Death Scripture - Chapter 942

Soon, Dugu Xian had someone deliver another secret letter, saying that he could only be the Commander-in-chief for three more days because in three days, another Governor of the Western Regions and Commander-in-chief appointed by the Imperial Court would arrive.

Gu Shenwei was startled yet again. It had been less than a month since Wei Song’s death. The message shouldn’t have even reached the Central Plains yet. Why would a new official arrive so soon? And this person had also managed to convict Sun Chengqi of a series of crimes before his arrival.

After Zhang You regained his composure, Gu Shenwei and Zhong Heng immediately started consulting with each other for a way to deal with this issue. The name of the successor wasn’t mentioned in the letter. Zhong Heng speculated, “Clearly, this appointment was issued a long time ago and Wei Song didn’t know that his position had already been taken away by someone else before he died. So, this person is probably not on the Empress Dowager’s side but rather on her opponent’s side.”

The biggest opponent of the Empress Dowager was Prince Xiao. Gu Shenwei had no idea why Prince Xiao would make this move. He was pondering whether he should seize this last chance to take Jade City by force.