part of the road was especially muddy.

The brows of the black cloth masked Cavalry Army Yunqin high ranking officer in the lead gradually furrowed.

It wasn’t only because of the muddy water that continuously splattered onto his body because of those horses’ hooves, but rather because this was Rudong City. This official path was precisely where Rudong City Supervisor Li Qilong received Great Mang’s bribe, the place where an assassination attempt was carried out on the imperial princess.

From a certain perspective, that assassination attempt was the trigger for everything else that happened.

The emperor facing Green Luan Academy… Great Desolate Swamp’s disorder… Jadefall City’s chaos… Yunqin’s southern expedition… Thousand Sunset being lost… Meteor City being taken down… All of these things that left Yunqin tossed and turning were all the result of the assassination attempt that took place that year.

If this assassination...